Bruce Willis’ family is planning a special Christmas celebration, even as he continues to battle frontotemporal dementia.
The 69-year-old action movie legend, whose family revealed his diagnosis in 2023, has been surrounded by his family in recent months, including wife Emma Heming and daughters Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10, and his ex-wife. Demi Moore, 62, and her daughters Rumer, 36; Explorer, 33; and Tallulah, 30.
The blended family is now coming together and “planning to make this Christmas extra special,” a source said. In contact.
The source noted that Bruce’s loved ones are still “praying for a miracle” and hoping that a “cure for the disease” can be discovered during his lifetime.
But for now, they are “mainly focused on spending quality time with him while they can,” the source added. “At this point, every second of connecting with him is special.”
Over the past few years, Bruce’s family has shown that Christmas is a time for everyone to come together and feel comfortable.
Bruce Willis’ family is planning a special Christmas celebration, even as he continues to battle frontotemporal dementia.
The blended family is now coming together and “planning to make this Christmas extra special,” a source told In Touch. They added that the family is ‘hoping for a miracle’ for Bruce.
Last year, Demi shared some adorable photos of the clan as they celebrated Christmas in matching pink pajamas.
However, Bruce didn’t seem to have joined in on that particular celebration.
However, he was definitely up for wearing matching pajamas, as he demonstrated in 2020, at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
At the time, the Die Hard star was quarantining with his ex-wife and grown daughters in the Idaho home where they had raised their children before their divorce, which was finalized in 2000.
The entire gang had posed in green and white striped pajamas while living indoors, although they were together earlier in the year.
This year, Bruce will have a reunion with his entire blended family, including his current wife and their two youngest daughters and Demi and her three older daughters, In Touch’s source said.
‘They will listen to music and look at old photographs and videos. “They love getting together as a family,” they said.
Some divorced couples might be surprised to see the Moonrise Kingdom star and his ex-wife dating so much, but Demi opened up years ago about their strengthening connection.
But for now, they are “mainly focused on spending quality time with him while they can,” the source added. ‘At this point, every second of connection with him is special’
The source said Bruce will celebrate Christmas with his ex-wife Demi Moore and their daughters Rumer, Scout and Tallulah, as well as his current wife Emma Heming and their daughters Mabel and Evelyn.
Bruce has become comfortable with his entire blended family, and celebrations include matching pajamas. In April 2020, he quarantined with Demi and their children at their former family home in Idaho during the coronavirus pandemic.
She opined that she was “more connected than ever” to her ex in an excerpt from her 2019 memoir Inside Out, via In Touch.
It helps that she and Emma seem to have a strong friendship, and Demi has been a welcome source of support as Bruce has required more attention due to his dementia diagnosis and the accompanying aphasia, which has reportedly left him unable to speak.
According to the source, Demi ‘promised Bruce that she will always be there to support Emma and all of his girls.’
Emma regularly shares romantic photos with her husband from happier times, but has also become a passionate advocate for raising awareness about frontotemporal dementia.
The source adds that she and the rest of the “family will continue to post videos and photos” with Bruce before Christmas.
They will also celebrate the Hollywood icon soon after, in March, when she will celebrate her 70th birthday.
According to the source, his family hopes their upbeat posts focused on the connections they still have with him “serve as a touching message from Bruce to his fans: that he will always find joy in his life, even now.”
Bruce’s career came to an abrupt halt in March 2022, when his family announced in a joint statement that he had been diagnosed with aphasia, a condition that affects the parts of the brain responsible for speech recognition and production.
According to the source, Demi ‘promised Bruce that she will always be there to support Emma and all of his girls.’ Emma regularly posts sweet photos with Bruce while raising awareness for frontotemporal dementia.
In early December, Demi gave an emotional update on Bruce’s condition while appearing on CNN, saying he was in a “stable place right now”; seen in 2018 in Los Angeles
In recent years, Willis’s roles in major films had diminished, and he appeared primarily in low-budget direct-to-video action films, many of which he had supporting roles despite receiving top billing, or in which he had the main role. The role was still largely absent from the films.
Despite his incredible productivity, including an incredible 12 films released in 2022, reports emerged after his aphasia diagnosis that suggested he was sometimes confused and potentially in dangerous situations in his later films.
He also reported needing someone to pass his lines through an earpiece as his aphasia symptoms worsened.
Aphasia is often a symptom of larger cognitive problems, and the other shoe dropped in February 2023, when his family announced that he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
The condition affects the front parts of the brain and can affect language, problem-solving, planning and emotional abilities.
Those who suffer from the disease may also have a noticeable change in their behavior.
In early December, Demi gave an emotional update on Bruce’s condition while appearing on CNN.
He announced that he is “in a very stable place at the moment”, although he admitted that it had been “very difficult” to see his health deteriorate over time: “(It’s) not what I would wish on anyone.”
“There is great loss, but also great beauty and gifts that can come from it,” sh. aggregate.
Bruce and Demi married in 1987 and then separated in 1998, before jointly filing for divorce in 2000.
He and Emma later married in 2009.