Bruce Willis ‘ wife, Emma Heming Willis , is giving new insight into his battle with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in a new interview with Diane Sawyer . A preview for the interview aired during the Tuesday, August 26, episode of Good Morning America , during which Emma explained how she and her husband reacted when a doctor gave them Bruce’s official diagnosis, which they shared publicly in 2023.

“I don’t think Bruce ever really connected the dots,” Emma admitted. As for herself: “To leave there with nothing, just nothing, with a diagnosis I couldn’t pronounce … I didn’t understand what it was. I was so panicked. I just remember hearing it and just not hearing anything else. It was like I was free-falling.”

Dr. Bruce Miller, who has not treated Bruce but is an expert in FTD, sa

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