In a new interview, Bruce Willis’ wife revealed that the actor “does not know” that he has frontotemporal dementia.
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In a new interview, the wife of Bruce Willis revealed that the actor “does not know” that he has dementia; according to Emma Heming, the actor “never connected the dots.”
Willis, 70, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a progressive and incurable neurological disease that affects behavior, language, personality, and motor skills.
According to a report by People, during a recent appearance on the podcast “Conversations with Cam”, Heming spoke about her husband’s struggle and said that, for her, Willis not understanding that he is ill is like a blessing.
“I think this is both the blessing and the curse of it all—the fact that he never realized he had this disease, and I am very grateful for that. I’m very glad that he doesn’t know,” she said.
According to Heming, her husband, like other people with similar conditions, suffers from anosognosia; “it’s when your brain can’t identify what’s happening to it,” she explained.
“People think this might be denial, as if they don’t want to go to the doctor because they say, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine,’ but in reality, it’s anosognosia that comes into play. It’s not denial. It’s just that their brain is changing. That’s part of the disease.”
Willis’ wife has spoken openly about her husband’s condition and how the entire family is involved in doing the best possible for the star of “Die Hard”; Heming shared with host Cameron Oaks Rogers that she and their daughters have adapted to the new family reality.
According to her, Bruce is “still very present in his body,” and she explained that as his dementia progressed, “we progressed along with him. We adapted along with him.”
“He has a way of connecting with me and our daughters that may not be the same as you would have with a loved one, but it’s still very beautiful,” said Heming. “It’s still very meaningful. It’s just… different. You learn to adapt.”
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