Emma Heming slams false narrative that husband Bruce Willis has ‘no more joy’: There is still ‘love’ and ‘connection’
Emma Heming rushed to her husband Bruce Willis’ defense after it was reported that there’s “no more joy” in him amid his battle with dementia.
In a heated video posted on Instagram Sunday, the actress shared how she came across a “clickbaited” article about the “Die Hard” actor, 68, and her family.
“The headline basically says there is no more joy in my husband. Now, I can just tell you, that is far from the truth,” Heming, 45, said. “I need society and whoever’s writing these stupid headlines to stop scaring people.
“Stop scaring people to think that once they get a diagnosis of some kind of neurocognitive disease that –that’s it. ‘It’s over. Let’s pack it up — Nothing else to see here. We’re done.’ No, it’s the complete opposite of that.”
Heming explained that there is “a lot of” both “grief and sadness” as her family continues to navigate Willis’ frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, but also a lot of love, connection and joy.
“That’s where we are,” she continued. “So stop with these stupid headlines. These stupid clickbaity things that freak people out. Stop doing that. There’s nothing to see here, okay?”
The mom of two also took to the caption of the clip to explain her experience, writing, “Two things can be true and exist at the same time. Grief and deep love. Sadness and deep connection. Trauma and resilience.
“I had to get out of my own way to get here but once I arrived, life really started to come together with meaning and I had a true sense of purpose. There is so much beauty and soulfulness in this story.”
