Emma Heming Willis Smiles with Husband Bruce Willis in Sweet Throwback Photo: 'Doing Selfies Before They Had a Name'

Mar. 15, 2025

Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis in 2019.Photo:Theo Wargo/Getty

Theo Wargo/Getty

Bruce Willisand wifeEmma Heming Williswere taking selfies before selfies were cool.

In anInstagram postshared on Wednesday, Oct. 16, Emma posted a shot of the happy couple. Bruce, now 69, appears to be holding the camera and scowling into the lens. Emma, 46, is smiling sweetly in the photo, her face half-hidden as she nuzzles her husband just behind his shoulder.

She captioned the post, “doing selfies before they had a name,” adding a white heart emoji.

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The family then announced hisfrontotemporal dementia(FTD) diagnosis in February 2023, releasing a group statement that read, “Bruce has always found joy in life — and has helped everyone he knows to do the same.”

Emma Heming Willis and Bruce Willis.Emma Heming/Instagram

Emma Heming/Instagram

Frontotemporal dementia is an all-encompassing term for brain disorders that threaten the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, resulting in speech issues, emotional problems and changes in personality.

Emma has since sharedglimpses of home lifewith Bruce since his step back from the spotlight.

To celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary this March, she shareda photoof thePulp Fictionstar giving her a kiss, writing that she had a “choice to wallow in sorrow orI can celebrate it.” For her birthday in June 2023, she posted a shot of Brucesnuggling with her.

source: people.com