Bruce Willis

[AllSeeingEye123]

Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with brain condition, will stop acting

Bruce Willis has has been diagnosed with a brain condition called aphasia and will be stepping away from acting, his family has announced.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Such sad news Great actor who deserved to be able to retire on his own terms.

 

[bubbadabut]

I think there was a Tattle thread about Bruce a while ago as I remember predicting that he had FTD from his behaviour. Very sad to see it confirmed. It's a less common form which mainly affects younger people. My mum was in her late 50s when she started getting symptoms. She's 69 now and hasn't known who I am for 2 years. Horrendous disease.

 

[Suzesnooze]

Might explain why he went to live with Demi and his daughters during covid when his wife was away?

 

[Rockin' Robin]

According to the DM, he has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

 

[SmillieKylie]

Statement from the family, so sad as he’s still relatively young, loved Moonlighting as a kid, little 10yo me thought he was so handsome and funny, and of course loved many of his films when I was older. Appears this terrible disease has taken much of his ability to speak

 

[1001 others]

I remember reading a blind item years ago that spoke of an actor whose health was deteriorating to the point of him relying on lines to be fed through an earpiece ... most people guessed it was Tom Selleck.

 

[Tangent Tiger]

Best of luck to him, he appears to be well loved and hope he gets the care he needs

 

[Uppompey]

It sounds like he has been unwell for a while, poor bloke. What a shame.

 

[mixusmaxus]

So young too. Apparently it’s frequently caused by stroke so I wonder if he’s had health problems for some time. I have relatives who’ve had mini strokes and for the most part they were unaware they even had them.

 

[LaraQ]

God this is sad.67 is not that old either.

 

[AllSeeingEye123]

Fans question Bruce Willis's infamously rambling 2013 interview

Sources are calling for a 'sympathetic re-evaluation' of his odd 2013 interview on the show that led him to be ridiculed even though he may have already been suffering the affects of aphasia.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Can't find the whole interview but seen this clip, which looking back at it knowing how he is now is sad

 

[Rockin' Robin]

I think there was a Tattle thread about Bruce a while ago as I remember predicting that he had FTD from his behaviour. Very sad to see it confirmed. It's a less common form which mainly affects younger people. My mum was in her late 50s when she started getting symptoms. She's 69 now and hasn't known who I am for 2 years. Horrendous disease.

May I ask what some of the early symtoms were?

 

[granite grandma]

I remember reading a blind item years ago that spoke of an actor whose health was deteriorating to the point of him relying on lines to be fed through an earpiece ... most people guessed it was Tom Selleck.

It was Bruce. Was common knowledge in the industry

 

[Donnavanessa]

It was Bruce. Was common knowledge in the industry

Ahhh yes - I remember reading that too. So sad.

 

[Falkor]

I remember reading a blind item years ago that spoke of an actor whose health was deteriorating to the point of him relying on lines to be fed through an earpiece ... most people guessed it was Tom Selleck.

I thought that was Sean Connery?

 

[petitspois]

I think his youngest kids are 8 and 10, so sad.

 

[BigMavis]

Dementia? He hasn't looked well for a while.

 

[EAD]

So very young for such a diagnosis.
Who is he with now, on his instagram there is a woman called Lindsay DeSanto though I thought he was married to Emma Heming.