Bruce Willis was pictured in his car in what is a rare appearance for the actor (Picture: Javiles/Bruce / BACKGRID)
Bruce Willis has been seen out and about in Southern California, in what is a rare appearance since his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.
The Die Hard actor, 69, was pictured in the passenger’s seat of a vehicle peering into the wing mirror as he took a trip with security guards, wearing a black cap and white buttoned-up top with light stripes.
Following his 2023 diagnosis, Bruce took a step back from the spotlight to focus on his health, with his wife Emma Heming Willis offering updates, and his ex-wife Demi Moore sticking around to support their blended family.
Despite their 1998 divorce, Bruce and Emma have remained close, raising their children and now grandchildren together, and she also has a good relationship with Emma and her own daughters.
Bruce has five children – Mabel Ray, 12, and Evelyn, 10, with wife Emma, 46; and Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30, with ex-wife Demi, 61.
Since his initial aphasia and subsequent frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, Bruce’s family have given fans sporadic updates on how he’s getting on.
He was diagnosed first with aphasia and then found out he had dementia in 2023 (Picture: Javiles/Bruce / BACKGRID)
The Hollywood actor took a step back from the spotlight to focus on his health (Picture: Rich Fury/Getty Images)
In March earlier this year, the family celebrated Bruce’s birthday and took to social media to share messages with fans.
Demi shared a picture of her sitting on the sofa next to him, and wrote: ‘Happy birthday, BW! We love you and are so grateful for you.’
Emma, meanwhile, wrote a heartfelt post about how much he meant to her, addressing his fans as she wrote ‘just like you, we simply adore him’.
She continued: ‘What you might not know, but maybe you could imagine, that being wrapped in his arms is the safest place in this whole wide world.’
‘Happy Birthday my love. You are the gift that keeps giving.’
In that same month Emma was forced to hit back at claims the Armageddon actor had ‘no more joy’ in life left.
She said: ‘It’s Sunday morning and I’m triggered. I just got clickbaited. I’m just scrolling, minding my own business, and just saw a headline – and got clickbaited – that had to do with my own family.
‘The headline basically says there is no more joy in my husband. Now I can just tell you that is far from the truth. I need society, and whoever is writing these stupid headlines, to stop scaring people.’
She continued: ‘[People will think] once they get a diagnosis of some kind of neuro-cognitive disease that that’s it, it’s over. Let’s pack it up. Nothing else to see here. We’re done. No, it is the complete opposite.’
His wife Emma Heming Willis has kept fans sporadically updated on how he’s doing (Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln Center)
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Source:: Metro
