{"id":2014712,"date":"2025-09-11T17:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2014712"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:48:02","slug":"how-emma-heming-told-daughters-about-bruce-willis-moving-into-second-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-emma-heming-told-daughters-about-bruce-willis-moving-into-second-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How Emma Heming told daughters about Bruce Willis moving into second home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bruce Willis\u2019 wife, Emma Heming, recalls delicately explaining to their two young daughters why the ailing actor had to move into a separate home amid his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/26\/celebrity-news\/bruce-willis-wife-emma-shares-heartbreaking-update-on-actors-declining-dementia-diagnosis\/\">debilitating dementia battle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018We\u2019ve come to a point in Daddy\u2019s disease where the care he requires is changing. It has to be more tailored to his every need,\u2019 I told them,\u201d she writes in her new book, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"0593833945\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FUnexpected-Journey-Strength-Yourself-Caregiving%2Fdp%2F0593833945%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2025%2F09%2F11%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fhow-emma-heming-told-daughters-about-bruce-willis-moving-into-second-home%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cThe Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path,\u201d<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/toofab.com\/2025\/09\/10\/emma-heming-willis-reveals-how-she-told-daughters-about-bruces-to-2nd-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to TooFab<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The mom of two \u2014 who shares Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, with Willis \u2014 says she also told the girls why having the \u201cArmageddon\u201d star in his own space would be advantageous for them, too.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Emma Heming wrote in her new book about how she explained to her daughters that their dad, Bruce Willis, had to move into a separate home. <span class=\"credit\">emmahemingwillis\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She shared the candid story in her new book, \u201c\u201dThe Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">The Open Field<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cDaddy would want you to have playdates, sleepovers, and more freedom than you\u2019ve been able to have here. That would make him so happy,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Heming, 49, reassured her daughters that they would always be welcome in their father\u2019s place and they could \u201ckeep personal things like toys, arts and crafts supplies, bathing suits, pjs, and games\u201d there, as well as \u201cstay with him anytime they wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The author writes that Mabel and Evelyn \u201cunderstood\u201d that the decision was for Willis\u2019 \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/03\/celebrity-news\/bruce-willis-feels-a-lot-calmer-since-moving-to-separate-home-while-battling-dementia\/\">overall well-being <\/a>and safety\u201d but the entire ordeal was still \u201ca painful time\u201d for them all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, it\u2019s still painful for me,\u201d she further admits. \u201cAfter all, this is my husband, and having him in another home was not part of the future we\u2019d mapped out together. You really can\u2019t dream this stuff up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Willis is battling frontotemporal dementia. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Heming said their daughters \u201cunderstood\u201d her decision but it was still \u201ca painful time.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Emma Heming Willis\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Heming first revealed that Willis, 70, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/27\/celebrity-news\/bruce-willis-lives-in-second-home-amid-dementia-battle-wife-emma-heming-reveals\/\">would be living separately <\/a>from her in an interview with ABC News that aired last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would want them to be in a home that was more tailored to their needs, not his needs,\u201d she told journalist Diane Sawyer at the time. <\/p>\n<p>However, Heming \u2014 who has been married to Willis since 2009 \u2014 was met with backlash after the segment aired, forcing her to clap back, \u201cThe opinions are so loud and they\u2019re so noisy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if they don\u2019t have the experience of this, they don\u2019t get a say. And they definitely don\u2019t get a vote \u2026 And that is what caregivers are up against. Judgement from others and criticism from others.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Heming was met with criticism when she first disclosed her husband\u2019s new living situation. <span class=\"credit\">emmahemingwillis\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Heming shares daughters Mabel and Evelyn with Willis. <span class=\"credit\">emmahemingwillis\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2022, Willis\u2019 family announced the \u201cDie Hard\u201d star would be stepping away from acting after he was\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/30\/bruce-willis-diagnosed-with-aphasia-stepping-away-from-acting\/\">diagnosed with aphasia<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Doctors then discovered he actually <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/02\/16\/bruce-willis-condition-worsens-family-reveals-new-diagnosis\/\">has frontotemporal dementia<\/a>, which affects a person\u2019s speech, personality and behavior, and is a disease that has no cure.<\/p>\n<p>Heming recently shared her husband is\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/26\/celebrity-news\/bruce-willis-wife-emma-shares-heartbreaking-update-on-actors-declining-dementia-diagnosis\/\">losing his speech<\/a>, but the family has \u201ca way of communicating with him, which is just a different way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Willis\u2019 wife, Emma Heming, recalls delicately explaining to their two young daughters why the ailing actor had to move into a separate home amid his debilitating dementia battle. \u201c\u2018We\u2019ve come to a point in Daddy\u2019s disease where the care he requires is changing. It has to be more tailored to his every need,\u2019 I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2014713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[39659,30058,24188,70626,347142,32366,24003,355073,355075,369215,21912,22507],"class_list":["post-2014712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-bruce-willis","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-illnesses","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-news","tag-dementia","tag-emma-heming","tag-mental-illness","tag-movies","tag-parents"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/How-Emma-Heming-told-daughters-about-Bruce-Willis-moving-into.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2014713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}