Demi Moore provided an emotional update on Bruce Willis’ health, following his diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.
The 61-year-old actress spoke about her ex-husband while receiving the Career Achievement in Acting Award at the 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival.
During a live talk, the actress shared her experience with FTD, a syndrome that can affect behavior, language, and communication.
Demi Moore provided an update on Bruce Willis’ health while receiving the Career Achievement in Acting Award at the 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival.
Image credits: Demi Moore
Image credits: Demi Moore
The 69-year-old former actor was first diagnosed with aphasia in 2022 and subsequently FTD in February 2023.
He is currently “stable,” Demi informed the festival crowd.
“You know, I’ve mentioned this before. The sickness is what it is. And I believe you must have a deep acceptance of what that means,” she explained. “But for where he’s at, he is stable.”
Despite the difficulties, the seasoned actress believes there may be “great beauty and sweetness” as well.
“The sickness is exactly what it is. And I think you have to be in really deep acceptance of what it is,” she told the festival crowd.
Image credits: Demi Moore
Image credits: Demi Moore
“What I usually advise is to simply meet them where they are. “I think holding on to what was is a losing game,” she remarked. “But when you show up to meet them where they’re at, there is great beauty and sweetness.”
Demi and Bruce married in 1987 and are one of Hollywood’s most renowned couples. They have three daughters: Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30.
Despite their divorce in 2000, they have stayed close throughout time. Demi has also taken an active role in his life after his FTD diagnosis.
The actress visited the Die Hard star “two days ago” with her granddaughter, Louetta, born to her oldest daughter Rumer.
The Hollywood action hero was diagnosed with aphasia in 2022, and he received his FTD diagnosis in February 2023.
Image credits: Demi Moore
“And being able to share whatever we have, for however long we have it,” she added of her time with him.
Following his divorce from Demi, Bruce married Emma Heming Willis in 2009 and has remained with her since.
They have two daughters: Mabel Ray (born in 2012) and Evelyn Penn (born in 2014).
“We really adore him. What you might not know, but perhaps you could imagine, is that being wrapped in his arms is the safest place in the entire world,” she said in a poignant birthday tribute to him in March.
“He is a true gentleman. With enough of love to offer and share. That’s what I see—his actual core. “I can tell you, it’s so pure and so good,” she said. “… You are the gift that keeps giving.”