Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Emma Heming Willisis doing everything possible to advocate for her husband, Bruce Willis, after he was diagnosed withfrontotemporal dementia.
In a videoshared to her Instagram on Tuesday, Emma, 44, responded to claims she was “getting her five minutes” due to her 67-year-old husband’s medical issues and added in the post’s caption that she’s “sat around quietly for too long.”
“I just saw something about me getting my five minutes, which is great,” she began in the video. “Which means that you’re listening. So I’m going to take my five minutes, and I’m going to turn it into 10 because I’m always going to advocate for my husband.”
While stressing that she would continue to raise awareness about the disease, she added: “I am going to turn my grief and my anger and my sadness and do something good around something that feels less than. So, watch this space because I didn’t come to play.”
The video comes after Emma shared a PSA onInstagram Saturday, asking paparazzi to “keep your space” around the actor after he was approached during a rare appearance at a coffee shop with friends.
“If you are someone who is looking after someone with dementia, you know how difficult and stressful it can be to get someone out into the world and to navigate them safely, even just to get a cup of coffee,” she said in the video, praising Bruce’s friends who did a “stand-up job” protecting him.
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“It’s clear that there’s still a lot of education that needs to be put forth,” she continued. “So this one is going out to the photographers and the video people that are trying to get those exclusives of my husband out and about. Just keep your space.”
After Bruce’s condition worsened since his family first shared news of hisaphasia diagnosislast year, they explained that “challenges with communication are justone symptom of the disease Bruce faces.”
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Since Bruce’s diagnosis, his family has been helping him “live as full a life as possible.”
source: people.com
