Bruce Willis is living with frontotemporal dementia, but according to his wife Emma Heming Willis, he does not fully understand what is happening to him. Speaking honestly on the podcast, Emma explained that Bruce is not aware of his illness. The Willis family first shared Bruce’s frontotemporal dementia diagnosis publicly in 2023. Bruce officially stepped away from acting in 2022 after being diagnosed with aphasia, which later developed into frontotemporal dementia. In August 2025, Emma shared that Bruce moved into a second home designed to provide full-time professional care.