The 17 years of their joint journey were celebrated by Bruce Willis and his wife, Emma Heming Williswho made an emotional post on social media.

According to her, this year’s anniversary is very different from the others, as the excitement has been replaced by an “emptiness in the stomach” due to the actor’s serious health problems.

“17 years from us. Anniversaries used to bring excitement, now to be honest, they upset all my emotions, leaving a heaviness in my heart and an emptiness in my stomach. I give myself 30 minutes to think “why him, why us”, to feel the anger and sadness. Then I push that thought away and return to what it is. And what it is… It is unconditional love. I feel blessed to know her and it is because of him. I would do it all over again in a minute”she wrote in her post on Instagram, accompanying her emotional text with a photo of them together from the past, when they posed in the sea, with the sunset in the background.

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The actor has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia and has retired from acting, dealing with his health problem away from the public eye and having the undivided support and sympathy of those close to him.

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