Demi Moore shares emotional update on ex-husband Bruce Willis: ‘There is life after divorce’

Demi Moore has told of her enduring affection for ex-husband Bruce Willis since their 2000 divorce and through the actor’s dementia diagnosis. The 69-year-old Die Hard actor and The Substance actress, 69, were married between 1987 and 2000 and share three daughters; Rumer, 36, Scout, 33 and Tallulah, 31. It’s always been clear that the pair remain close, having celebrated milestones in their blended family together.

Now Demi has revealed that connection hasn’t suffered since Bruce was diagnosed with aphasia in 2022, then frontotemporal dementia in 2023. ‘We will always be a family, just in a different form,’ the Ghost actress said. ‘For me, there was never a question. I show up because that’s what you do for the people you love.’. The actress shared that she visits Bruce weekly, and wants to support his current wife Emma Heming Willis, 46, as well as Bruce and Emma’s daughters, Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10.

‘I hope it’s encouraging for others to see that there’s a different way to do things,’ she told Variety. ‘There is life after divorce. There is a way to co-parent with love.’. Bruce married Emma Heming Willis in 2009, while Demi was married to Ashton Kutcher between 2005 and 2013. Demi, who is nominated for an Oscar for her role in The Substance for the first time, has previously told how she’s always prioritised a friendly relationship with her ex-husband.

‘That has been very important to me even from when Bruce and I separated and divorced, is the recognition that we’re a family, and we’ll always be a family, just in a different form,’ she said. ‘And that form may kind of evolve and change, and there is a way in which we can all be in that form.’. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.

Up Next. This comes after Demi left  fans and her own family in tears with an impassioned speech about worth as she won her first ever acting award at the Golden Globes four decades into her career. ‘Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me that I was a popcorn actress and at that time, I made that mean that this wasn’t something that I was allowed to have, that I could do movies that were successful, that made a lot of money, but that I couldn’t be acknowledged,’ she said on stage during the ceremony.

‘I bought in, and I believed that, and that corroded me over time, to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it, maybe I was complete. I’ve done what I was supposed to do. ‘And as I was at kind of a low point, I had this magical, bold, courageous, out-of-the-box, absolutely bonkers script come across my desk called The Substance, and the universe told me that you’re not done.’.

Becoming emotional, Moore thanked French director Coralie Fargeat along with her team. She continued: ‘I’ll just leave you with one thing that I think this movie is imparting, is in those moments when we don’t think we’re smart enough or pretty enough or skinny enough or successful enough, or basically just not enough. ‘I had a woman say to me, just know you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.

‘And so today, I celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness and of the love that is driving me and for the gift of doing something I love and being reminded that I do belong.’. Got a story?. If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.