Bruce Willis' family announces he has aphasia

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Anonymous wrote:Must be bad if his family is putting out a statement instead of him. Good luck to them all.

Also explains the weird pandemic family set up they had going. Bruce was pictured living with Demi and his adult daughters during Covid in a remote area but not with his second wife and under 8 daughters.

So his youngest kids wouldn’t know what was going on? I wonder how he was able to handle his brief appearance in his movie that was filmed in 2020.

Terribly and I can see why his family his making this public now. He was prolific. They wouldn't want him to diminish his portfolio by struggling in roles or just dropping out.

Bruce Willis — who starred in no less than eight movies in 2021 — has been given his own category at the 42nd annual Razzie Awards. “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie” is the name of the new category, and the nominations include every single film he starred in last year, including American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Out of Death, and Survive the Game. Midnight in the Switchgrass was dead last in Vulture’s ranking of straight-to-VOD Bruce Willis films, with our reviewer commenting, “Bruce Willis is a nonessential worker here.”

https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/razzie-nominations-worst-bruce-willis-performance.html

Honestly I am happy we have an explanation for why his acting was so terrible in recent movies, it felt like he didn’t care but instead was just struggling.

So that begs the question why he did all of those movies last year.
Not clear if he was contracted to do the movies before his symptoms / diagnosis, or if symptoms began and he couldn’t get out of the projects, or if he was symptomatic and still wanted to continue filming for some reason.
Seems unkind to release details about his poor acting now knowing this diagnosis.

I think it's more likely the patient does not measure the impact of his disability, and that the family has stepped in to persuade him not to engage so much. Part of that is to go public. No knowledge of this particular case, but this is usually what happens.

Take this for what it is - Twitter being Twitter - but there's some people speculating that his "handlers" (managers, agents, whoever) were pushing him to work as much as possible while they could still wring money out of him. That he was essentially in an abusive, predatory situation.

I really hope that's not the case. I've loved him since Moonlighting, and this news is so sad. I hope he is feeling ok.

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Anonymous wrote:Must be bad if his family is putting out a statement instead of him. Good luck to them all.

Also explains the weird pandemic family set up they had going. Bruce was pictured living with Demi and his adult daughters during Covid in a remote area but not with his second wife and under 8 daughters.

So his youngest kids wouldn’t know what was going on? I wonder how he was able to handle his brief appearance in his movie that was filmed in 2020.

Terribly and I can see why his family his making this public now. He was prolific. They wouldn't want him to diminish his portfolio by struggling in roles or just dropping out.

Bruce Willis — who starred in no less than eight movies in 2021 — has been given his own category at the 42nd annual Razzie Awards. “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie” is the name of the new category, and the nominations include every single film he starred in last year, including American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Out of Death, and Survive the Game. Midnight in the Switchgrass was dead last in Vulture’s ranking of straight-to-VOD Bruce Willis films, with our reviewer commenting, “Bruce Willis is a nonessential worker here.”

https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/razzie-nominations-worst-bruce-willis-performance.html

Honestly I am happy we have an explanation for why his acting was so terrible in recent movies, it felt like he didn’t care but instead was just struggling.

So that begs the question why he did all of those movies last year.

Not clear if he was contracted to do the movies before his symptoms / diagnosis, or if symptoms began and he couldn’t get out of the projects, or if he was symptomatic and still wanted to continue filming for some reason.
Seems unkind to release details about his poor acting now knowing this diagnosis.

I think it's more likely the patient does not measure the impact of his disability, and that the family has stepped in to persuade him not to engage so much. Part of that is to go public. No knowledge of this particular case, but this is usually what happens.

Take this for what it is - Twitter being Twitter - but there's some people speculating that his "handlers" (managers, agents, whoever) were pushing him to work as much as possible while they could still wring money out of him. That he was essentially in an abusive, predatory situation.

I really hope that's not the case. I've loved him since Moonlighting, and this news is so sad. I hope he is feeling ok.

I feel like this is potentially true but also likely that his family was attempting to convince him to step back and he didn't want to. His ex wife is Demi Moore and he is an incredibly successful movie star. Demi has not worked hard in a long time. She is the kind of actress now that does something if she thinks it sounds interesting or if someone asked her to guest star. But she clearly isn't working to support herself. And their family is blended and incredibly close knit, so I just don't see any of them pushing him for a payday. And they would actively be fighting 'handlers' if they felt that was happening.

