Bruce Willis' wife Emma opens up about his current condition post dementia: ‘He never tapped in’

During her conversation on the Conversations With Cam podcast, Emma opened up about her husband’s health and offered an update on how he is coping.

• Bruce Willis's wife shares he never realized he had frontotemporal dementia
• Emma says Bruce still recognizes family and connects meaningfully despite FTD
• FTD causes anosognosia, making patients unaware of their condition

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Hollywood actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, and now his wife, Emma Heming Willis, has shared details about his health, revealing that he ‘never connected the dots’ about having the condition. She spoke about this during a recent podcast appearance.

During her conversation on the Conversations With Cam podcast, Emma opened up about her husband’s health and offered an update on how he is coping.

As reported by PEOPLE, Emma spoke about Bruce’s ongoing struggle and shared that “Bruce never, never tapped in.”

She explained, "I think that's like the blessing and the curse of this, is that he never connected the dots that he had this disease, and I'm really happy about that. I'm really happy that he doesn't know about it."

Emma further elaborated on the condition, saying, “I think they think this is their normal. There is this term, this neurological condition, that comes with FTD and other types of dementia as well, called anosognosia, where your brain can’t identify what is happening to it. Where people think this might be denial, where they don’t want to go to the doctor because they’re like, ‘I’m fine.’ Actually, this is the anosognosia that comes into play. It’s not denial. It’s just that their brain is changing. This is a part of the disease.”

She also shared that the Die Hard star continues to recognise his family members. Bruce and Emma share two daughters, aged 11 and 13.

“He is still very much present in his body,” she said. “When someone says to me, ‘Does Bruce still know who you are?’ Yes, he does, because he doesn’t have Alzheimer’s; he has FTD. He has a way with connecting with me, our children, that might not be the same as you would connect with your loved one, but it’s still very beautiful and meaningful. It’s just different. You just learn how to adapt.”

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Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in 2023, a condition that affects his ability to communicate.

On the personal front, Bruce was previously married to veteran actress Demi Moore for 13 years before the couple separated in 2000. They share three daughters together — Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah Willis.