When Emma Heming Willis first met her husband, Bruce Willis, the model-turned-entrepreneur was already engaged to someone else. The two went on to marry in 2009 and have since built a family together, sharing two daughters, Mabel and Evelyn.
Emma Heming Willis says she admired Bruce Willis before their eventual first date
Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, recently spoke about the first time she met the actor, disclosing she was engaged to someone different at the time. She also spoke about her home life with her husband, who is now navigating frontotemporal dementia.
In a recent conversation with former Today anchor Hoda Kotb, she opened up about the beginning of her relationship with Bruce Willis. She revealed that she first met her future husband about 21 years ago, “at the gym like most people in Hollywood do, I guess.” She recalled how he was heading out just as she was heading in.
“The things I remember about him was just how warm and charismatic, how funny he was. But always really took the time to want to learn more about me. More about who I was, about my life. Prior to that, I’d never really thought about Bruce Willis. I grew up watching Moonlighting, but I was never an action movie fan,” she disclosed. “When I’d noticed him, I said to my mother, ‘You know, I met Bruce Willis, and he’s really a lovely man.’ My mom was like, ‘What are you doing? You’re engaged to be married.’”
She added, “Years later after my engagement fizzled, thankfully, we went on our first date. I just really loved being around him. There was something very warm, safe, and fun. My husband is just so full of life, and it was a really beautiful time. It was a really great time in our lives.”
“I feel like, in a way, we helped each other. What he’s instilled in me today is to be a little bit more spontaneous, have a little bit more fun,” reflected the mother-of-two.
Originally reported by Sibanee Gogoi on ComingSoon.