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Anonymous wrote:Must be bad if his family is putting out a statement instead of him. Good luck to them all.

Also explains the weird pandemic family set up they had going. Bruce was pictured living with Demi and his adult daughters during Covid in a remote area but not with his second wife and under 8 daughters.

So his youngest kids wouldn’t know what was going on? I wonder how he was able to handle his brief appearance in his movie that was filmed in 2020.

Terribly and I can see why his family his making this public now. He was prolific. They wouldn't want him to diminish his portfolio by struggling in roles or just dropping out.

Bruce Willis — who starred in no less than eight movies in 2021 — has been given his own category at the 42nd annual Razzie Awards. “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie” is the name of the new category, and the nominations include every single film he starred in last year, including American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Out of Death, and Survive the Game. Midnight in the Switchgrass was dead last in Vulture’s ranking of straight-to-VOD Bruce Willis films, with our reviewer commenting, “Bruce Willis is a nonessential worker here.”

https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/razzie-nominations-worst-bruce-willis-performance.html

Honestly I am happy we have an explanation for why his acting was so terrible in recent movies, it felt like he didn’t care but instead was just struggling.

So that begs the question why he did all of those movies last year.
Not clear if he was contracted to do the movies before his symptoms / diagnosis, or if symptoms began and he couldn’t get out of the projects, or if he was symptomatic and still wanted to continue filming for some reason.
Seems unkind to release details about his poor acting now knowing this diagnosis.

I think it's more likely the patient does not measure the impact of his disability, and that the family has stepped in to persuade him not to engage so much. Part of that is to go public. No knowledge of this particular case, but this is usually what happens.

Take this for what it is - Twitter being Twitter - but there's some people speculating that his "handlers" (managers, agents, whoever) were pushing him to work as much as possible while they could still wring money out of him. That he was essentially in an abusive, predatory situation.

I really hope that's not the case. I've loved him since Moonlighting, and this news is so sad. I hope he is feeling ok.

While that would be awful, when I heard about his string of low budget films I wondered if he was trying to set up his wife and kids as much as he could. The kids are quite young and I'm sure his wife can't go back to modeling much (not that she's not gorgeous, it's just ageism and all that is not likely and she was never a household. name). I read he was making low millions for a few hours on set, so that could be a good strategy. I'd like to think they are well set up.

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Anonymous wrote:Must be bad if his family is putting out a statement instead of him. Good luck to them all.

Also explains the weird pandemic family set up they had going. Bruce was pictured living with Demi and his adult daughters during Covid in a remote area but not with his second wife and under 8 daughters.

So his youngest kids wouldn’t know what was going on? I wonder how he was able to handle his brief appearance in his movie that was filmed in 2020.

Terribly and I can see why his family his making this public now. He was prolific. They wouldn't want him to diminish his portfolio by struggling in roles or just dropping out.

Bruce Willis — who starred in no less than eight movies in 2021 — has been given his own category at the 42nd annual Razzie Awards. “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie” is the name of the new category, and the nominations include every single film he starred in last year, including American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Out of Death, and Survive the Game. Midnight in the Switchgrass was dead last in Vulture’s ranking of straight-to-VOD Bruce Willis films, with our reviewer commenting, “Bruce Willis is a nonessential worker here.”

https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/razzie-nominations-worst-bruce-willis-performance.html

Honestly I am happy we have an explanation for why his acting was so terrible in recent movies, it felt like he didn’t care but instead was just struggling.

So that begs the question why he did all of those movies last year.

Not clear if he was contracted to do the movies before his symptoms / diagnosis, or if symptoms began and he couldn’t get out of the projects, or if he was symptomatic and still wanted to continue filming for some reason.
Seems unkind to release details about his poor acting now knowing this diagnosis.

I think it's more likely the patient does not measure the impact of his disability, and that the family has stepped in to persuade him not to engage so much. Part of that is to go public. No knowledge of this particular case, but this is usually what happens.

