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Emma Heming Willis says she still wrestles with guilt as she looks back on the return of a \u201cdebilitating\u201d childhood condition Bruce Willis had spent years keeping under control \u2013 never imagining it could be linked to dementia.
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Since Bruce Willis\u2019 family revealed he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in 2023, his wife Emma has become one of the condition\u2019s most vocal advocates, sharing not only the realities of his illness but also the emotional toll it has taken on their family.<\/p>\n

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Speaking on\u00a0Today\u2019s Making Space with Hoda Kotb<\/em>\u00a0just one day before the 27th anniversary of\u00a0The Sixth Sense<\/em>, Emma admitted that even celebrating her milestone 50th birthday wasn\u2019t easy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not really been in the celebratory feelings of late,\u201d\u00a0she told\u00a0the host on Aug. 5. \u201cI was unsure if I really wanted to do anything. But I had a friend of mine who kept sort of pushing and saying, \u2018You know what? You don\u2019t wanna miss out on your 50th. You have to celebrate in some form or fashion.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018What would my husband want for me?\u2019<\/h2>\n

After taking time to think about it, Emma realized she didn\u2019t want to look back with regrets<\/p>\n

I really sat with that, and I thought about it. And I thought, \u2018You know what? I don\u2019t wanna look back and think, why didn\u2019t I celebrate 50?\u2019 It is something to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She ultimately celebrated the occasion with family and close friends but admitted the emotions surrounding Bruce Willis\u2019 illness never completely fade.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always wrestle with it, you know?\u201d she said. \u201cI think guilt is something that I am always carrying, but I\u2019ve learned that it is really not helpful. What I know is I always go back to what would my husband want for me?\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not Alzheimer\u2019s<\/h2>\n

Emma has also spent much of her time trying to educate people about FTD, explaining that it doesn\u2019t always look the way many expect.<\/p>\n

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During an appearance on\u00a0The Bossticks\u00a0podcast in June, she addressed one of the biggest misconceptions she regularly encounters when people ask about her husband.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people say, \u2018Oh, you know, does he remember who you are?\u2019 Well, he does because he doesn\u2019t have Alzheimer\u2019s; he has FTD,\u201d she said. \u201cI think that\u2019s a very common misconception that, when you think of dementia, we think of memory loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead, Emma explained that one of the earliest changes she noticed had nothing to do with Bruce forgetting names or faces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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