Demi Moore has shared a poignant update about her former husband Bruce Willis as he continues to contend with dementia.
In 2022, Willis withdrew from acting following a diagnosis of aphasia, a disorder affecting language capabilities.
By 2023, his family disclosed that his condition had progressed to frontotemporal degeneration (FTD).
This type of dementia affects the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes, leading to symptoms like changes in personality, compulsive behaviors, and difficulties with speech.
Despite no longer being a couple, Moore maintains a supportive relationship with Willis and his wife, Emma Heming Willis.
Moore and Willis were married between 1989 and 2000, during which time they had three daughters: Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 31.
In a recent interview with Variety, Moore stated: “We will always be a family, just in a different form. For me, there was never a question. I show up because that’s what you do for the people you love.”
Addressing the enduring friendship with Willis post-divorce, she added: “I hope it’s encouraging for others to see that there’s a different way to do things.
“There is life after divorce. There is a way to co-parent with love.”
During an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show last September, Moore spoke about her conversations with her children in light of Willis’ health challenges.
“What I say to my kids is you meet them where they’re at. You don’t hold on to who they were or what you want them to be, but who they are in this moment,” Moore explained.
“And from that, there is such beauty and joy and loving and sweetness.”
A month earlier, Tallulah shared a ‘painful’ insight into her father’s condition.
Speaking with E! News, she expressed: “Our visits have so much love and I feel that and that overarches anything for me—being able to have that connection.
“I know he knows how much I love him, I know how much he loves me. I know how much he loves all of us.”
She further commented: “We are in a very unique position where we have this platform. All of us do, all of us in our own ways have a voice and have eyes on us.
“I think it’s been ingrained…how can we use something that’s painful or challenging or a struggle and create awareness about it or find the thing that could be supportive or healing for other people.”