Bruce Willis’ wife fights back tears as she shares update on husband’s dementia

Bruce Willis’s wife says actor’s ‘language is going’ as he battles dementia Source: ABC

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00:00Bruce is still very mobile.

00:02Bruce is in really great health overall.

00:05You know, it's just his brain that is failing him.

00:09But the language is...

00:10Yeah, the language is going.

00:12And, you know, we've learned to adapt

00:14and we have a way of communicating with him,

00:17which is just a different way.

00:20Were there days that it would be Bruce again?

00:25Yeah, I mean, we still get those days.

00:27Not days, but we get moments.

00:30It's his laugh, right?

00:31Like, he has such a hearty laugh.

00:36And, you know, sometimes you'll see that twinkle in his eye

00:40or that smirk.

00:41And, you know, I just get, like, transported.

00:49And it's just hard to see that.

00:52Because as quickly as those moments appear...

00:55Then it goes.

01:02That's hard.

01:03But I'm grateful.

01:05I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:08I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:09I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:10I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:11I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:12I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:13I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:14I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:15I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:16I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:17I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:18I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:19I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:20I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.

01:21I'm grateful that my husband is still very much here.