Demi Moore Shares Health Update on Ex Bruce Willis: 'He Is in a Stable Place'

Demi Moore shares an update on the health of her ex-husband Bruce Willis.

While appearing on The Drew Barrymore Show on Friday, September 13 Substance star, 61, and Drew Barrymore recalled their time working on the 2003 film. Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle — and the host reminded Moore of Bruce’s small role in the film’s opening.

“When we did it Charlie’s AngelsBruce came in and played on it, and he opens the movie, and we got to work with him,” said Barrymore, 49, while Moore admitted, “I completely forgot about it.”

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Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Demi Moore in the movie ‘Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle’.

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“I mean, I knew him when he was a bartender at… Cafe Central,” she continued, while Moore shouted the name of the New York bar at the same time.

“And I’ve known him all my life… how is he now?” The next question was asked by Barrymore, before Moore, who was married to the actor from 1987 to 2000, revealed that “as a given, he’s in a stable position”.

She then explained her and her family’s approach to Bruce, 69, since he was diagnosed with aphasia and later frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD).

“What I tell my kids is to meet them where they are. Don’t hold on to who they were or what you want them to be, but who they are right now,” said the actress.

“And there is such beauty and joy and love and sweetness from that,” Moore added. “When I’m in LA, I go there every week and I really appreciate the time we all share.”

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In March 2022, the Willis family announced that the actor was “stepping away” from his decades-long career after being diagnosed with aphasia.

Almost a year later, in February 2023, his wife Emma Heming Willis announced that his condition had deteriorated to a “more specific diagnosis” of FTD.

Bruce’s daughters Rumer Willis, Scout Willis and Tallulah Willis, who he shares with Moore, and Mabel Willis and Evelyn Willis, who he shares with Emma, ​​have since shared several updates about his health online and during public appearances.

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During his own performance at The Drew Barrymore Show last November, Tallulah, 30, told host Barrymore that Bruce “is the same, which I think is the best you can ask for in that respect.”

“I see love when I’m with him, and that’s my dad and he loves me, which is really special,” she added at the time.

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