Emma Heming Willis has given a positive update on her husband Bruce Willis's health, saying the 70-year-old actor is 'doing really well' despite his frontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis. Speaking on NBC's Today show on Tuesday, she told Savannah Guthrie: 'He is surrounded by love and care, and he is doing really well with an unkind disease.'
The Die Hard star's family announced in 2023 that he had been diagnosed with FTD, a year after revealing he was stepping away from acting due to aphasia. Heming Willis, who shares two daughters Mabel Ray, 13, and Evelyn Penn, 11, with Willis, has been open about how the condition has affected family life.
In a recent interview with People, she described how the family has adapted their Christmas traditions to accommodate Willis's changing needs. 'It’s joyous. It’s just different. Bruce loved Christmas, and we love celebrating it with him. It just looks different, so we've kind of adapted to that,' she said, adding: 'Life goes on... There is still joy in it.'
Heming Willis also addressed criticism over her decision to move Willis out of their family home due to his condition. Speaking at the End Well 2025 conference in Los Angeles, she dismissed the backlash with a blunt 'F*** em!' – a phrase she said her husband would use. She joined actor Yvette Nicole Brown, who cares for her father, to discuss the challenges of caregiving.
Brown defended Heming Willis, saying: 'What people don’t understand who aren’t caregivers, is that every caregiver is different... we are all doing our best and making the best decisions for your family.'
