Through thick and thin! Bruce Willis and his wife, Emma Heming Willis, have been by each other’s side since their early 2000s meet-cute.
The duo met in 2007 while working out at their mutual trainer’s gym. One year later, the model joined the Die Hard actor on the red carpet for the premiere of his 2008 film Flawless. Also at the event was Bruce’s ex-wife Demi Moore — to whom he was married from 1987 to 2000 — and their daughter Tallulah Willis. (Moore also shares daughters Rumer Willis and Scout Willis with the Sixth Sense star.)
After two years of dating, the former Victoria’s Secret Angel and the Pulp Fiction actor walked down the aisle in Turks and Caicos. Six days after their tropical nuptials, the couple wed again in Beverly Hills in a civil ceremony. In 2012, the twosome welcomed their first child together, daughter Mabel. Two years later, they expanded their family with daughter Evelyn.
Heming Willis, for her part, has maintained a close relationship with her stepdaughters and their mother. When she and Bruce decided to renew their vows for their 10th wedding anniversary, Moore was in attendance.
“She welcomed me into her family like I welcomed her into ours,” the CocoBaba founder exclusively told Us Weekly of the Ghost actress in April 2019. “Again, I have so much respect for her. I have so much respect for how Bruce and Demi worked through their divorce to be able to put their children first. I learned so much from that and grew so much from watching that. It was important for her to be there. She was at our first wedding. I loved having her there again. I wouldn’t do it without her.”
Nearly three years after the couple’s vow renewal ceremony, the Willis family revealed that Bruce had been diagnosed with aphasia, a language disorder, and he would be retiring from acting.
“To Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities,” the statement read in March 2022. “As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him.”
Heming Willis was touched by the support she had received following the announcement.
“Your love, support, compassion, prayers really help,” she wrote via her Instagram Story. “I’m grateful. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
Nearly one year after the family shared the Sin City actor’s initial diagnosis, they gave an update on his condition.
“Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD),” the Willis family wrote in a statement via the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) in February 2023. “Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces. While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.”
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Keep scrolling to see Emma and Bruce’s relationship timeline:
The pair met at their mutual trainer’s gym. Henry Lamb/Photowire/BEI/Shutterstock
Bruce was joined by Heming Willis, Moore, and daughter Tallulah for the premiere of his movie Flawless. Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
Two months after their nuptials, the newlyweds made their red carpet debut as husband and wife at the 2009 Met Gala. Charles Sykes/Shutterstock
The twosome welcomed their first child together, daughter Mabel. Paul Zimmerman/Shutterstock
Heming Willis gave birth to her and Bruce’s second child, daughter Evelyn. Broadimage/Shutterstock
The pair celebrated Bruce’s 60th birthday with a star-studded bash in New York City. After the party, the beauty guru gushed about her husband and shared some snaps from the festivities. “It's fair to say the birthday boy had a great time. #BWBirthdayBash,” she wrote via Instagram. Courtesy of Emma Heming Willis/Instagram
Heming Willis attended her husband’s Comedy Central Roast alongside his daughters Rumer, Tallulah and Scout. Broadimage/Shutterstock
The couple celebrated their 10-year anniversary by renewing their vows. “We said, we do, again, 10 years later 💞💍 #happyanniversarymylove,” she penned the post. Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock
During lockdown, Bruce and Moore quarantined alongside their three daughters in Idaho while Heming Willis was in Los Angeles. After months of speculation, Scout revealed the reason why her stepmom was stuck in California. “My stepmom was going to come up here too with my little sisters,” she explained in April 2020 during her “Dopey” podcast. “[But] my younger sister … [who has] never gotten a talk about not f–king with hypodermic needles … she found [needles at a park and] she actually tried to poke her shoe with it and poked her foot. So my stepmom had to be in L.A. waiting to, like, get the results for taking her to the doctor. My dad came up here early and then travel got crazy and my stepmom stayed in L.A. with my little sisters.” One month later, Heming Willis reunited with her family. Courtesy of Demi Moore/Instagram
The blended Moore/Willis family announced that the Red star was diagnosed with aphasia and planned on retiring from acting. "To Bruce's amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities,” the women wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of her husband. “As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him." Craig 'Crash' Hattori/Imagespace/Shutterstock
The Malta native opened up about how she was faring two months after sharing her husband’s diagnosis. “I put my family’s needs above my own, which I found does not make me any kind of hero,” Heming Willis said during an interview with The Bump. “That amount of care for everyone else within my household had taken a toll on my mental health and overall health. And it served no one in my family.” Courtesy Emma Heming/Instagram
Less than one year after announcing the Armageddon actor’s diagnosis, the family shared “Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD),” Moore, Heming Willis and their respective daughters wrote in a statement. “Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces. While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.” Courtesy of Demi Moore/Instagram
Heming Willis shared a throwback video of Bruce showing his support for her CocoBaba body care line. The clip began with the Die Hard 2 actor saying, “Us Weekly interview with Emma Heming Willis, founder and CEO of CocoBaba." Emma asked her husband for his thoughts and he replied, "How 'bout it? I'm crazy about it." Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Heming Willis shared a sweet tribute to her husband on his 68th birthday. "He is pure love. He is so loved. And I'll be loving him always. Happy Birthday my sweet 💌," she wrote via Instagram. "My birthday wish for Bruce is that you continue to keep him in your prayers and highest vibrations because his sensitive Pisces soul will feel it 🙏🏽 Thank you so much for loving and caring for him too 💞." At the time, she told fans via her Instagram Story that she spent the morning crying amid his health battle. "Sometimes in our lives, we have to put our big girl panties on and get to it, and that's what I'm doing," she said. "But I do have times of sadness every day, grief every day and I'm really feeling it today on his birthday." Courtesy of Emma Heming Willis/Instagram
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