Bruce Willis’s wife shares sad update on 17th anniversary as a couple
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Bruce Willis’s wife Emma Hemming Willis has given fans a poignant update about her life with the Die Hard actor as she celebrates their 17 years together as a couple. Bruce Willis, 69, and Emma Hemming Willis, 46, tied the knot in 2009 and share two daughters – plus Bruce’s three daughters from his previous relationship with Demi Moore.
![[17 years of us ?? Anniversaries used to bring excitement ? now, if I?m honest, they stir up all the feelings, leaving a heaviness in my heart and a pit in my stomach. I give myself 30 minutes to sit in the ?why him, why us,? to feel the anger and grief. Then I shake it off and return to what is. And what is? is unconditional love. I feel blessed to know it, and it?s because of him. I?d do it all over again and again in a heartbeat]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234507503-26f8.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
In 2023 it was announced that the actor had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a neurodegenerative disease. Since Emma has become an advocate for FTD and has given fans updates about her husband’s condition and his more severe symptoms.
![[SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 04: American actor Bruce Willis and his wife American model Emma Heming attend CocoBaba and Ushopal activity on November 4, 2019 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234507575-a50f.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
In a poignant update nearly two years on from his diagnosis announcement, Emma has been supported by fans as she celebrates their anniversary with an emotional update as she reveals she has a ‘pit in her stomach’. ’17 years of us ❤️Anniversaries used to bring excitement — now, if I’m honest, they stir up all the feelings, leaving a heaviness in my heart and a pit in my stomach,’ read the caption of a picture of the pair in the sea at sunset.
![[LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 14: Bruce Willis (L) and Emma Heming attend the Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis at Hollywood Palladium on July 14, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234507507-09d7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
She then revealed how she copes with his condition, explaining that she lets herself grieve, and then reminds herself that her love for him is ‘unconditional.’. ‘I give myself 30 minutes to sit in the “why him, why us,” to feel the anger and grief. Then I shake it off and return to what is. And what is… is unconditional love.