Take this for what it is - Twitter being Twitter - but there's some people speculating that his "handlers" (managers, agents, whoever) were pushing him to work as much as possible while they could still wring money out of him. That he was essentially in an abusive, predatory situation.

I really hope that's not the case. I've loved him since Moonlighting, and this news is so sad. I hope he is feeling ok.

I feel like this is potentially true but also likely that his family was attempting to convince him to step back and he didn't want to. His ex wife is Demi Moore and he is an incredibly successful movie star. Demi has not worked hard in a long time. She is the kind of actress now that does something if she thinks it sounds interesting or if someone asked her to guest star. But she clearly isn't working to support herself. And their family is blended and incredibly close knit, so I just don't see any of them pushing him for a payday. And they would actively be fighting 'handlers' if they felt that was happening.

Not likely. The family’s announcement was an attempt to get ahead of yesterday’s LA Times article, reporters seem to have been gathering information for months.

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So sad his youngest daughters are only 9 and 7. They won’t really remember him being completely coherent and verbal.

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Anonymous wrote:So sad his youngest daughters are only 9 and 7. They won’t really remember him being completely coherent and verbal.

+1 happens to many families with older parents

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Heartbreaking. It happened to my DH also. Awful.

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Anonymous wrote:So sad his youngest daughters are only 9 and 7. They won’t really remember him being completely coherent and verbal.

+1 happens to many families with older parents

This makes me especially sad. My dad had me at 55 and died at 63 having been sick for the last year or so of his life. I have very few memories of him in general, most involve him being in the hospital or sick/weak/near death so they are memories made from trauma, not normal memories. I think I can count on one hand “other” memories I have of him and all are just momentary and insignificant.

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Anonymous wrote:So sad his youngest daughters are only 9 and 7. They won’t really remember him being completely coherent and verbal.

+1 happens to many families with older parents

This makes me especially sad. My dad had me at 55 and died at 63 having been sick for the last year or so of his life. I have very few memories of him in general, most involve him being in the hospital or sick/weak/near death so they are memories made from trauma, not normal memories. I think I can count on one hand “other” memories I have of him and all are just momentary and insignificant.

PP here. I'm really sorry to hear about your dad but hope you can hold dear your memories of him at his best. Although I didn't experience what you shared, I do have friends whose older parents had significant health issues and/or passed away while my friends were still young. I know its very hard.

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Anonymous wrote:Must be bad if his family is putting out a statement instead of him. Good luck to them all.

Also explains the weird pandemic family set up they had going. Bruce was pictured living with Demi and his adult daughters during Covid in a remote area but not with his second wife and under 8 daughters.

So his youngest kids wouldn’t know what was going on? I wonder how he was able to handle his brief appearance in his movie that was filmed in 2020.

Terribly and I can see why his family his making this public now. He was prolific. They wouldn't want him to diminish his portfolio by struggling in roles or just dropping out.

Bruce Willis — who starred in no less than eight movies in 2021 — has been given his own category at the 42nd annual Razzie Awards. “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie” is the name of the new category, and the nominations include every single film he starred in last year, including American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Out of Death, and Survive the Game. Midnight in the Switchgrass was dead last in Vulture’s ranking of straight-to-VOD Bruce Willis films, with our reviewer commenting, “Bruce Willis is a nonessential worker here.”

https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/razzie-nominations-worst-bruce-willis-performance.html

Honestly I am happy we have an explanation for why his acting was so terrible in recent movies, it felt like he didn’t care but instead was just struggling.

That LA Times article was brutal to read. It does make it sound like his entourage/handlers were schlepping him from project to project when he was in bad shape (including not knowing where he was) so that they could financially benefit. It's unclear why his family didn't step in sooner.

Concerns about Bruce Willis’ declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-03-30/bruce-willis-aphasia-memory-loss-cognitive-disorder

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Anonymous wrote:Must be bad if his family is putting out a statement instead of him. Good luck to them all.

Also explains the weird pandemic family set up they had going. Bruce was pictured living with Demi and his adult daughters during Covid in a remote area but not with his second wife and under 8 daughters.

So his youngest kids wouldn’t know what was going on? I wonder how he was able to handle his brief appearance in his movie that was filmed in 2020.

Terribly and I can see why his family his making this public now. He was prolific. They wouldn't want him to diminish his portfolio by struggling in roles or just dropping out.

