Demi Moore is in her household’s nook, and that features Bruce and Emma Heming Willis.
Moore has been public through the years about her blended household with her ex-husband – with whom she shares three daughters – and now she is popping out in assist of his wife Heming Willis.
During a just lately launched episode of Oprah Winfrey’s podcast, Moore talked about concerning the challenges of Willis residing with frontotemporal dementia, telling Winfrey that “being the ex-wife, even though our family is very connected, is an interesting position.”
“So much fell on Emma to really figure this whole thing out and the most beautiful thing… was recognizing the importance for caregivers is that they have to take care of themselves,” Moore stated. “If they don’t put that time into making sure that they’re okay, then they can’t show up for anyone else.”
Moore’s feedback got here on the heels of Heming Willis showing with ABC’s Diane Sawyer for a special titled “Emma & Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey.”
In it, Heming Willis shared that her husband’s sickness led to “one of the hardest decisions I’ve had to make,” which was to maneuver Willis to a separate, one-story residence the place he might obtain around-the-clock care.
According to the Mayo Clinic, frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is an “umbrella term for a group of brain disorders that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. These areas of the brain are generally associated with personality, behavior and language.”
Moore, who was married to Willis from 1987 to 2000, stated in the course of the podcast this week that in relation to his present wife, she has “so much compassion for Emma in this, being a young woman.”
“There’s no way that anybody could have anticipated where this was going to go and I really think she’s done a masterful job,” Moore stated. “She has been so dedicated to forging the right path. She’s had equal amounts of fear and strength and courage in navigating this.”
Watching Willis undergo his struggle has been troublesome, Moore stated.
“It’s hard to see somebody who was so vibrant and strong and so directed shift into this other part of themselves,” she stated. “My particular perspective is, one I really always say it’s so important just to meet them where they’re at.”
Heming Willis married the “Sixth Sense” star in 2009 and they’re dad and mom to 2 daughters, Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11.
Heming Willis’ e book about their household expertise with FTD, titled “The Unexpected Journey,” comes out September 9, and Moore stated she believes the e book will probably be extraordinarily useful to others.