Emma Heming Willis, the wife of Bruce Willis, initially considered the early symptoms of his dementia as hearing loss he sustained while filming Die Hard. The Pulp Fiction star retired from acting following the diagnosis and has since remained away from public eye. Recently, Emma revealed that Willis has been moved to a one-storey home, where he lives with a full-time care team.
Emma Heming thought filming Die Hard led to Bruce Willis’ dementia symptoms
In a new interview with Fox News Digital, Emma disclosed that she took early signs of Willis’ dementia as hearing loss he suffered on the sets of the first Die Hard, which came out in 1988. “When Bruce was shooting the first Die Hard, he shot a gun underneath a table multiple times, and they didn’t have him wear any kind of ear protection,” the former model explained. “That took out a huge percentage of his hearing. And over time, for all of us as we age, our hearing starts to go a bit.”
Emma continued, “That’s what I thought was happening. Maybe we’re having this miscommunication. He is really not hearing me properly. I thought maybe that’s why we weren’t communicating as well as we used to, because of his hearing.”
Emma, 47, recently published The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path, a book about being a caregiver to her husband. She clarified in the book that Willis’ hearing loss “never posed a real problem” when they were dating. The couple married in 2009 and have two daughters together. Willis, 70, also has three daughters from his previous marriage to actress Demi Moore.
In the book, Emma recalled that Willas had started to “check out” during dinners and thought he was just letting his daughters talk to each other without interrupting them. “I assumed his hearing loss made it easier for him to melt into his seat with his hands clasped gently on his lap,” she added. However, Emma ultimately realized that something was wrong and consulted doctors.
Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on ComingSoon.
