Bruce Willis recently took time to thank first responders as devastating wildfires continue to ravage the Los Angeles area.
The actor — in a video shared online Thursday by his wife, Emma Heming Willis — was seen shaking hands and posing for a photo with Los Angeles police officers amid the response to the fires, which have killed at least 27 people and destroyed more than 12,000 people. structures.
Emma Heming Willis captioned the video: “Spotting a first responder, Bruce never missed an opportunity to show his gratitude with a heartfelt handshake and a ‘thank you for your service.’ Yesterday was no different.
The music video is apparently the first time Bruce Willis has made a public appearance since his family announced in 2022 that he would retire from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, which affects his ability to communicate.
Her family would later reveal that her condition progressed to frontotemporal dementia, which can cause emotional problems and unusual behaviors in addition to communication problems, according to the National Institute on Aging.
Tallulah Willis — Bruce Willis’ recently engaged daughter, whom he shares with fellow actor and ex-wife Demi Moore — wrote on social media that her father’s video made her “heart so full.”
Bruce Willis’ eldest daughter, actor Rumer Willis, said last year that as the family publicly discussed his health issues, “what has been so incredible is that my father is so loved “.
“I think if there is a way to share our experience to bring hope – whatever happens in the family – it can have an effect and bring any kind of hope, comfort to someone other who experiences this, then for me, it’s… everything,” she said. .
In December, Emma Heming Willis celebrated a birthday with Bruce Willis in a social media post, describing the occasion as the kind that “brings excitement.”
But the former model wrote that “now, if I’m honest, they stir up all the feelings, leaving a heaviness in my heart and a pit in my stomach.”
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She continued: “I give myself 30 minutes to think about ‘why him, why us,’ to feel the anger and the grief. Then I get rid of it and get back to what is. And what is… is unconditional love. I feel blessed to know that, and it’s because of him. I would do it again and again in a heartbeat.
