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Demi Moore shares health update about Bruce Willis, who suffers from dementia

Demi Moore shares health update about Bruce Willis, who suffers from dementia

Demi Moore has shared a health update about her ex-husband Bruce Willis years after his diagnosis with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

While accepting an award at the Hamptons International Film Festival in New York over the weekend, Moore, 61, revealed that the 69-year-old “Die Hard” star was in “stable” condition.

“You know, I’ve said this before. The disease is what the disease is,” Moore told the audience during a live discussion on Sunday. People magazine reported. “And I think you have to really deeply accept what that is.”

The “Ghost” alum added, “But as far as he’s at, he’s stable.”

Moore and Willis were married from 1987 to 2000 and have three children together: Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. The “Pulp Fiction” star remarried in 2009 to British model Emma Heming Willis, with whom he has two children, Mabel and Evelyn.

In March 2022, Willis' family announced his retirement from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, which affects communication.

Bruce Willis and Demi Moore tied the knot in 1987 after just four months of dating.
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore tied the knot in 1987 after just four months of dating.

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The family shared an update nearly a year later that revealed Willis' condition had progressed to frontotemporal dementia.

“We are going through this as a strong family unit and wanted to include his fans because we know how much he means to you and yours. As Bruce always says, 'Live it,' and together we plan to do just that,” they said in a joint statement to the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration.

Earlier this year, Heming Willis made “stupid headlines” about the actor's life after his aphasia diagnosis, noting they were “far from the truth.”

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“I was just lured in via clickbait. “I'm just scrolling around, minding my own business, and I just saw a headline that has to do with my own family,” his wife said in a video message on Instagram. “The headline basically says my husband is no longer happy. Well, all I can tell you is that’s far from the truth.”

She then accused the unnamed media of “scare[ing]people” with its sensationalized statements.

“Stop scaring people and thinking that once they get a diagnosis of a neurocognitive disease they'll say, 'That's it.' It’s over,” Heming Willis added. “Let’s wrap it up. There's nothing left to see here, we're done.' No. It’s the complete opposite of that, okay?”

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