{"id":2338988,"date":"2026-03-20T18:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2338988"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:20:12","slug":"demi-moore-celebrates-ex-bruce-willis-71st-birthday-with-sweet-new-snaps-as-actor-battles-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/demi-moore-celebrates-ex-bruce-willis-71st-birthday-with-sweet-new-snaps-as-actor-battles-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Demi Moore celebrates ex Bruce Willis&#8217; 71st birthday with sweet new snaps as actor battles dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Demi Moore and Bruce Willis have a die-hard relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The actress \u2014 who was married to Willis from 1987 to 2000 \u2014 wished her ex-husband a very happy 71st birthday on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll you need is LOVE. Happy birthday, BW! \u2665\ufe0f,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWEvBDUDthq\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">captioned the sweet Instagram tribute<\/a> that featured two photos of Willis with his granddaughter, Louetta.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Demi Moore shared a sweet birthday tribute to Bruce Willis in honor of his 71st birthday. <span class=\"credit\">@demimoore\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cAll you need is LOVE. Happy birthday, BW! \u2665\ufe0f,\u201d she captioned a shot of Willis with his granddaughter, Louetta. <span class=\"credit\">@demimoore\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She also shared the adorable photos on her Instagram Stories, captioning them, \u201cGenerational birthday love! Happy birthday, BW!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bruce and Moore, 63, were married for 13 years before splitting in 2000. During their time together, they welcomed daughter Rumer \u2014 Louetta\u2019s mom \u2014 as well as Scout and Tallulah.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDie Hard\u201d actor\u2019s wife of 16 years, Emma Heming, shared her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWEVjL1kQuZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">own birthday tribute to Instagram<\/a>, touching on Willis\u2019 frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Moore and Willis (pictured here in 2001) were married from 1987 to 2000 and share daughters Rumer, Scout and Tallulah.  <span class=\"credit\">Hahn Lionel\/ABACA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Despite their divorce, the pair (pictured here in 2025) has remained close over the years. <span class=\"credit\">demimoore\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cToday we celebrate Bruce\u2019s birthday. \ud83d\udc99,\u201d the \u201c<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%2F2026%2F03%2F20%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fdemi-moore-celebrates-ex-bruce-willis-71st-birthday-with-sweet-new-snaps-as-actor-battles-dementia%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Unexpected Journey<\/a>\u201d author, 47, began. \u201cThis journey with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) has opened my eyes to the realities so many families face. It\u2019s what inspired me to create The Emma &amp; Bruce Willis Fund to raise awareness of FTD, support research, and stand beside the caregivers who carry so much every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heming \u2014 who shares daughters\u00a0Mabel, 13, and\u00a0Evelyn, 11, with Willis \u2014 added that if anyone wants to honor her husband on his special day, they should \u201cconsider supporting the fund.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the legendary actor\u2019s family announced he was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/30\/bruce-willis-diagnosed-with-aphasia-stepping-away-from-acting\/\">retiring from acting following an aphasia diagnosis<\/a>. Shortly after, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/02\/16\/bruce-willis-condition-worsens-family-reveals-new-diagnosis\/\">his battle with dementia <\/a>was revealed. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Willis then tied the knot with Emma Heming (pictured here) in 2009. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@emmahemingwillis<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The couple (pictured here in 2020) shares daughters Mabel, 13, and\u00a0Evelyn, 11. <span class=\"credit\">emmahemingwillis\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In January, Hemind opened up about her husband\u2019s condition, explaining that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/28\/celebrity-news\/bruce-willis-doesnt-know-he-has-dementia-says-wife-emma-heming\/\">Willis\u00a0\u201cnever connected\u201d the dots<\/a> that he has dementia.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Cameron Rogers\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gHsjHw-JZYA?si=CMTMUA6kno9jM_gj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on her \u201cConversations with Cam\u201d podcast\u00a0<\/a>if Willis is aware of his frontotemporal dementia (FTP) diagnosis, Heming confessed that he thinks his behavior is completely normal.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s the blessing and the curse of this, Bruce never tapped in \u2014 he never connected the dots that he has this disease and I\u2019m really happy about that, that he doesn\u2019t know about it,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><figcaption>Willis\u2019 family (pictured here) has continued to remain a united front amid his battle with frontotemporal dementia. <span class=\"credit\">demimoore\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Heming (pictured here with Willis) shared in January that \u201cyou just learn how to adapt and meet them where they are at.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Emma Heming Willis\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, Heming clarified that Willis is not in denial, but it is his brain\u2019s way of helping him understand his new normal.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/28\/celebrity-news\/bruce-willis-doesnt-know-he-has-dementia-says-wife-emma-heming\/#\"\/>She added that the actor also knows who everyone around him is, as he has dementia and not Alzheimer\u2019s disease.  <\/p>\n<p>As Heming put it, \u201cYou just learn how to adapt and meet them where they are at.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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>Demi Moore and Bruce Willis have a die-hard relationship. The actress \u2014 who was married to Willis from 1987 to 2000 \u2014 wished her ex-husband a very happy 71st birthday on Thursday. \u201cAll you need is LOVE. Happy birthday, BW! \u2665\ufe0f,\u201d she captioned the sweet Instagram tribute that featured two photos of Willis with his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2338989,"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":[39659,40151,70626,106601,347142,24003,21787,355073,39502,21912,22507,314811,426883,338599],"class_list":["post-2338988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-bruce-willis","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-friendships","tag-celebrity-illnesses","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-dementia","tag-demi-moore","tag-movies","tag-parents","tag-rumer-willis","tag-scout-willis","tag-tallulah-willis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Demi-Moore-celebrates-ex-Bruce-Willis-71st-birthday-with-sweet.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338988","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=2338988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2338990,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338988\/revisions\/2338990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}