Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming holds back tears as she celebrates her husband’s 68th birthday

Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming held back tears as she celebrated her husband’s 68th birthday with an emotional message posted a month after his devastating dementia diagnosis.

In a video posted to her account on Sunday, Emma described feeling particularly sad as he marked another year around the sun.

Emma became emotional as she described making a reel for her husband – and called watching his videos ‘a knife in my heart.’

‘So today is my husband’s birthday,’ she began. ‘I have started the morning by crying. As you can see by my swollen eyes and snotty nose, I just think it’s important you see all sides of this. 

‘I always get this message or people always tell me like, “Oh you’re so strong, I don’t know how you do it.” I’m not given a choice. I wish I was. But I’m also raising two kids in this.

‘I’m really feeling it today on his birthday’: Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming held back tears as she celebrated her husband’s 68th birthday with an emotional message posted several weeks after his devastating dementia diagnosis

‘So sometimes in our lives we have to put our big girl panties on and get to it. And that’s what I’m doing. But I do have times of sadness every day. Grief everyday. And I’m really feeling it today on his birthday.’

She fought back tears in a second video describing the video she had been working on for Bruce.

‘So I worked on this reel that I’m posting for my husband’s birthday. I don’t know why I do that because the videos are like a knife in my heart. But as much as I do it for myself I do it for you. Because I know how much you love my husband and – don’t cry Emma – but it means so much to me so thank you.’

Emma became emotional as she described making a reel for her husband – and called watching his videos ‘a knife in my heart’ 

In a video posted to her account on Sunday, Emma described feeling particularly sad as he marked another year around the sun