Bruce Willis’s wife shares actor with daughter and vents: ‘It could be different’

Emma Heming Willis, 46, thrilled followers on Sunday (15) when sharing a tribute to her husband, Bruce Willis on the occasion of Father’s Day, celebrated in countries such as United States and England on the third Sunday of June.

The Hollywood star, diagnosed with frontothemporal dementia, appears in a rare record alongside one of the daughters – a member that, according to Emma, ​​represents the silent love that resists even in the midst of the disease.

“Happy Father’s Day to all parents who live with a disability or health condition and who are still present the way they can, and their children who also remain beside them. What Bruce conveys to our girls goes far beyond words: resilience, unconditional love and the strength of simply being present. This photo says everything. Love deepens, and remains,” wrote the model and entrepreneur.

The publication also brought an outburst on the pain of living with the degeneration of someone so close. “To be fair to me, these symbolic days move too much with me. I’m deeply sad today. I would like, with every cell of my body, that things were different for him and lighter for our family,” Emma wrote.

Married to the actor since 2009, she is the mother of Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10. Bruce is also the father of Rume, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30, fruits of her old relationship with Demi Moore. The family maintains a close conviviality and has been supporting itself since the worsening of the actor’s clinical picture.

Bruce Willis was initially diagnosed with aphasia in 2022, a condition that affects communication capacity, making speech and writing difficult. The following year, the diagnosis was updated for frontotemporal dementia (DFT), a more severe form of the disease, which compromises areas of the brain linked to behavior and language. Unlike Alzheimer’s, DFT does not always affect memory in the early stages, which makes socializing more challenging emotionally.

In the text published on Instagram, Emma explained how acceptance has been a necessary path. “In our DFT community, it is common to say, ‘That’s what it is.’ It may seem cold, but to me this phrase offers stability. It helps me back to the present, accept what we have and stop fighting it all the time, as I did before.”

The publication ends with a message of welcome and strength. “Today we will celebrate amazing parents – who are physically with us and those we carry in our hearts. In front.”