Bruce Willis Now Diagnosed with Dementia.

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06/04/2023 22:14

Subject: Re:Bruce Willis Now Diagnosed with Dementia.

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Anonymous wrote:His wife has asked the paparazzi to not yell at him when in public so as not to confuse him. And to give him space

Why is he out in public? If he gets that confused they should keep him away from the public. I am sure they have huge properties that can keep him active and away from the public eye. He is probably at the point where he is not that aware of what is happening.

She is now playing the caring and concerned wife. The one who had him make 21 cheap cheap cheap films in a span of 2 years to make a few million before he could no longer be on set.

You (and the gossip columns) have zero idea if his wife was truly pushing him to "make 21 films" etc. at that point. People with dementias can have periods when they are capable of making decisions for themselves, and dementia is different in every single patient. You cannot know that he didn't agree to sign on for this or that movie, at points when he was fully cognizant of what he was agreeing to do. He himself may have been the one pushing to work a lot in a short span of time, when he realized he was going to lose the capacity to work sooner rather than later. I'm not a huge fan of his as an actor and don't know his wife from lamppost, but I do know that you have NO understanding of dementia if you think a person with dementia would never ramp up work. During lucid periods--when you're aware that you are not always aware of everything --there can be massive fear of never being able to work or be useful to your family again.

It's terrifying for the person with dementia and the reaction sometimes is to try to prepare for the time when they won't know anything that's going on and won't be able to work. If you've never experienced having a person with dementia in your life, you should stop making a mean-spirited fool of yourself by speculating about any damn thing going on in Bruce Willis's life or marriage.

There were claims he needed an ear piece so someone could tell him his lines. The aphasia didn’t happen overnight. And why would he want his reputation be stained by poorly made movies and poor acting by himself? And pretty sure he doesn’t need the money as his net worth is reported to be $250 million.

+1. It wasn't just the earpiece. He didn't know where he was or why he was there. It had progressed well past a point where he should have been working and even if what you say is true and he signed up for it during rare lucid periods, someone in his family (his wife?) should have stepped in a lot sooner.

My father had dementia and had to resign his career. If he had been able to work longer, with accomodations, it would have meant the world to him. And doctors will tell you that the longer you can work, with dementia, the better. Bruce Willis wasn't abused. He was accommodated.

I agree. You wouldn't want a surgeon doing surgery or something, but an actor acting in really bad movies that people will watch late at night for laughs or an escape? I think that is fine and probaby provided some normalcy - to be on set, to be doing a role that doesn't require a lot of mental prep etc. It was probably very comforting to him and good for him. If you want to delay dementia, you should try to keep your brain active.

You all are fooling yourself if you think you can delay it.

Maybe, maybe not. But holing up and isolating is known to hasten dementia.

His daughter said he now spends most of his time holed up in his first-floor home office. Sounds terrible. Glad he's getting out sometimes. His family decided the benefit outweighs the harm, and I can absolutely see that.

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“Dementia has not hindered Bruce Willis’ mobility, and, most days, the “Sixth Sense” actor can be “reliably found” on the first floor of his home in the kitchen, dining room, living room or his office, Tallulah Willis said. He enjoys collecting vintage toy cars, coins, rocks, objects made of brass and other knickknacks, according to his daughter.

“He still knows who I am and lights up when I enter the room,” ”

Probably stays on the first floor because he no longer knows how to walk up and down stairs.