Bruce Willis’ has his whole family by his side while battling his frontotemporal dementia. In 2023, the Willis brood released a statement explaining that his condition had taken a turn for the worse. The message was signed by Bruce’s ex-wife Demi Moore, their three daughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah, and his current wife Emma Heming.
“Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD),” the actor’s family said in a statement on the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration website. “Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces. While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.”
The statement noted that there is currently “no treatment for [Bruce’s] disease,” but the family believes Bruce will continue to have a fulfilling life, especially with the support from fans. “We have been so moved by the love you have all shared for our dear husband, father, and friend during this difficult time,” the statement concluded. “Your continued compassion, understanding, and respect will enable us to help Bruce live as full a life as possible.”
Bruce and Demi have had an amicable relationship since they divorced in 2000 after thirteen years of marriage. The former couple and their three daughters have become quite close and spend many a holiday together. Since the split, Demi has gone on to marry and divorce Ashton Kutcher, while Bruce married Emma in 2009. Learn more about Bruce’s two marriages here.
Emma arrived on June 18, 1978. “I was born on the small but beautiful island of Malta to a Guyanese mother and an English father,” she wrote on her website emmahemingwillis.com. “At a young age, my parents divorced, and my mom and I moved to London for a few years to be closer to her family, and then relocated to Southern California where we settled until I finished school.”
She revealed her mom had entered her in a modeling competition in London called “The British Elle Supermodel” in the early 90s. “For the next 15 years I had the privilege of walking the runways in New York, Paris, and Milan for Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel, Valentino, Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Emanuel Ungaro, Dior, and Victoria’s Secret,” she wrote.
Emma also worked on campaigns for Dior, Clairol and Redken and had “good fortune” to be photographed by “some of the best and most gifted photographers in the business” such as Patrick Demarchelier, Annie Lebowitz, Steven Klein, and Tyen.
