Bruce Willis, the star who has his "two women" to take care of him, retires after announcing that he suffers from aphasia
Emma Heming Willis,
wife of actor
Bruce Willis
, who has recently been diagnosed with a form of dementia, has called on journalists to keep their distance when they see the actor in public
and not yell at him.
In an emotional video message posted on her Instagram account and reported by the local media, the wife of the protagonist of
La Jungla de Cristal
recounted
an incident she suffered with some photographers
who tried to talk to the actor while he was making a public appearance for meet
some friends
in Santa Monica, in the state of California.
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Bruce Willis, the tough movie hero with a modest life and many millions in the bank
Writing: JAVIER BLANQUEZ
Bruce Willis, the tough movie hero with a modest life and many millions in the bank
The 44-year-old model complained about
how "difficult and stressful
it can be to get someone out into the world (referring to her ailing husband) and move them safely."
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"This goes out to the photographers and cameramen who are
trying to get those scoops
on my husband - just hold your space," she added.
She also asked that
"please don't yell at my husband
asking how he is or whatever (...) just don't do it.
Give him his space.
Allow our family or whoever is with him that day to take him from point A to point B safely.
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The American actor's wife dedicated this video message
to all caregivers or care specialists
for people suffering from some type of dementia and asked them for
any advice
they can offer on how to handle the situation.
Willis, who retired last year due to suffering from aphasia, a language disorder, has received a definitive medical diagnosis and suffers from a type of dementia that has caused
his health to worsen,
his family reported last February.
For almost four decades Bruce Willis has starred in
numerous hits
starting with the aforementioned
Die Hard
(1988) and its sequels, and other titles such as
Armageddon
(1998) or
The Sixth Sense
(2001).
He has won
a Golden Globe
- he has been nominated five times for those awards - and an Emmy from three nominations.
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