Bruce Willis's Wife Shares Emotional Holiday Update 2 Years After Actor's Dementia Diagnosis

Bruce Willis's Wife Shares Emotional Holiday Update 2 Years After Actor's Dementia Diagnosis Bruce Willis and Emma Hemming Willis By  Nick Bythrow Published 15 minutes ago Nick Bythrow is a Lead Writer for ScreenRant. He has been writing for the site since September 2022. He graduated from Hampshire College in 2022, where he triple majored in Journalism, Communications, and Media Studies. When he's not writing about TV and movies for ScreenRant and his blog, Frayed Branches, Nick is penning speculative fiction and poetry on Amazon. He lives outside Boston, Massachusetts. Sign in to your ScreenRant account Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap

Bruce Willis's wife, Emma Heming Willis, has shared an emotional holiday update about the actor two years after he was diagnosed with dementia. Willis retired from acting in 2022 due to aphasia, leading to his retirement from acting. He was later diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023. Since then, his family has offered regular updates on his condition.

Now, Emma Heming Willis has offered an update about her husband to People at the End Well 2025 conference in Los Angeles. At the event, which highlights topics surrounding end-of-life, she explained what it would be like to celebrate Christmas with the actor. She explained that "It's joyous. It's just different," and how the family adapted to their new circumstances:

Bruce loved Christmas and we love celebrating it with him. It just looks different, so we've kind of adapted to that.

In addition, she explained how "life goes on" even as her and the Willis family have come together to support him. She offered words of encouragement surrounding both her husband and families who have loved ones with dementia, explaining how joy still exists, even if it doesn't look the same as before. See what Heming Willis had to say below:

You have to learn and adapt and make new memories, bring in the same traditions that you had before. Life goes on. It just goes on. Dementia is hard, but there is still joy in it. I think it's important that we don't paint such a negative picture around dementia. We are still laughing. There is still joy. It just looks different.

Alongside Heming Willis, the pair have two daughters, 13-year-old Mabel Ray Willis and 11-year-old Evelyn Penn Willis. The actor is also surrounded by his three other children with ex-wife Demi Moore, those being 37-year-old Rumer Glenn Willis, 34-year-old Scout LaRue Willis, and 31-year-old Talluah Belle Willis. Because of his condition, he has a full-time care team and his own living space.

Bruce Willis as McClane looking through a hole in a window in Die Hard.

Bruce Willis' best movies will continue to be his legacy, but regular updates from Hemming Willis emphasize how the family remains strong together. Her attendance at End Well involved raising awareness of the type of dementia Willis has, something she also wrote about in her book The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path.

The holiday update about Willis comes not long after his daughter, Rumer, offered a separate update about her father's condition. She stated in an Instagram Q&A session that he was doing as well as someone with frontotemporal dementia could be doing. Both updates emphasize his condition, but also that he's being taken care of by loved ones.

With this update so close to Christmas, Willis will continue to be surrounded by those he loves as the holiday season approaches. As he continues to live with his condition, the people around him will also make sure to care for him. As Heming Willis' statement indicates, he'll continue to be loved for the rest of his days.

Headshot Of Bruce Willis In The Premiere of Motherless Brooklyn Follow Followed Bruce Willis Birthdate March 19, 1955 Birthplace Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Height 6 feet 0 inches Professions Actor, Producer, Musician

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