Demi Moore shares the latest health update on her ex-husband Bruce Willis, father of her three daughters.
While attending the 2024 Hamptons International Film Pageant in New York on Sunday, where she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Acting, the actress described her current condition as “stable” amid her diagnosis of aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). ).
'You know, I've said this before. The disease is what the disease is. And I think you have to deeply accept what that is,” Moore told the audience during a live discussion moderated by Alina Cho, as reported People. “But where he is, he is stable.”
Moore recently visited Willis, to whom she was married for 13 years, just two days before the HIFF event, to visit her first granddaughter, Rumer's daughter Louetta.
The veteran Hollywood star dates Willis with the idea that they will be able to “share everything we have, for as long as we have it.”
Demi Moore, 61, shared an update on the health of her ex-husband, Bruce Willis, describing his current condition as “stable” amid his diagnosis of aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
The A Few Good Males star also believes it's best to stay in the moment when it comes to the progression of her ex-husband's illness, and not just think of him in terms of who he'd always been in years past.
'What I always encourage is to simply meet them where they are. “When you hold on to what was, I think it’s a lost game,” the Los Angeles native said, riveting fans and reporters. “But when you show up to meet them where they are, there is great beauty and sweetness.”
The former couple met at the premiere of the movie Stakeout in July, where Moore was attending with her then-fiancé, Emilio Estevez.
Shortly after the premiere, Moore and Willis began dating and were on the fast track to getting married just a few months later in November of that same year.
During their romance they welcomed three daughters, Rumer, 36, who just welcomed Louetta, her first child with partner Derek Richard Thomas in April 2023, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30 .
They finally announced their separation in June 1998, but their divorce was not finalized until 2000.
Despite the split, the former couple remained close friends and shared co-parenting duties with their three daughters over the years.
Willis married his second wife, Emma Heming, in 2009, and they had daughters of their own: Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10.
'You know, I've said this before. The disease is what the disease is. And I think you have to deeply accept what that is,” Moore told the audience during a live discussion moderated by Alina Cho. “But where it is, it is stable”
Demi Moore has urged families of dementia sufferers to “let go” of the person they used to be after her ex-husband's diagnosis of aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD); The former couple is seen with their daughter Tallulah.
Willis and Moore were married from 1987 to 2000 and share three children; They all appear together in the photo in October 2001.
The blended family shares outings involving Willis, his wife Emma Heming, 46, their two daughters Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10, Moore, 61, and daughters Tallulah, 30.
The former couple has remained friends since their divorce in 2000.
The Die Onerous star has been married to his second wife, Emma Heming, since 2009.
During Moore's appearance on HIFF, Moore discussed some of the highlights of his career, including the hit films Ghost (1990), Indecent Proposal (1993), A Few Good Males (1992), Gi Jane (1997), as well as his days in Brat Pack. in the 80s classics St. Elmos Fireplace (1985) and About Final Night time… (1986).
She spoke about what it meant to her to see a reel of his films backstage before she was finally presented with her award.
“It felt like I was seeing a lot of life,” he said, before adding, “It actually feels like a lifetime, because the gift is that we can continue to change and grow.” What I was thinking is, 'Thank God, I continued to have opportunities to improve.'
For her latest role, Moore stars in the satirical body horror film The Substance, which was released in the US and UK in late September, alongside Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid.