Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming Willis is opening up about how an early stutter he suffered from may have covered up the initial symptoms of his frontotemporal dementia.
Have YOU got a story? Email Bruce Willis ' wife Emma Heming Willis is opening up about how an early stutter he suffered from may have covered up the initial symptoms of his frontotemporal dementia .
'For Bruce, it started with language,' the 46-year-old model explained in her interview, which was published Tuesday. While studying acting, Bruce learned that the stutter that was so prominent in his own speech would almost magically disappear whenever he spoke words he had memorized from a script.She added that he continued to deal with the stutter throughout his life, though he developed the ability to cover it up well in most situations.
Bruce was honored for his advocacy on behalf of those living with stutters at the American Institute for Stuttering's 2016 gala. In his acceptance speech, the actor revealed that he began exhibiting a stutter around age six, and he said he had 'no plan, no help,' and was 'just flailing wildly for a really long time,' according to The Hollywood Reporter.
According to her, honesty was an essential component for helping her daughters cope with their father's deteriorating condition.
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