Demi Moore has nothing but love and respect for Emma Heming Willis.
In a Sept. 2 appearance on "The Oprah Podcast," the "Substance" actress praised the way that Bruce Willis' wife has been taking care of him amid his battle with frontotemporal dementia. Moore was married to the "Die Hard" star, 70, from 1987 to 2000 and has maintained a close relationship with him and Heming Willis.
"I have so much compassion for Emma in this, being a young woman," said Moore, 62. "There's no way that anybody could have anticipated where this was going to go. And I really think she's done a masterful job. She has been so dedicated to forging the right path. She's had equal amounts of fear and strength and courage in navigating this."
Moore noted "so much fell on Emma to really figure this whole thing out" after Willis' diagnosis, adding that the "most beautiful thing" was the way that Heming Willis has recognized "the importance for caregivers that they have to take care of themselves, and that if they don't put that time in to making sure that they're OK, that they then can't show up for anyone else."
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