{"id":2021749,"date":"2025-09-14T20:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2021749"},"modified":"2025-09-14T20:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:23:18","slug":"bruce-willis-wife-emma-says-his-children-miss-him-as-they-adapt-to-dementia-celebrity-news-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bruce-willis-wife-emma-says-his-children-miss-him-as-they-adapt-to-dementia-celebrity-news-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Willis&#8217; wife Emma says his children &#8216;miss him&#8217; as they adapt to dementia &#8211; Celebrity News &#8211; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When news broke that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/bruce-willis\">Bruce Willis<\/a> had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia two years ago, the world was stunned as many found it hard to accept that Hollywood&#8217;s ultimate action star was facing such a battle.<\/p>\n<p>While fans globally have witnessed social media glimpses of Bruce alongside his ex-wife <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/demi-moore\">Demi Moore<\/a> and children from both marriages appearing more content than ever, his current wife Emma Heming Willis reveals that the kids deeply miss their dad.<\/p>\n<p>Emma faced criticism after it was disclosed that she had decided to buy a second residence for Bruce, where he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/183165\/bruce-willis-wife-emma-heming-dementia-battle\">gets 24-hour assistance from professional caregivers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The arrangement also guarantees that their two daughters&#8217; emotional health is properly maintained.<\/p>\n<p>Emma shared insights about the family&#8217;s adjusted reality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Bruce&#8217;s current spouse revealed: &#8220;When they come home from school, Mabel and Evelyn pile into the house and sit on their father&#8217;s lap, clambering over him, holding their faces against his, running around the garden as he watches from his chair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added to The Times: &#8220;You can see the tenderness of it. The girls don&#8217;t need him to be this or do that. They have really adapted to his disease, and they know how to move around him. It&#8217;s beautiful, but it&#8217;s hard for them. They miss him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 70-year-old performer, who gained fame through his high-octane blockbusters, including his Die Hard franchise, wed Emma in 2009, nine years following his split from fellow Hollywood icon Demi Moore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DON&#8217;T MISS&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/movies\/183526\/godfather-fans-spot-perfect-detail\" target=\"_blank\" data-name=\"The Godfather fans discover 'perfect detail' but you'll need to watch film twice\">The Godfather fans discover &#8216;perfect detail&#8217; but you&#8217;ll need to watch film twice [NEWS]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/183125\/hollywood-star-died-penniless-before-widow-made-shock-discovery-4-58-million-fortune\" target=\"_blank\" data-name=\"Hollywood star 'died penniless' as widow made shock discovery of $4.58m\">Hollywood star &#8216;died penniless&#8217; as widow made shock discovery of $4.58m [INSIGHT]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/183466\/most-brutal-emmys-snubs-all-time\" target=\"_blank\" data-name=\"Top 10 Most brutal Emmys snubs of all time from Gilmore Girls to Dexter\">Top 10 Most brutal Emmys snubs of all time from Gilmore Girls to Dexter [LATEST]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Since their lives were turned upside down by Bruce&#8217;s diagnosis, the mother of two has worked tirelessly to leverage her platform for raising awareness about the brain condition.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond public speaking events, she has also pursued writing, penning a book called The Unexpected Journey. The publication serves as a comprehensive resource for caregivers on discussing the disease with children and protecting their own physical and mental well-being.<\/p>\n<p>She continued, &#8220;Bruce and I now have our own language, our own way of being with each other. It&#8217;s just about sitting with him, walking with him, listening to him as he tries to verbalise in his own language, hearing him, validating him. You know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, despite her unwavering resolve to maintain normalcy for her kids, it appears her transformed lifestyle continues to take an emotional toll on her.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Emma fights back tears while explaining, &#8220;It&#8217;s hard. FTD is just an unkind disease &#8211; it constantly takes. Even when you think it can&#8217;t take any more, it takes a little more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She concluded: &#8220;Bruce&#8217;s disease, I believe, has given him this one grace: to not know what FTD is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/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 www.the-express.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When news broke that Bruce Willis had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia two years ago, the world was stunned as many found it hard to accept that Hollywood&#8217;s ultimate action star was facing such a battle. 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