Bruce Willis' Wife Emma Heming Makes Heartbreaking Revelation About Actor's Dementia Condition: Doesn’t Know He Has It...

Hollywood superstar Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a degenerative disease of the brain similar to Parkinson’s. In a statement, 67-year-old Willis’ family said he has a more

specific diagnosis of the disease, which is genetically inherited and caused by the tau variant. “While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis,” the statement read. The actor's brain is “failing him,” and his “language is going”, his wife, Emma, has revealed recently. The 70-year-old Hollywood superstar was diagnosed with a group of progressive brain disorders, which are characterised by the degeneration of the brain's frontal and temporal lobes, leading to changes in personality, behaviour, and language, in 2023. Now, actor's wife has made shocking revelations about his condition and it has taken over the internet.

Bruce Willis' Wife Makes Shocking Revelation About His Dementia

Emma Heming Willis recently sat down for The Unexpected Journey podcast and said, "They think this is their normal. There is this neurological condition that comes with FTD and other types of dementia, that’s called anosognosia, where your brain can’t identify what is happening to it. Where people think this might be denial, like where they don’t want to go to the doctor because ‘I’m fine.’ It’s actually… this is the anosognosia that comes into play… Bruce never tapped in. He never connected the dots that he had this disease. I’m really happy about that. I’m really happy he doesn’t know about it."

He Doesn't Know He Has Dementia: Emma Willis

She also revealed her reaction to when someone asks her, ‘Does Bruce still know who you are?’ She shared that, because he doesn’t have Alzheimer’s, he has FTD and has a way with connecting with her and their children, that 'might not be the same as you would connect with your loved one', but it’s still very beautiful and meaningful. "It’s just different. You just learn how to adapt," Emma concluded. Bruce Willis is a retired American actor and action icon best known for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard franchise. After a career spanning four decades and over 100 films, he stepped away from the spotlight in March 2022.