Bruce Willis' wife criticizes stigma of “no joy” after dementia diagnosis

Actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia in 2022 and, since then, headlines involving the actor's illness have not stopped coming out. Emma Heming, Bruce's wife, was tired of so much fake news and took to social media to vent about the issue.

Emma Heming talks about Bruce Willis' dementia

This Sunday (03), Bruce Willis' wife posted a video on her Instagram talking about a headline she saw, which concerns her husband's illness. In the video, Emma asks people to stop scaring others by talking about neurocognitive diseases, in the headline cited by the actor's wife she says that there is no more joy in Bruce because of the disease he was diagnosed with and she made a point of talking about it in video that this information is very far from being true and mentioned that once the disease is diagnosed it does not mean it is over.

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He also commented that there really is sadness in this journey, but that a new chapter begins. In the caption Emma also vented, she said that she had to go out of her own way to get where she is today and ended by saying that there is a lot of beauty and emotion in this story.

How Willis Was Diagnosed

The 68-year-old actor who became very famous after making big films in the world of cinema was first diagnosed with aphasia, and some time later the disease had progressed to frontotemporal dementia.

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Emma said that after the family shared the news, she felt like she could breathe and also said that she learned the precautions surrounding the disease through routine.

Featured Photo: Emma and Bruce Willis in a photo posted on Instagram (Reproduction/instagram/@emmahemingwillis)