Bruce Willis has dementia: Demi Moore worried about her ex-husband ? “It's very difficult…”

Two years after Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his ex-wife Demi Moore has given an update on him in an interview on CNN. If the actor is said to be “in a very stable condition”, the Ghost star confides that the situation remains complicated for the actor's entourage.

Bruce Willis was born March 19, 1955

IN BRIEF

• On March 16, 2022, Bruce Willis' family revealed that he suffered from aphasia, which was later diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration.
• Demi Moore has said that Bruce Willis is in a stable condition but that the situation remains difficult for his loved ones.
• Emma Heming and her daughters support Bruce Willis publicly, calling for respect for his privacy.

On March 16, 2022, Bruce Willis' family announced that the Die Hard and Armageddon star suffered from aphasia, a speech disorder caused by brain damage. A few months later, a new diagnosis was made: the 67-year-old actor actually suffers from a form of incurable dementia called frontotemporal dementia. Since then, Bruce Willis has withdrawn from public life and spends his days surrounded of his relatives.

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Bruce Willis: an increasingly difficult situation

During an interview with journalist Christiane Amanpour on CNN this Thursday, December 5, Demi Moore gave news of her ex-husband, with whom she remained very close despite their divorce in 2000. The 60-year-old actress, currently in the middle of promoting her new film The Substance, explained that Bruce Willis was “in a very stable state“.

However, Demi Moore does not hide the fact that the situation remains difficult at live for the actor's entourage: “I've said it before, but I mean it, it's very important for everyone who is faced with this situation to go see them there. And that's where love and joy are born. I mean it's obviously very difficult, and it's not what I would wish on anyone.”

A daily struggle for the actor

Since Bruce Willis' illness was announced, his wife Emma Heming and their two daughters Mabel and Evelyn have been multiplying messages of support and awareness on social media. Recently, Emma Heming called on the paparazzi to leave her husband alone during his rare outings.

The actor's wife also confided that she was herself struggling with the “paralyzing sadness” caused by her husband's illness. “I do my best to seek the small moments of joy in everyday life. But I am going through a period of mourning and sadness. It is a day-to-day battle, I recognize that“, she wrote on Instagram at the end of November 2024. A difficult battle that Bruce Willis's entourage will continue to lead with love and determination.