In a video posted on Instagram, Emma Heming claimed that she has been "clickbaited" by "stupid headlines" regarding the quality of life that her husband lives. Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia last year.
“The headline basically says there is no more joy in my husband”, she said.
“Now, I can just tell you, that is far from the truth”, she continued. “I need society – and whoever’s writing these stupid headlines – to stop scaring people”.
“Stop scaring people to think that once they get a diagnosis of some kind of neurocognitive disease that that’s it. ‘It’s over. Let’s pack it up. We’re — Nothing else to see here. We’re done.’ No. It is the complete opposite of that”.
“There is grief and sadness. There’s all of that. But you start a new chapter”.
Speaking on this chapter, Emma Heming stated that it is filled “with love, it’s filled with connection, it’s filled with joy, it’s filled with happiness”.
Blasting these headlines, Heming added, “That’s where we are. So stop with these stupid headlines. These stupid clickbait-y things that freak people out. Stop doing that. There’s nothing to see here, ok?”.
Adding a caption to this video, Heming wrote, “My experience is that two things can be true and exist at the same time. Grief and deep love. Sadness and deep connection. Trauma and resilience”.
“I had to get out of my own way to get here but once I arrived, life really started to come together with meaning and I had a true sense of purpose. There is so much beauty and soulfulness in this story”.
Bruce Willis and Emma Heming have been married for 15 years. Willis was previously married to Hollywood star Demi Moore. Bruce Willis also starred in Die Hard, The Sixth Sense, and Pulp Fiction.
