Solène Delinger 11:08 a.m., March 07, 2023

Sunday March 5, 2023, Emma Heming Willis, the wife of Bruce Willis shared on her Instagram account a very moving video in which she begs the paparazzi to leave her husband alone.

The actor, suffering from dementia, is still pursued by photographers in search of exclusive content.

Emma Heming Willis asks them to "keep their distance".

She is his pillar, the one who has guided him since the onset of his illness.

Emma Heming Willis had, in the space of a few months, to adapt to the ailments of her husband Bruce, suffering from a form of incurable dementia.

"Bruce's disease has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia," Emma Heming and others close to Bruce Willis announced in a statement released on Thursday, February 16.

"Unfortunately, the communication difficulties are just a symptom of the illness that Bruce is facing," they also added.

Ever since, Emma Heming Willis has been making sure the

 Die Hard

actor  can lead as normal a life as possible.

Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia

Unfortunately, this will was recently undermined by paparazzi, who approached her husband while he was having coffee with friends in Santa Monica, California (United States).

Very upset following this episode, the model, mother of Bruce Willis' two youngest daughters, Mabel (10 years old) and Evelyn (8 years old), shared a heartbreaking video on her Instagram account on Sunday March 5, 2023. Facing the camera, the eyes misted with tears, Emma Heming Willis implores the paparazzi to leave her husband alone. 

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"Just keep your distance"

"If you're someone who cares for someone with dementia, you know how difficult and stressful it can be to get them out and around safely, even just for a cup of coffee. “, declares the model at first, before addressing the paparazzi directly.

"Clearly there is still a lot of education to be done. So this post is for photographers and videographers trying to get exclusive photos of my husband. I know it's your job, but keep just your distances", asks Emma Heming Willis.

"Don't yell my husband's name, don't ask him how he's doing. Stop telling him: Yippee-ki-yay [son cri dans Die Hard, NDLR]", insists the 44-year-old model.