Overview

• Good Morning America aired a preview of ABC’s Emma & Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey, with the full special scheduled for Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET and streaming the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
• Emma Heming Willis says the 70-year-old remains physically mobile and in generally good health, but his frontotemporal dementia is eroding his ability to speak.
• The family has developed alternative ways to connect and still experiences brief flashes of his old personality, such as his laugh or a familiar twinkle in his eye.
• She recalls early warning signs before diagnosis, including a noticeable withdrawal at family gatherings, after an initial aphasia disclosure in 2022 and a confirmed FTD diagnosis in 2023.
• Heming Willis has emerged as a caregiver advocate and will release The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path on Sept. 9 to guide other families.