Emma Heming Willis says Bruce Willis is in care as daughters grieve

Emma Heming Willis said her two young daughters are grieving as the condition of their father, actor Bruce Willis, progresses and the family adapts to his increasing care needs. In a recent interview, she described the couple's decision to move Willis, 70, into a single‑storey home with a full‑time care team after she served as his primary caregiver, and detailed how their daughters, Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, are coping.

Heming Willis said the girls are "doing well, all things considered," but acknowledged the situation is painful for them. "They grieve. They miss their dad so much. He is missing important milestones. That is tough for them," she said, adding that while children are resilient, she could not be certain they would "ever bounce back." She described the family as learning to adapt to new realities as the illness advances.

Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023 and stopped acting soon afterward. Medical descriptions of frontotemporal dementia note that it primarily affects behavior and language and typically worsens over time. Heming Willis said some language abilities have declined, but that Willis remains physically mobile and continues to show...