Emma Heming Willis has shared what life is like as a caretaker to husband Bruce Willis as he battles dementia, and she has thoughts on the backlash she has received for being so open.
in 2009, has been caring for the actor after his diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia earlier this year. She has been documenting the difficult journey on social media, and although she is often applauded for her efforts, she has also faced some criticism – something she addressed in a new video.
"So I just wanted to come on and acknowledge the incredible amount of messages I've received in the past couple days of encouragement and other care partners sharing their learnings with me from past experience," she began."There has been some snarkiness embedded in there too, but those are people with an opinion vs. the experience, and those two things are very different," she continued.
Heming Willis explained that she does not"pay too much mind" to the people who share opinions and instead focuses on other people who have experience in dealing with the kind of situation she is in,"because those people are who I am learning from."
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