Bruce WillisA woman shares intimate moments of her life as a family man before the holidays.
In a series of Instagram stories posted on Sunday, Emma Heming shared family photos of the 69-year-old actor spending time with his two young daughters.
Among the photos was a black-and-white photo of Heming and Willis with Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10, which she captioned, “Them. Always.” In the photo, the couple are smiling as they gaze lovingly into each other's eyes, their daughters sitting on their laps.
Other photos include Willis giving one of his daughters golf lessons, and another shows him and one of his daughters riding teacups at Disneyland.
Willis' wife shared intimate moments between Willis and his children before the holidays. (Emma Heming Instagram/ Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
BRUCE WILLIS SEEN IN THE SAME PICTURED BY THE STUDENTS WHEN HE WAS GETTING DEMENTIA.
Among the photos is a video of Willis sitting on a bench outside while wearing it, to which Heming added the caption, “It's him. Always.”
“Yodel-o-whoo-whoo,” the first actor can be heard singing, adding, “Okay, people, this is…” before starting to laugh, and the video is cut.
Willis and his daughter ride the teacups at Disneyland. (Emma Heming Instagram)
Willis was first diagnosed with aphasia in March 2022, and his family later announced that he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia or FTD. In an interview with Town & Country in October, Heming shared early signs of dementia they were fired since he struggled with stuttering as a child.
“He had a severe stutter as a child,” she explained. “Bruce has always had a stutter, but he managed to cover it up. When his speech started to change, it (seemed like) it was just part of the stutter, it was Bruce only.”
Willis' early symptoms were dismissed as a result of his struggle with stuttering as a child. (Rich Fury/Getty Images)
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According to the National Institute on Aging, FTD occurs as a “result of damage to neurons in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain,” and symptoms include “abnormal behavior, mood disorders, of communication, difficulty working, or difficulty walking.”
In addition to his two children with Heming, Willis also shares three grown daughters, Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30, with his ex-wife, Demi Moore. The former couple finalized their divorce in 2000. They remain good friends and co-parents.
“You know, I've said this before. The disease is what the disease is,” Moore told the crowd at the 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival, while accepting a career achievement award, according to People magazine. “And I think he has to take it seriously for what it is. But where he is, he's stable.”
He also gave insight into how he and the rest of the family learned to deal with his death while dealing with him, explaining that you have to ” just meet them where they are,“because” as long as you hold on to what was, I think it's a losing game.
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Moore and Willis have remained close since their divorce in 2000. (Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images)