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How Bruce Willis’ Wife Emma Heming Willis Explains His Illness to Their Kids
Bruce Willis’ woman Emma Heming Willis is cherishing the bully times.
Almost 2 years aft the Die Hard actor’s wife, his ex-wife Demi Moore, and his kids Rumer Willis, 36, Scout Willis, 33, Tallulah Willis, 30, Mabel Willis, 12, and Evelyn Willis, 10, announced that he'd been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, Emma shared immoderate of her favourite household memories connected her Dec. 22 Instagram Stories.
The bid of throwback pics included a black-and-white photograph of the mates with their kids Mabel and Evelyn, on with immoderate images of the 69-year-old spending clip with the girls—whether it was teaching them however to plaything connected the play people oregon taking a rotation connected the infamous teacups thrust astatine Disney. And Emma showed her emotion with a simple, “Them. Always,” written implicit the photos.
While his household cherishes these moments they get to walk with the Pulp Fiction actor, Emma precocious shared penetration into however she’s approached explaining his diagnosis to their young daughters.
“Finally getting to a diagnosis was cardinal truthful that I could larn what frontotemporal dementia is and I could amended our children,” the 36-year-old said successful an October interrogation with Town & Country magazine. “I’ve ne'er tried to sugarcoat thing for them. They’ve grown up with Bruce declining implicit the years. I’m not trying to shield them from it.”
She adjacent turned to nonrecreational proposal to guarantee that she was handing the concern successful the champion mode for their girls.
“What I learned from our therapist was that if children inquire questions, they’re acceptable to cognize the answer,” she noted. “If we could spot that Bruce was struggling, I would code it with the kids truthful they could understand.”
Emma Heming Willis / Instagram
But portion his household has travel to presumption with the changes his dementia would bring to their relationship, Emma couldn’t assistance but mourn the aboriginal she had imagined for their family.
“We had truthful galore plans, truthful galore beauteous things we wanted to bash with our girls, truthful galore things that we wanted to acquisition together,” Emma lamented. “You conscionable rip that leafage retired completely, and past however bash you rewrite the story?”
“I’m learning however to instrumentality immoderate power back,” she continued. “It mightiness not beryllium the astir beauteous communicative I could person thought of, but determination are cracks of light.”
Emma Heming Willis / Instagram
And successful the tone of embracing those cracks of light, Bruce’s full household has continued to marque heartwarming memories. This past Thanksgiving, Scout and Tallulah—who helium shares with Demi—even shared immoderate photos from their blended household vacation celebrations.
In the 2 Instagram photos, Bruce held a motion that work “Best Dad Ever,” arsenic his daughters sat by his side, giving him the astir adoring looks.
And Tallulah fto the photos talk for themselves, penning a simple, “grateful,” successful the caption.
For much of Bruce’s saccharine household moments, support reading…
Instagram / Rumer Willis
Bruce's 69th Birthday
"Oh Daddio, to beryllium loved by you is specified a gift," Rumer Willis wrote successful an Instagram tribute to her begetter successful March 2024. "You are the funniest, astir tender, charming, retired of this satellite silly talented and magical papa. Looking done these photos this greeting I americium conscionable filled with the deepest gratitude that we chose to walk this beingness together. I americium your archetypal babe and antheral sometimes I privation I could beryllium tiny capable to conscionable cozy up connected your thorax again and laughter and cuddle you."
She continued, "I emotion you truthful heavy successful my bones I don’t cognize however my muscles clasp them. You are the top papa I could ever anticipation for. Thank you for your generosity, your silliness and heart. Lou loves you truthful big. Happy Birthday Daddio."
Instagram / Emma Heming Willis
Valentine's Day 2024
Love is simply a beauteous thing," the actor's woman Emma Heming Willis wrote connected Instagram, astir precisely 1 twelvemonth aft his household announced his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis. "Wishing you each a Happy Valentine’s Day."
