{"id":229949,"date":"2026-03-21T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/emma-heming-willis-says-she-was-made-to-love-bruce-willis-as-couple-celebrate-17th-wedding-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:00:10","slug":"emma-heming-willis-says-she-was-made-to-love-bruce-willis-as-couple-celebrate-17th-wedding-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/emma-heming-willis-says-she-was-made-to-love-bruce-willis-as-couple-celebrate-17th-wedding-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Heming Willis says she was &#8216;made to love&#8217; Bruce Willis as couple celebrate 17th wedding anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-03-21\" datetime=\"1774126810\" pubdate=\"\">21 March 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Emma Heming Willis says she was &#8220;made to love&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/bruce-willis\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,bruce-willis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Willis<\/a> as she celebrates their 17th wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis got married on March 21, 2009<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old model took to Instagram on Saturday (21.03.26) to mark almost two decades since the couple got married in the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Emma shared a sweet shot from their nuptials of Bruce carrying his wife on a beach with the caption: &#8220;I was made to love him. 17 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fans rushed to the post&#8217;s comments section to congratulate the couple &#8211; who first met at a Los Angeles gym in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>One person penned: &#8220;True LOVE! Happy anniversary!!!! (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nA second supporter typed: &#8220;You sure were all part of God\u2019s plan. Sending you both so much love (sic).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd a third follower wrote: &#8220;Happy Anniversary to you both Emma. You are a very special couple and you are amazing the care you give Bruce and help so many with your book. He is a very good man and you are a perfect match (sic).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nTheir anniversary comes two days after Bruce &#8211; who has frontotemporal dementia (FTD) &#8211; turned 71 on Thursday (19.03.26).<\/p>\n<p>\nEmma paid a birthday tribute to the Assassin star on Instagram that day.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe shared a picture of Bruce smiling as he relaxed by the sea with the caption: &#8220;Today we celebrate Bruce\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;This journey with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) has opened my eyes to the realities so many families face. It\u2019s what inspired me to create The Emma + Bruce Willis Fund to raise awareness of FTD, support research, and stand beside the caregivers who carry so much every day.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;If you\u2019d like to honour Bruce today, please consider supporting the fund or another organisation working in this space, or simply checking in on a caregiver &#8211; a small act of kindness that can mean so much. (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nBruce retired from acting in 2022, after he was diagnosed with aphasia &#8211; a language disorder that affects a person&#8217;s ability to speak, understand, read or write &#8211; that same year.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn 2023, Bruce&#8217;s condition later progressed to frontotemporal dementia (FTD) &#8211; a group of brain disorders affecting personality, behaviour, and language.<\/p>\n<p>\nEmma &#8211; who has daughters Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, with Bruce &#8211; said her spouse is unaware he has dementia.<\/p>\n<p>\nAppearing on a January episode of the Conversations with Cam podcast, she revealed: &#8220;Bruce never, never tapped in.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I think that&#8217;s like the blessing and the curse of this, is that he never connected the dots that he had this disease, and I&#8217;m really happy about that. I&#8217;m really happy that he doesn&#8217;t know about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nIn February, Emma said she had realised how &#8220;vital&#8221; it is to concentrate on her own health after caring for the Die Hard actor &#8211; who also has daughters actress Rumer Willis, 37, singer Scout Willis, 34, and TV star Tallulah Willis, 32, with his 63-year-old ex-wife and friend, Demi Moore.<\/p>\n<p>\nEmma told People: &#8220;I think as women in society, we tend to put ourselves last, and we put everyone&#8217;s needs above our own. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;And what I&#8217;ve realised is that if you are not caring for yourself, if you are not finding ways to make time for your health, your hobbies, it&#8217;s impossible to be able to care for the people that we love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/emma-heming-willis-says-made-love-bruce-willis-couple-celebrate-17th-wedding-anniversary-1439530.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21 March 2026 Emma Heming Willis says she was &#8220;made to love&#8221; Bruce Willis as she celebrates their 17th wedding anniversary. 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