Why Bruce Willis' wife turned to therapy after his dementia diagnosis

Emma Heming Willis is opening up about one of the toughest calls she’s had to make while caring for husband Bruce Willis — and the therapy she says she needed to prepare for it.

The retired actor, 70, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in 2023 , a disease that has stripped away much of his language and cognitive abilities.

In August, Emma revealed that the “Die Hard” star had moved into a “second home” nearby , where he receives round-the-clock care in a calmer environment.

“I knew by being honest and open about it that it would be met with a lot of judgment ,” Emma, 47, said Thursday during an appearance at Endwell 2025 , an annual summit focused on end-of-life care and death.

“I did a lot of therapy around that to kind of, like, get myself ready,” she told co-pa