Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis recently got candid about the beloved actor’s ongoing struggle with dementia.

“Bruce is in really great health overall, you know. It’s just his brain that is failing him,” Heming Willis explained in the ABC special Emma & Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey. The special highlights the actor’s health battle and how his family, led by Heming Willis, has stepped up as his caregivers.

Heming Willis said her husband of 16 years can still recognize her.

“I feel he does, right? Like, he, I know he does. You know, when we are with him … he lights up, right?” Heming Willis told host Diane Sawyer. She added that he shares a bond with the couple’s two young daughters and Willis’ three adult daughters.”He’s holding our hands. We’re kissing him. We’re hugging h

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