What Disease Does Bruce Willis Have? Bruce Willis, the iconic action star, is apparently suffering from early-onset memory loss and is churning out straight-to-video movies to make as much money as possible while he is still able to work.
The 66-year-old Die Hard star’s health has been the focus of fresh internet inquiry in recent weeks, as fans question his participation in scores of low-budget, critically derided films.
According to IMDB, Fortress 3, Paradise City, White Elephant, Wire Room, Corrective Measures, Die Like Lovers, The Wrong Place, Fortress: Sniper’s Eye, Vendetta, A Day to Die, and Gasoline Alley are among the former A-upcoming lister’s films in 2022.
What Disease Does Bruce Willis Have?
Popular YouTube channel Half in the Bag discussed the phenomenon in a video last month titled “The Bruce Willis Fake Movie Factory”, which touched on industry rumours that Willis is “fed lines” through an earpiece.
Bruce Willis’ family has announced the actor is retiring from the profession after being diagnosed with aphasia, a language disorder caused by brain damage that affects a person’s ability to communicate. Willis’ family members posted a joint statement to social media announcing the actor’s retirement.
Matt Eskandari, who directed several recent Willis films including Hard Kill, Survive the Night and Trauma Centre, chimed into the comments section of the video to address the memory loss rumours.
“I read somewhere that Bruce Willis has dementia, that’s he’s not really aware of what’s going on around him,” one user wrote.
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Eskandari replied, “Yes this is true my guy I directed four movies with him so I know first hand. It’s [a] sad situation seeing a legend like Bruce deteriorating right in front of your eyes. I saw it while working with him [the] last few years.”
Replying to another user who said Willis had “fallen from grace” after working with directors like Quentin Tarantino, Brian De Palma and Wes Anderson, Eskandari wrote bluntly, “He has dementia.”
Gossip magazine OK! first published rumours in January 2021 that Willis had been battling memory loss, and was spending more time with his family.
That came after Willis was booted from a Los Angeles chemist for not wearing a mask during Covid-19. He later apologised, saying in a statement that it was “an error in judgment”.
But an “insider” told OK! that Willis “simply forgot” to bring the bandana hanging around his neck up to his face. “Those close to Bruce have been helping him out, and trying to maintain the secret,” they said.
Demi Moore, Bruce Willis' long-time former partner, revealed that Willis is stepping away from acting following an aphasia diagnosis. Aphasia is a language disorder that impacts the ability to produce or understand speech. pic.twitter.com/afISm4WntR
— IGN (@IGN) March 30, 2022
They said while he had not been formally diagnosed with early-onset dementia, “he’s been waging a personal war for a number of years”.
Bruce Willis Is Stepping Away From Acting
Willis’ acting career started in the early 1980s with uncredited roles in films such as Sidney Lumet’s “The Verdict.” His career exploded later that decade thanks to his starring role opposite Cybill Shepherd in the ABC series “Moonlighting ” and his performance as John McClane in the 1988 action movie “Die Hard,” which gave Willis his first major film franchise.
Actor Bruce Willis retires after being diagnosed with aphasia, a type of brain damage which makes it difficult to communicate pic.twitter.com/WqsFBh4Yc4
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Across his four decade acting career, Willis’ movies have grossed over $5 billion worldwide. He’s been nominated for five Golden Globes (winning one for “Moonlighting”) and three Emmys (winning one for “Moonlighting” and another for his “Friends” guest role).
According to the report, Willis was trying to spend more time with his wife Emma Heming Willis and their young daughters Mabel and Evelyn, as well as making amends with ex-wife Demi Moore and their adult children Rumer, Scout and Tallulah.
“Between Demi and Emma, the family has always ensured Bruce has the support and care he might need at any given time,” the insider said. “It’s sad that people are making fun of him.”
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— Variety (@Variety) March 30, 2022
According to OK!, Willis was seen using an earpiece to feed him lines as far back as 2015 during his Broadway debut in Misery. The insider claimed he was seriously struggling during filming of M. Night Shyamalan’s 2019 film Glass.
“While filming Glass, staffers worked around him by cutting and editing and having him overdub lines because he struggled to remember and/or deliver them,” they told the publication.
“In most scenes on Glass he’s hooded, and they used stand-in and body doubles to replace him. On set, he wouldn’t smile and was always chaperoned by an assistant to guide him while walking.”
They added, “The good news is that although there is the real concern of dementia fears, it largely has not impacted his ability to work in Hollywood – and in true super hero form – he won’t slow down because new technology like earpieces allows actors of his calibre not to skip a beat.”
How Did Bruce Willis Meet His Current Wife? Children
Happy family! Bruce Willis and wife Emma Heming’s life is full of bliss, love and lots of laughs — and they have the photos to prove it.
The Die Hard actor and Malta-born model met in 2007 at a mutual trainer’s gym. They tied the knot two years later at their home in Turks and Caicos in March 2009.
A week later, the lovebirds wed again — the first ceremony wasn’t legally binding — in Beverly Hills.
Bruce Willis has starred in over 100 films, including his iconic roles in ‘Die Hard’, ‘The Sixth Sense’, ‘Unbreakable’, ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘Armageddon’.
He has announced his retirement from acting at the age of 67 due to being diagnosed with aphasia. pic.twitter.com/hBvr8r7vX3
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Heming and Willis welcomed their first child, daughter Mabel Ray, in April 2012, and two years later in May 2014, they celebrated the birth of their second daughter, Evelyn Penn.
The Pulp Fiction star shares his three other daughters, Rumer, Tallulah and Scout, with ex-wife Demi Moore, whom he split from in 2000 after 13 years of marriage.
In 2019, Willis and Heming celebrated their 10-year wedding anniversary and had the love and support of Moore and all five of the Glass actor’s daughters.
“It was really for [our daughters], to be able to be flower girls, for them to be a part of something that feels kind of monumental,” the mother of two told Us Weekly exclusively in April 2019 of the couple’s renewal. “Ten years felt like a big deal and something fun to celebrate.”