Bruce Willis — who starred in no less than eight movies in 2021 — has been given his own category at the 42nd annual Razzie Awards. “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie” is the name of the new category, and the nominations include every single film he starred in last year, including American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Out of Death, and Survive the Game. Midnight in the Switchgrass was dead last in Vulture’s ranking of straight-to-VOD Bruce Willis films, with our reviewer commenting, “Bruce Willis is a nonessential worker here.”

https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/razzie-nominations-worst-bruce-willis-performance.html

Honestly I am happy we have an explanation for why his acting was so terrible in recent movies, it felt like he didn’t care but instead was just struggling.

So that begs the question why he did all of those movies last year.
Not clear if he was contracted to do the movies before his symptoms / diagnosis, or if symptoms began and he couldn’t get out of the projects, or if he was symptomatic and still wanted to continue filming for some reason.
Seems unkind to release details about his poor acting now knowing this diagnosis.

I think it's more likely the patient does not measure the impact of his disability, and that the family has stepped in to persuade him not to engage so much. Part of that is to go public. No knowledge of this particular case, but this is usually what happens.

This. Happened in our family. Person goes into denial and wants the normalcy of work.

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Anonymous wrote:Must be bad if his family is putting out a statement instead of him. Good luck to them all.

Also explains the weird pandemic family set up they had going. Bruce was pictured living with Demi and his adult daughters during Covid in a remote area but not with his second wife and under 8 daughters.

So his youngest kids wouldn’t know what was going on? I wonder how he was able to handle his brief appearance in his movie that was filmed in 2020.

Terribly and I can see why his family his making this public now. He was prolific. They wouldn't want him to diminish his portfolio by struggling in roles or just dropping out.

Bruce Willis — who starred in no less than eight movies in 2021 — has been given his own category at the 42nd annual Razzie Awards. “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie” is the name of the new category, and the nominations include every single film he starred in last year, including American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Out of Death, and Survive the Game. Midnight in the Switchgrass was dead last in Vulture’s ranking of straight-to-VOD Bruce Willis films, with our reviewer commenting, “Bruce Willis is a nonessential worker here.”

https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/razzie-nominations-worst-bruce-willis-performance.html

Honestly I am happy we have an explanation for why his acting was so terrible in recent movies, it felt like he didn’t care but instead was just struggling.

So that begs the question why he did all of those movies last year.
Not clear if he was contracted to do the movies before his symptoms / diagnosis, or if symptoms began and he couldn’t get out of the projects, or if he was symptomatic and still wanted to continue filming for some reason.
Seems unkind to release details about his poor acting now knowing this diagnosis.

I think it's more likely the patient does not measure the impact of his disability, and that the family has stepped in to persuade him not to engage so much. Part of that is to go public. No knowledge of this particular case, but this is usually what happens.

This. Happened in our family. Person goes into denial and wants the normalcy of work.

And when that happens, it's really hard to tell the person they CAN'T work any more. Because when is the line where they can vs can't make their own decisions. Especially if they aren't harming anyone. And aren't even "that old" yet.

If I were his current wife, though, I wouldn't let him go live with his former wife. I'd want the time left with him. But she's got little kids to handle on her own now. So, no judgement.

All the more reason for older men in Hollywood and elsewhere to quit starting second families in their late 50s, 60s, 70s. We're all mortal. Deal with it and quit making poor decisions just to feel like you're a young man.

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Isn’t there a chance he can be treated if it is aphasia from a stroke? I saw him on an interview last year and he looked fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Must be bad if his family is putting out a statement instead of him. Good luck to them all.

Also explains the weird pandemic family set up they had going. Bruce was pictured living with Demi and his adult daughters during Covid in a remote area but not with his second wife and under 8 daughters.

So his youngest kids wouldn’t know what was going on? I wonder how he was able to handle his brief appearance in his movie that was filmed in 2020.

Terribly and I can see why his family his making this public now. He was prolific. They wouldn't want him to diminish his portfolio by struggling in roles or just dropping out.

