Fans flooded with support for Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming after she shared a ‘heartbreaking’ video of the dementia-stricken star with his daughter Evelyn.
In the video, Willis, 69, who battles frontotemporal dementia (FTD), carries Evelyn Penn Willis on his shoulders as he strolls through Manhattan.
The retired actor could be heard speaking quietly to his now 10-year-old daughter before using his acting skills to warn her: “I don’t have to bite your leg!”
At that, little Evelyn giggled with joy as she pressed her small hands against Bruce’s cheeks.
The old clip appeared to be filmed around 2019, three years before Willis was diagnosed with a brain disorder, aphasia, which he later evolved at FTD.
The 46-year-old care partner of the two-time Emmy winner, who has 1 million followers on social media, subtitled the cute clip of dad and daughter: ‘The best seat in the house’.
Fans flooded with support for Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming after she shared a ‘heartbreaking’ video of the dementia-stricken star with his daughter Evelyn.
Heming has previously revealed why she has been open and honest about the actor’s dementia battle with her two young daughters (pictured in 2018).
Fans were quick to send love and support to Heming as she supports Willis, with one writing, “This is beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time.” Thinking of all of you.
Another wrote: ‘Aren’t those videos the best?!? My husband died of Lewy bodies in March. I watch videos or listen to his music when I need to feel him close to me.’
Others wrote: ‘Memories can be comforting and painful at the same time. This is very difficult to navigate.
‘For all of us here who don’t know you at all: the way you share your love. How you advocate. How fucking human everything is. What strength and vulnerability really look like. Thanks for that.
‘Lady. Willis, I am so heartbroken to hear about the state Bruce is in. I’ve known that pretty much my whole life, I’ve never heard anything bad about him, it’s like why the good guys always have to suffer, you know? He seems to have a great support system and loving family; I love this post.”
Bruce’s daughter, Scout LaRue Willis, 33, commented on Emma’s post with two happy crying emojis.
And Willis’ daughter, Tallulah Belle Willis, 30, commented: “Love.”
The Die Hard alum and Heming, who married in 2009, are also parents to 12-year-old daughter Mabel Ray Willis.
“I have never tried to sugarcoat anything for them. They have grown up with Bruce declining over the years. “I’m not trying to protect you from this,” the FTD advocate said in her City and countryside cover story last month.
The 69-year-old retiree could be heard speaking quietly to his now 10-year-old daughter before using his acting skills to warn her: “I don’t have to bite your leg!”
At that, little Evelyn giggled with joy as she pressed her small hands against Bruce’s (born Walter) cheeks.
The old clip appeared to be filmed around 2019, three years before Willis was diagnosed with a brain disorder, aphasia, which later evolved into a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
The two-time Emmy winner’s care partner, 46, who has 1 million social media followers, captioned the cute father-daughter clip: “Best seat in the house.”
Fans sent love and support to the Willis family in the comments.
‘What I learned from our therapist was that if children ask questions, they are ready to know the answer. If we could see that Bruce was struggling, we would discuss it with the children so they could understand, but this illness is chronic, progressive and terminal. There is no cure. Obviously I don’t like to talk about the terminal aspect with them, nor have they asked me. They know Dad’s not going to get better.’
On November 1, Emma and ghostwriter Michele Levy Bender delivered the first draft of their untitled book 2025 dedicated to scared FTD caregivers like her.
‘It’s the book I wish they had given me when we received the FTD diagnosis. I wish I had heard someone say, ‘I know this feels horrible and very traumatic, but you’re going to be okay,'” Heming explained.
‘We had so many plans, so many beautiful things we wanted to do with our daughters, so many things we wanted to experience together. You just tear that page out completely and then how do you rewrite the story? I’m learning to take back some control.
Bruce’s daughter, Scout LaRue Willis, 33, commented on Emma’s post with two happy crying emojis.
And Willis’ daughter Tallulah Belle Willis, 30, commented: ‘Love’
The Die Hard alum and Heming, who married in 2009, are also parents to 12-year-old daughter Mabel Ray Willis (right, pictured on July 4).
The FTD advocate told Town & Country last month: ‘I’ve never tried to sugarcoat anything for them. They have grown up with Bruce declining over the years. I’m not trying to protect them from this… They know dad isn’t going to get better.
On November 1, Emma and ghostwriter Michele Levy Bender delivered the first draft of their untitled book 2025 dedicated to scared FTD caregivers like her.
Heming explained: ‘It’s the book I wish had been given to me when we were diagnosed with FTD. I wish I’d heard from someone something like, “I know this feels horrible and very traumatic, but you’re going to be okay” (pictured last Monday).
The Make Time Wellness co-founder is “grateful” for the support of her blended family, including Bruce’s daughter Rumer (right, pictured in 2023), 36, and his ex-wife Demi Moore (2-R) .
The Make Time Wellness co-founder is “grateful” for the support of her blended family, including Bruce’s daughter Rumer Glenn Willis, 36, and his ex-wife Demi Moore, whom he divorced in 2000 after 11 years of marriage. marriage.
“They are very supportive, very loving and very helpful, and a lot of people don’t have that,” Emma said.
‘The family respects the way I look after him; They really support me. If I need to vent, if I need to cry, if I need to get angry, because all of that can happen and it’s okay to have those feelings, they are always there to listen to me.’
Next year, Heming will be honored with the Susan Newhouse & Si Newhouse Hope Award from the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) for raising awareness about this incurable disease.
Meanwhile, Willis, who has earned more than $9.4 billion worldwide from her films, filmed her final performance as Valmora in Jesse Atlas’ 2023 body-jumping action thriller Assassin back in 2021.
