For the first time, Emma Heming Willis is sharing her journey as a caregiver to Bruce Willis on the Today Show.
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00:00 Bruce Willis' wife, Emma Heming Willis, is opening up about the actor's medical
00:03 condition impacting their family.
00:05 On Monday, the 45-year-old mother spoke to Today Show alongside Susan Dickinson to promote
00:10 World FTD Week.
00:12 During a conversation with Hoda Kotb, Heming Willis explained that it was important for
00:15 her to share her experience on living with someone with dementia.
00:19 She stated, "His condition is teaching our kids so much and how to care and love.
00:24 It's a beautiful thing amongst the sadness."
00:26 The mother of two also admitted that living with the disease is "hard" on the person
00:31 diagnosed.
00:32 The Willis family announced in March of 2022 that Bruce would be stepping away after being
00:36 diagnosed with the language disorder aphasia.
00:39 The message was signed by Heming Willis and his ex-wife, Demi Moore.
00:42 Earlier this year, it was revealed that his diagnosis included frontotemporal dementia,
00:47 for which there is no treatment.
00:48 When it comes to being Willis' "care partner," Heming Willis said it's important for herself
00:53 and others in her position "to be able to ask for help and support."
00:56 She has leaned on her loved ones, particularly Mabel and Evelyn, and has been "honest and
01:01 open with them about Willis' condition."