Los Angeles (USA) (EFE).- Emma Heming Willis, wife of actor Bruce Willis, who has recently been diagnosed with a type of dementia, has called on journalists to keep their distance when they see the actor in public and don’t get yelled at.
In an emotional video message posted on her Instgram account and reported by the local media, the wife of the protagonist of “Die Hard” (Die Hard) recounted an incident she suffered with some photographers who tried to talk to the actor while making a public appearance to meet friends in Santa Monica, California.
The 44-year-old model complained about how “difficult and stressful it can be to get someone out into the world (referring to her sick husband) and move them safely.”
“This goes out to the photographers and videographers who are trying to get those scoops on my husband – just hold your space,” she added.
She also asked that “please don’t yell at my husband asking him how he is or whatever (…) just don’t do it. Give him his space. Let our family or whoever is with him that day get him from point A to point B safely.”
Attention to people suffering from some type of dementia
The American actor’s wife dedicated this video message to all caregivers or care specialists for people suffering from some type of dementia and asked them for any advice they can offer on how to handle the situation.
Willis, who retired last year due to suffering from aphasia, a language disorder, has received a definitive medical diagnosis and suffers from a type of dementia that has caused his health to worsen, his family reported last February.
For almost four decades Willis has starred in numerous hits starting with “Die Hard” (1988) and its sequels, and other titles such as “Armageddon” (1998) or “The Sixth Sense” (2001). He has won a Golden Globe – he has been nominated five times for those awards – and an Emmy from three nominations.