Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, spoke to the show Today, on NBC, about the actor’s condition. “Dementia is difficult,” she said, although she clarified that she did not know whether or not her husband was aware of his condition.
“It’s hard to say,” she admitted to host Hoda Kotb. Bruce Willis’ family announced in February 2023 that the actor suffers from frontotemporal dementia. Unlike Alzheimer’s disease, this form of cognitive degeneration affects less memory and more language, behavior and control of movements. This is the most common form of dementia in people under the age of 65, specifies the CHU de Québec on its website.
“Dementia is hard,” Emma Heming Willis said. It’s hard for the person diagnosed. It’s hard for the family. It’s no different for Bruce, myself or our daughters. »Bruce Willis ended his career and withdrew from public life due to his aphasia, his family announced in the winter of 2022. A year later, his loved ones made public a diagnosis of dementia.