Instagram / Demi Moore
Tallulah Willis' 30th Birthday Celebration
In February 2024, Demi Moore shared this pic of her ex-husband with the youngest of the 3 daughters they stock together, writing, "Showering our @buuski with emotion contiguous connected her 30th birthday."
Instagram / Emma Willis
"Grateful and Thankful"
In November 2023, the histrion celebrated his archetypal Thanksgiving since being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia earlier that year. His woman Emma shared this photograph from Bruce's 68th day enactment from March.
"I’m grateful and thankful to cognize this benignant of love," she wrote. "Wishing you each a Happy Thanksgiving."
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Blended Family
Bruce Willis stepped retired with Emma to observe the merchandise of Demi's 2019 memoir Inside Out. He is joined by his 3 daughters with the G.I. Jane actress, Rumer Willis, Scout Willis and Tallulah Willis.
Instagram/Emma Heming Willis
Adventure Is Out There
Bruce and Emma look connected a hike with their daughters Evelyn Willis and Mabel Willis.
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All Smiles
The histrion posed with his ex-wife and their daughters Rumer and Tallulah backstage astatine his Comedy Central roast successful 2018.
Three Generations
Bruce became a grandpa successful April 2023 erstwhile Rumer welcomed a babe miss named Louetta.
Newest Addition
The full household got unneurotic to observe the commencement of Rumer's baby.
Instagram/Emma Heming Willis
Backstage Buddies
Bruce had 2 peculiar vistors erstwhile helium starred successful Broadway's Misery successful 2016.
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Broadway Bunch
The household showed up successful afloat unit to enactment Rumer's 2015 Broadway debut arsenic Roxie Hart successful Chicago.
Instagram/Emma Heming Willis
Feeling Festive
"I enactment my camera connected a ladder, acceptable the timer, and crossed my fingers," Emma captioned this household Christmas photo. "Now that’s 2020 for you."
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Movie Date
Bruce took his 3 oldest daughters to the Over the Hedge premiere successful 2006.
Instagram/Emma Heming Willis
Sweet Kisses
The dada of 5 shared a saccharine infinitesimal with girl Mabel.
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Daddy's Girls
Tallulah, Scout and Rumer joined their dada astatine a Bruce Willis Charity Foundation successful 2005.
Instagram/Emma Heming Willis
Dancing With the Fam
The household celebrated Rumer's Dancing With the Stars triumph with Val Chmerkovskiy.
Instagram/Rumer Willis
Polaroid Memories
"What a privilege it is each time to beryllium your daughter," Rumer captioned this throwback photo. "I emotion you truthful much. You are the coolest feline successful town."
Instagram/Emma Heming Willis
A Birthday to Remember
Emma rang successful her 43rd day successful 2021 with Bruce and their daughters, arsenic good arsenic Rumer and Demi.
'Tis the Season
The household spent Christmas 2022 together.
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Star Status
Bruce was joined by ma Marlene and his 3 oldest daughters erstwhile helium received a prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame successful 2006.
Instagram/Emma Heming Willis
Happy Haunts
The enactment prima dressed up with Mabel and Evelyn connected Halloween 2021.
Instagram/Tallulah Willis
Getting Silly
Tallulah jokingly captioned this photograph of herself and dada Bruce making silly faces, "high play club."
Instagram/Emma Heming Willis
Snow Squad
Evelyn and Mabel deed the slopes during a household skis trip.
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Gang's All Here
The family, including Demi's then-husband Ashton Kutcher, stepped retired to ticker Rumer successful 2008's The House Bunny.
Instagram/Emma Heming Willis
Disney Magic
Bruce and Emma took their kids to Walt Disney World successful 2017.
Instagram/Emma Heming Willis
Proud Parents
"First clip performing successful a play for these two!" Emma wrote connected Instagram 2018. "Mabel played Molly and Evelyn arsenic Sandy successful an Off-off-off-off-off-off Broadway [winking emoji] accumulation of Annie. The full formed and accumulation was stellar—Mom and Dad couldn’t beryllium prouder."
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