Bruce Willis’ Wife Says Holidays Look ‘Different’ Amid His Dementia Battle

The “Die Exhausting” actor retired from performing after his aphasia prognosis in 2022, which was later confirmed to be frontotemporal dementia.

Final week, Bruce Willis’ daughter, Rumer Willis, additionally shared a heartbreaking replace on his well being, revealing that, like many different dementia victims, he’s “not doing nice.”

Bruce’s spouse, Emma, opened up about vacation life with the actor amid his dementia struggles.

Throughout her look on the Finish Nicely 2025 convention in Los Angeles final Thursday, the actress stated that the vacations are nonetheless “joyous” with Bruce, solely “totally different.”

“It is joyous. It is simply totally different,” Emma informed People Magazine. “Bruce cherished Christmas, and we love celebrating it with him. It simply seems totally different, so we have form of tailored to that.”

The couple, who married in 2009 and share daughters Mabel Ray and Evelyn Penn, has needed to put up with the difficulties of Bruce’s situation since his prognosis.

Emma has turn out to be a passionate advocate for FTD consciousness and has typically spoken up on the necessity for extra analysis, compassion, and understanding for households scuffling with the situation.

On the convention, Emma mentioned dementia care with Yvette Nicole Brown, having penned down a lot of her expertise on the caregiving journey in her guide “The Surprising Journey: Discovering Energy, Hope, and Your self on the Caregiving Path.”

In line with the information outlet, she acknowledged that the vacation season for households scuffling with FTD might be “so onerous,” however added that she thinks “it is necessary to place Die Exhausting on as a result of it is a Christmas film.”

“You need to be taught and adapt and make new reminiscences, herald the identical traditions that you just had earlier than,” she defined.

Emma added, “Life goes on. It simply goes on. Dementia is difficult, however there’s nonetheless pleasure in it. I feel it is necessary that we do not paint such a detrimental image round dementia. We’re nonetheless laughing. There’s nonetheless pleasure. It simply seems totally different.”

Bruce is known for his iconic position as John McClane within the “Die Exhausting” film franchise.

Within the film, McClane is a detective who repeatedly finds himself within the incorrect place on the incorrect time, often having to thwart a large-scale terrorist or prison plot, basically on his personal.

Talking of the household life, Emma stated it is “quite simple,” and that the “pleasure” is available in “having the ability to be current with him.”

“Me having the ability to be his spouse with him. These are the moments,” she added.

The 70-year-old motion star has since retired from performing following his FTD prognosis, however regardless of that includes in sizzling initiatives like “Pulp Fiction,” “The Sixth Sense,” and lots of others, Emma shared that he hardly ever mirrored on his Hollywood profession at the start went south.

“I do not know that he ever has [reflected on his legacy],” Emma stated, per People.

She continued, “I do not assume that he is ever harped or thought lengthy and onerous about who he’s, what he is accomplished. I feel he is simply at all times loved being an actor, entertaining folks.”

“He actually cherished it. It was a ardour of his,” Emma added. “That is why I like him. He is simply at all times so humble. You’ll by no means know.”