Bruce Willis and his wife Emma Heming (Getty Images)

Emma Hemingthe wife of Bruce Willisdecided to post a video on his social media with a message for the paparazzi: he begged them to try to keep a safe distance from the actor and also not to yell at him when they chase him down the street for him. take a photo .

According to Emma’s account, a few days ago a group of photographers tried to speak to Willis, who had been diagnosed with dementia, when they found him having coffee with friends. in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. This way of approaching things could generate an adverse and counterproductive reaction in the 67-year-old actor.

In the video, recorded at home in his home, Heming – 44, who married Wilis in 2009 – explains that it can be “difficult and stressful” to bring someone with dementia “into the world, and the guide safely”. For this reason, he begged the photojournalist who would eventually meet Bruce to give him “his space”, even understanding that the professional is doing “his job”.

Bruce Willis was photographed on public roads after his diagnosis (The Grosby Group)
Bruce Willis was photographed on public roads after his diagnosis (The Grosby Group)

“It allows our family, or whoever is with him that day, to get him from point A to point B safely,” the woman said in a post on her account. instagram, in which he also left another written request at the bottom of the video, this time for his subscribers: “For other caregivers or dementia care specialists navigating this world, advice on how to get out of their relatives ? the world safe? Please share below.”

In mid-February Half Moore was the one who reported that the star of movies like hard to kill there pulp Fictionamong other things, faces a frontotemporal dementia. In March 2022, specialists made an initial diagnosis of aphasia -a language disorder that makes reading, writing and speaking difficult-, then a series of tests and additional studies revealed the exact reason for his health problems.

Frontotemporal dementia is a cruel disease about which little is known but which can affect anyone. Even in people over the age of 60, it is the most common form of dementia and it is thought that it could affect more people than you think because it takes many years to diagnose. This disease affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain and consists of a group of brain disorders that generate alterations in personality, behavior and language, according to the Mayo Clinic.

This level of difficulty in his ability to express himself and understand others was something doctors had long warned him about: “He knew that as his health weakened, there would come a time when his power to generate money was going to drop considerably. So, while he was lucid, he made all the necessary financial arrangements so that the girls did not miss anything”, revealed a source close to Page Six.

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