Bruce Willis Now Diagnosed with Dementia.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the people who think as soon as you get dementia you should just sit in a recliner and watch the birds have never been through this with a loved one. I agree the “accommodation” frame is helpful and hopefully that’s what was happening. People deserve the joy of work and accomplishment and expertise even when they have dementia.

They were using his likeness to promote movies but a body double for filming. I fail to see how that gives him "the joy of work and accomplishment and expertise." We'll have to agree to disagree.

I suspect there’s a lot you fail to see. I hope you never have a loved one go through this.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t know where or what car to get into and has to be herded into it (watch DailyMail) he shouldn’t be in the public eye.

Nonsense. He isn't out wandering the streets alone he is always accompanied. Don't be so small minded

Did you watch the DM video? They had to herd him to the car.

NP, and your point is…He is with people that make sure he gets to where he needs to go and is safe, so why the f*ck would he need to stay out of public spaces. WTAF is wrong with you.

I always saw Bruce with a huge ego. I don’t think this is how he would want his fans to remember him.

And he got so bad on set it was the director of these crappy movies who said “no more”. Not his family. He’s been doing these movies for TWO years. He is well past early on set of dementia. Even if he says, “I want coffee”, it doesn’t mean that’s what he wants. He has aphasia, the meaning of most words is lost for him.

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Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t know where or what car to get into and has to be herded into it (watch DailyMail) he shouldn’t be in the public eye.

Nonsense. He isn't out wandering the streets alone he is always accompanied. Don't be so small minded

Did you watch the DM video? They had to herd him to the car.

NP, and your point is…He is with people that make sure he gets to where he needs to go and is safe, so why the f*ck would he need to stay out of public spaces. WTAF is wrong with you.

I always saw Bruce with a huge ego. I don’t think this is how he would want his fans to remember him.

And he got so bad on set it was the director of these crappy movies who said “no more”. Not his family. He’s been doing these movies for TWO years. He is well past early on set of dementia. Even if he says, “I want coffee”, it doesn’t mean that’s what he wants. He has aphasia, the meaning of most words is lost for him.

And who exactly are you that you are in a position to decide what he and his family should or shouldn’t do based on fans remembrance of him? Your posts are extremely bizarre.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t know where or what car to get into and has to be herded into it (watch DailyMail) he shouldn’t be in the public eye.

Nonsense. He isn't out wandering the streets alone he is always accompanied. Don't be so small minded

Did you watch the DM video? They had to herd him to the car.

NP, and your point is…He is with people that make sure he gets to where he needs to go and is safe, so why the f*ck would he need to stay out of public spaces. WTAF is wrong with you.

I always saw Bruce with a huge ego. I don’t think this is how he would want his fans to remember him.

And he got so bad on set it was the director of these crappy movies who said “no more”. Not his family. He’s been doing these movies for TWO years. He is well past early on set of dementia. Even if he says, “I want coffee”, it doesn’t mean that’s what he wants. He has aphasia, the meaning of most words is lost for him.

You don't know anything about the industry if you think there is anything odd about an actor like Bruce Willis making these bad D-list movies. Look at John Travolta. My husband and I once passed an evening watching recent John Travolta shitty movie trailers. Absolutely hilarious. "Speed Kills" is a favorite. He has made just as many as Bruce because these are quick easy ways to keep working, stay active, and make money because these movies make a ton in other countries and they are super cheap to make.

Bruce was making legitimate films with Oscar winning actors and directors as late as 2019 (they came out then, so probably were made in 2018). I imagine his decline happened pretty rapidly and I'm betting in 2018 there were signs but he was functioning fairly normally.

Then he started making movies with people like Jesse Metcalf and Chad Michael Murray and those were the crappy ones coming out in 2020. Then the pandemic hit, and in 2021, it was very cheap to make those kinds of movies - you put COVID protocols in place, you hire a skeleton crew, and you film in a big open air warehouse with a lot of outdoor shots in fields and woods - it's safe and cheap and you can pump out these movies and I bet Bruce made a lot of money and might have even had fun and felt normal.

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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.

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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.

Big family, big properties, big money, lots of places to go to and still maintain privacy and out of the eye of paparazzi.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t know where or what car to get into and has to be herded into it (watch DailyMail) he shouldn’t be in the public eye.

Nonsense. He isn't out wandering the streets alone he is always accompanied. Don't be so small minded

Did you watch the DM video? They had to herd him to the car.

NP, and your point is…He is with people that make sure he gets to where he needs to go and is safe, so why the f*ck would he need to stay out of public spaces. WTAF is wrong with you.

I always saw Bruce with a huge ego. I don’t think this is how he would want his fans to remember him.

And he got so bad on set it was the director of these crappy movies who said “no more”. Not his family. He’s been doing these movies for TWO years. He is well past early on set of dementia. Even if he says, “I want coffee”, it doesn’t mean that’s what he wants. He has aphasia, the meaning of most words is lost for him.