Bruce Willis — who starred in no less than eight movies in 2021 — has been given his own category at the 42nd annual Razzie Awards. “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie” is the name of the new category, and the nominations include every single film he starred in last year, including American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Out of Death, and Survive the Game. Midnight in the Switchgrass was dead last in Vulture’s ranking of straight-to-VOD Bruce Willis films, with our reviewer commenting, “Bruce Willis is a nonessential worker here.”

https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/razzie-nominations-worst-bruce-willis-performance.html

Honestly I am happy we have an explanation for why his acting was so terrible in recent movies, it felt like he didn’t care but instead was just struggling.

So that begs the question why he did all of those movies last year.
Not clear if he was contracted to do the movies before his symptoms / diagnosis, or if symptoms began and he couldn’t get out of the projects, or if he was symptomatic and still wanted to continue filming for some reason.
Seems unkind to release details about his poor acting now knowing this diagnosis.

I think it's more likely the patient does not measure the impact of his disability, and that the family has stepped in to persuade him not to engage so much. Part of that is to go public. No knowledge of this particular case, but this is usually what happens.

This. Happened in our family. Person goes into denial and wants the normalcy of work.

And when that happens, it's really hard to tell the person they CAN'T work any more. Because when is the line where they can vs can't make their own decisions. Especially if they aren't harming anyone. And aren't even "that old" yet.

If I were his current wife, though, I wouldn't let him go live with his former wife. I'd want the time left with him. But she's got little kids to handle on her own now. So, no judgement.

All the more reason for older men in Hollywood and elsewhere to quit starting second families in their late 50s, 60s, 70s. We're all mortal. Deal with it and quit making poor decisions just to feel like you're a young man.

If it's more serious than they are letting on, he may not even remember who his current wife is and only remembers Demi at this point. It happened to my dad; he could only remember things that happened 20 years before.

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Anonymous wrote:Must be bad if his family is putting out a statement instead of him. Good luck to them all.

Also explains the weird pandemic family set up they had going. Bruce was pictured living with Demi and his adult daughters during Covid in a remote area but not with his second wife and under 8 daughters.

So his youngest kids wouldn’t know what was going on? I wonder how he was able to handle his brief appearance in his movie that was filmed in 2020.

Terribly and I can see why his family his making this public now. He was prolific. They wouldn't want him to diminish his portfolio by struggling in roles or just dropping out.

Bruce Willis — who starred in no less than eight movies in 2021 — has been given his own category at the 42nd annual Razzie Awards. “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie” is the name of the new category, and the nominations include every single film he starred in last year, including American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Out of Death, and Survive the Game. Midnight in the Switchgrass was dead last in Vulture’s ranking of straight-to-VOD Bruce Willis films, with our reviewer commenting, “Bruce Willis is a nonessential worker here.”

https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/razzie-nominations-worst-bruce-willis-performance.html

Honestly I am happy we have an explanation for why his acting was so terrible in recent movies, it felt like he didn’t care but instead was just struggling.

So that begs the question why he did all of those movies last year.
Not clear if he was contracted to do the movies before his symptoms / diagnosis, or if symptoms began and he couldn’t get out of the projects, or if he was symptomatic and still wanted to continue filming for some reason.
Seems unkind to release details about his poor acting now knowing this diagnosis.

I think it's more likely the patient does not measure the impact of his disability, and that the family has stepped in to persuade him not to engage so much. Part of that is to go public. No knowledge of this particular case, but this is usually what happens.

This. Happened in our family. Person goes into denial and wants the normalcy of work.

And when that happens, it's really hard to tell the person they CAN'T work any more. Because when is the line where they can vs can't make their own decisions. Especially if they aren't harming anyone. And aren't even "that old" yet.

If I were his current wife, though, I wouldn't let him go live with his former wife. I'd want the time left with him. But she's got little kids to handle on her own now. So, no judgement.

All the more reason for older men in Hollywood and elsewhere to quit starting second families in their late 50s, 60s, 70s. We're all mortal. Deal with it and quit making poor decisions just to feel like you're a young man.

If it's more serious than they are letting on, he may not even remember who his current wife is and only remembers Demi at this point. It happened to my dad; he could only remember things that happened 20 years before.

yeah and it may be hard for him to be around young kids who are not going to understand what is going on. It sounds like he is getting a lot of support from Demi and his older kids, which is great. It's very sad - sounds like he was a good guy.