Demi Moore is showing her support for her ex-husband Bruce Willis, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023.
The actress reveals how she has learned to let go of who Willis was and appreciate who he is now. She also commends Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis for being a loving and devoted caregiver.
Frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, is a rare and progressive disorder that affects the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes, which are responsible for behavior, personality, language, and memory. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, FTD usually affects people between the ages of 40 and 65, and there is no cure or treatment for it.
Bruce Willis, 68, was first diagnosed with aphasia, a condition that impairs the ability to speak and understand language, in 2022. He announced that he would retire from acting to focus on his health and family.
In February 2023, his family confirmed that he had FTD, and that he was under the care of his wife Emma Heming Willis, 45, at their home in Idaho.
Demi Moore was married to Willis from 1987 to 2000, and shares three daughters with him, Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah. Even after their divorce, she has remained close to her ex-husband and his current wife.
In a recent interview with Andy Cohen on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy, where she was promoting her new FX series Feud: Capote vs the Swans, Moore shared how she copes with Willis’ dementia and offered advice to other families dealing with the condition.
“I think the most important thing I could share is just to meet them where they’re at,” Moore said. “When you let go of who they’ve been, or who you think they [should be], or who even you would like them to be, you can then really stay in the present and take in the joy and the love that is present and there for all that they are, not all that they’re not.”