And who exactly are you that you are in a position to decide what he and his family should or shouldn’t do based on fans remembrance of him? Your posts are extremely bizarre.

There's more than one of us posting who disagree with you.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t know where or what car to get into and has to be herded into it (watch DailyMail) he shouldn’t be in the public eye.

Nonsense. He isn't out wandering the streets alone he is always accompanied. Don't be so small minded

Did you watch the DM video? They had to herd him to the car.

NP, and your point is…He is with people that make sure he gets to where he needs to go and is safe, so why the f*ck would he need to stay out of public spaces. WTAF is wrong with you.

I always saw Bruce with a huge ego. I don’t think this is how he would want his fans to remember him.

And he got so bad on set it was the director of these crappy movies who said “no more”. Not his family. He’s been doing these movies for TWO years. He is well past early on set of dementia. Even if he says, “I want coffee”, it doesn’t mean that’s what he wants. He has aphasia, the meaning of most words is lost for him.

You don't know anything about the industry if you think there is anything odd about an actor like Bruce Willis making these bad D-list movies. Look at John Travolta. My husband and I once passed an evening watching recent John Travolta shitty movie trailers. Absolutely hilarious. "Speed Kills" is a favorite. He has made just as many as Bruce because these are quick easy ways to keep working, stay active, and make money because these movies make a ton in other countries and they are super cheap to make.

Bruce was making legitimate films with Oscar winning actors and directors as late as 2019 (they came out then, so probably were made in 2018). I imagine his decline happened pretty rapidly and I'm betting in 2018 there were signs but he was functioning fairly normally.

Then he started making movies with people like Jesse Metcalf and Chad Michael Murray and those were the crappy ones coming out in 2020. Then the pandemic hit, and in 2021, it was very cheap to make those kinds of movies - you put COVID protocols in place, you hire a skeleton crew, and you film in a big open air warehouse with a lot of outdoor shots in fields and woods - it's safe and cheap and you can pump out these movies and I bet Bruce made a lot of money and might have even had fun and felt normal.

Then he started making movies with Randall Emmett.

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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.

Big family, big properties, big money, lots of places to go to and still maintain privacy and out of the eye of paparazzi.

Still harping on "He should stay hidden," I see. Gosh, he's got houses where he can be hidden, family who can hide him, right, PP? So fortunate! He doesn't need to know there's a wider world any more!

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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.

Big family, big properties, big money, lots of places to go to and still maintain privacy and out of the eye of paparazzi.

Still harping on "He should stay hidden," I see. Gosh, he's got houses where he can be hidden, family who can hide him, right, PP? So fortunate! He doesn't need to know there's a wider world any more!

Watch the DM video. He has no idea where he is at. And your argument that he needs stimulation? This can be done at multiple places where celebs privacy is kept private. There are many places, especially in CA, where celebs go and no one knows.

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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.

Big family, big properties, big money, lots of places to go to and still maintain privacy and out of the eye of paparazzi.

Still harping on "He should stay hidden," I see. Gosh, he's got houses where he can be hidden, family who can hide him, right, PP? So fortunate! He doesn't need to know there's a wider world any more!

Watch the DM video. He has no idea where he is at. And your argument that he needs stimulation? This can be done at multiple places where celebs privacy is kept private. There are many places, especially in CA, where celebs go and no one knows.

Np. I think the point the pp is trying to make is who cares if the public knows? Why should he keep his illness a secret? People get sick. Should we just put him out to pasture because he has an illness, never to be seen again? A’la Richard Simmons?

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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.

Big family, big properties, big money, lots of places to go to and still maintain privacy and out of the eye of paparazzi.

Still harping on "He should stay hidden," I see. Gosh, he's got houses where he can be hidden, family who can hide him, right, PP? So fortunate! He doesn't need to know there's a wider world any more!

Watch the DM video. He has no idea where he is at. And your argument that he needs stimulation? This can be done at multiple places where celebs privacy is kept private. There are many places, especially in CA, where celebs go and no one knows.

Np. I think the point the pp is trying to make is who cares if the public knows? Why should he keep his illness a secret? People get sick. Should we just put him out to pasture because he has an illness, never to be seen again? A’la Richard Simmons?

Then don’t get upset when the paparazzi come after your beloved celebrity family member.

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There’s a new documentary out on Hulu called the Randall Scandal about Randall Emmet, the abusive producer who made twenty of Willis’s films. Apparently he was so confused he didn’t even know he was filming a movie.
https://www.insider.com/bruce-willis-unaware-movie-set-films-aphasia-prop-master-2023-5?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=beauty-sf&fbclid=IwAR2bX-vQ7aPAM84jR7VSI3GKLlqO0mwxWMSTVY6QDCw6C8-2b3WFSzm65vs&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

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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.