EXCLUSIVE: Bruce Willis' Wife's Painful Confession — Emma Heming Breaks Down in Tears as She Admits Navigating 'Dying' Actor's Dementia Battle Isn't How She 'Envisioned' Their Life

An emotional Emma Heming broke down in tears as she discussed the sudden and massive change her life took after her husband, actor Bruce Willis, was diagnosed with dementia, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

The author shared the gamut of emotions she has been forced to face as she spoke to a sympathetic audience.

Willis, 70, retired from acting amid his battle with aphasia back in 2022, and was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia a year later.

His 47-year-old wife, Heming, has stayed by his side and has been forced to watch as the Die Hard star slips away and the dementia ravages his mind.

Heming was the keynote speaker at the annual End Well conference. The non-profit organization says it is on a "mission to transform how we think about, talk about, and plan for the end of life."

That's something Heming said she wasn't ready to be forced to face. As she talked about having to become the main voice for her now silent husband, she started to tear up.

"These are hard decisions. I'm getting choked up thinking about it," she confessed. "These are impossible decisions. This is not how I envisioned our life."

Heming has been open about the heavy emotional toll the diagnosis has taken on her.

"The most jarring ones for me were the anger and the resentment that I started to feel," she previously said. "I had so much shame, and just felt like a horrible person because I was having these feelings."

It also didn't help she was initially given very little support or explanation.

Heming explained: "When we received that diagnosis, you know, we walked out of (the doctor's office) with nothing. With no hope, no support, no road map. It was just 'check back in in a couple months' and we were sent on our way."

She continued: "And I thought, 'How could this be? How are people being diagnosed and pushed out the door with no support?"

Her questions inspired her to share her experiences with other caregivers in her book, The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path.

Since first sharing the devastating health update, Heming has spoken about the highs and lows that have come with caring for her ailing husband full-time.

During a recent appearance on Tamsen Fadal's The Tamsen Show podcast, she explained the heartbreaking process of watching Willis' disease take over.

She said: "We've been with Bruce every step of the way of his disease, and his disease progresses and he declines. So, it's not like this fast track into like, oh my gosh, he's not communicating."

Heming continued: "We're not able to have a conversation anymore. It's just been a slow burn. Um, and that's very painful to watch as well.