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Demi Moore Defends Emma Heming Willis as Bruce Willis Receives 24/7 Care in Second Home

Moore urges focusing on the present with dementia as she voices support for the family's care choices.

Overview

  • On The Oprah Podcast, Demi Moore said it is painful to witness Bruce Willis’s change and stressed meeting him where he is rather than dwelling on past loss.
  • Moore praised Emma Heming Willis’s handling of caregiving, calling her approach masterful and emphasizing self-care for caregivers.
  • Emma explained that Bruce now lives in a separate, tailored residence supported by a round-the-clock professional team to ensure safety for him and their two young daughters.
  • Addressing criticism of moving him out of the main family home, Emma said sharing their reality invites opinions but helps connect caregivers with lived experience.
  • The conversation accompanied promotion of Emma’s caregiving book, The Unexpected Journey, following prior disclosures of Willis’s aphasia in 2022 and confirmed frontotemporal dementia in 2023.