Emma Heming-Willis defends herself against the reports surrounding the health of her husband Bruce Willis.
After reports that the sick actor Bruce Willis (68) no longer has any joy in his life, his wife Emma Heming-Willis (45) is now speaking out. In two Instagram videos, she comments on the headlines surrounding her husband’s health and emphasizes that the depictions are not true – and are even dangerous.
“It’s the complete opposite”
“The headline basically says my husband has lost his joy. Well, I can tell you that’s far from the truth,” Heming-Willis begins in her, published March 3. The wife of the actor, who suffers from dementia, also appeals that “whoever writes these stupid headlines” should stop “scareting people.” The diagnosis of a neurocognitive disorder would not mean the end, but would be “the complete opposite”. It is the beginning of a new chapter that is “filled with love, full of connection, full of friends” and “full of happiness.”
In the comments, Emma Heming-Willis continues her thoughts on the inaccurate reporting on dementia. According to this, “the wrong people” would inform other people about the disease. People “who have an opinion instead of an experience,” “people who have not taken the time to educate themselves adequately about neurocognitive disorders of any kind.” Willis’ wife calls for attention to how “dementia stories are presented to the public.”
Heming-Willis once again discusses the effects of fake news on the relatives of sick people. Accordingly, such “dark and gloomy headlines” would only make people caring for a person suffering from dementia feel even more unsafe to support the sick person. Finally, the wife of the “Die Hard” star asks her followers to “reframe this negative narrative around dementia.”
Rare form of dementia
In March 2022 it was announced that Bruce Willis was having health problems. His family explained at the time that he had to give up his acting career due to aphasia, a language disorder. A year later it was announced that the Hollywood star had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. This is a rare form of dementia. “It is caused by damage to the brain, specifically, as the name suggests, in the frontal and temporal lobes. These brain regions are located directly behind the forehead and are very important for our personality, language, movement and consciousness, among other things,” explained neuroscientist and memory world champion Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad in conversation with the news agency spot on news.
Source: Stern
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