Long before their father’s devastating dementia diagnosis, Emma Heming’s two kids with Bruce Willis, Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, saw their father’s health “declining.”
“I’ve never made an effort to make anything seem sweet to them. In a recent interview with Town & Country Magazine, which was released on Tuesday, Heming, 46, remarked of the 69-year-old “Die Hard” star, “They’ve grown up with Bruce declining over the years.”
She went on, “I’m not trying to protect them from it.”
Emma Heming’s daughters with Bruce Willis were aware of their father’s declining health prior to his dementia diagnosis.Instagram/Emmahemingwillis
Long before their father’s devastating dementia diagnosis, Emma Heming’s two kids with Bruce Willis, Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, saw their father’s health “declining.”
“I’ve never made an effort to make anything seem sweet to them. In a recent interview with Town & Country Magazine, which was released on Tuesday, Heming, 46, remarked of the 69-year-old “Die Hard” star, “They’ve grown up with Bruce declining over the years.”
She went on, “I’m not trying to protect them from it.”
Emma Heming’s daughters with Bruce Willis were aware of their father’s declining health prior to his dementia diagnosis.emmahemingwillis/Instagram
As there is no treatment for FTD, Heming has dedicated herself to raising awareness so she can have “some agency in this.”
“I’m not going to allow FTD to take our whole family down. Bruce wouldn’t want that,” she said.
”They’re going to see me fight for our family, have some hope and help the next family out there.”
In 2009, she and Heming wed the father of five children.Instagram
Since she and her family announced Willis’ diagnosis in February of last year, Heming said she has been moved by the outpouring of affection they have received.
“I wanted them to see us release our family statement, and I get chills when I think about how lovingly and compassionately it was received,” she said. They were able to observe their father’s influence and reach as a result of our ability to increase awareness on a worldwide basis. That is a lovely thing.
In 2009, Heming and Willis were married. From 1987 to 2000, the “Pulp Fiction” actor was also wed to Demi Moore, with whom she had three daughters: Tallulah, 30, Scout, 33, and Rumer, 36.