Bruce Willis is posing with his family in a rare new photo amid his battle with dementia.

The 70-year-old legendary "Die Hard" actor poses with his 47-year-old wife Emma Heming Willis, ex-wife and Oscar nominee Demi Moore and their daughters in exclusive Vanity Fair photos published on Sept. 5, taken by Norman Jean Roy.

In a sweet snap, Heming Willis and Moore, 62, pose next to Willis' youngest daughters – Evelyn, 11, and 13-year-old Mabel – as well as Moore's daughters with the actor: Tallulah, 31, Scout, 33, and 37-year-old Rumer Willis. Moore is also pictured holding her eldest daughter's first child, Louetta Thomas Willis, in the family photo.

Heming Willis authored a memoir "The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope and Yourself on the Caregiving Path" which is slated for release Tuesday, Sept. 9. The family announced Willis' dementia diagnosis in 2023.

The photos come after Heming Willis slammed critics last week for her choice to live separately from her husband so Willis could be assisted by professional caregivers in a different and ultimately calmer environment.

During a Tuesday, Aug. 26, special on ABC about her family's journey, Heming Willis revealed that the "Die Hard" star is living in a separate home after his struggle with frontotemporal dementia. After the interview sparked backlash, Heming Willis responded in an Aug. 29 video on Instagram.

"What I knew is that by sharing some of our intimate information that we would see these two camps," Heming Willis said in the video. "It would be people with an opinion versus people with an actual experience."

The actress and caregiving advocate said that people with an opinion are "quick to judge the caregiver," telling fans that this "is what caregivers are up against. Judgment from others."

In a Sept. 2 appearance on "The Oprah Podcast," Moore praised the way that Bruce Willis' wife has been taking care of him amid his battle with frontotemporal dementia. Willis and Moore have remained friends in the years after their split over two decades ago, and the A-list exes have long been the model of positive coparenting despite their divorce in 2000 after tying the knot in 1987.

"I have so much compassion for Emma in this, being a young woman," Moore said. "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. She has been so dedicated to forging the right path. She's had equal amounts of fear and strength and courage in navigating this."

(This story has been updated to add new information.)

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