Who would’ve thought divorce would be the ultimate ingredient to bring two people closer together than ever before? Such is the case for movie stars Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, who were the ultimate Hollywood couple from 1987-2000.
Although it’s been 25 years since the two were romantically involved, the pair couldn’t be closer to this day, and continue to lift each other up both publicly and privately. The Substance actress has been especially supportive of her former husband following his health struggles, which in 2023 was officially diagnosed as frontotemporal dementia.
Moore and Willis are admirable as co-parents, and both have been vocal about how much they cherish their blended family. But things weren’t always so easy for the duo, especially throughout their high-profile marriage.
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore Met While He Was On A Date With Another Woman
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As Demi Moore revealed in her tell-all memoir, Inside Out, she and her future husband, Bruce Willis, were both on dates with other people on the night they first locked eyes. It was at a film premiere, which happened to star one of Moore’s exes, Emilio Estevez. Estevez was Moore’s date that night, yet her focus was drawn to the Die Hard actor instead. Turns out, the feeling was mutual, because Willis ended up totally ditching his date in order to merely be in Moore’s presence.
“Bruce was looking at me a lot,” she reveals in her memoir. “He was so attentive as the evening progressed, I was stunned to find out later that he’d actually been on a date that night with another woman!”
It wasn’t long before the twosome began spending all their time together, and the pair fell deeply in love.
The Die Hard Actor and The Substance Star Got Married and Raised Three Daughters
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Both Demi Moore and Bruce Willis were thrilled by the prospect of starting a family together. It wasn’t long after tying the knot that the Hollywood stars welcomed a daughter into the world. Just a few years into their marriage, Willis and Moore were the proud parents of three daughters- Rumor, Scout, and Tallulah.
They each took their parenting roles very seriously, yet things started to get turbulent between the Hollywood “it” couple when they realized they had different values and expectations on how to raise their family. As Moore reveals in her book, Inside Out, her husband at the time anticipated a more “traditional” dynamic, in which the Die Hard actor was the breadwinner and Moore would take on the role of a stay at home mom. Moore, whose career was blowing up at the time, wanted more of a balance. According to the Charlie’s Angels star, she wanted to give her all as a mother, while continuing to pursue her dream as an actress.
This difference in values, along with Willis’s wandering eye, ultimately caused their relationship to crumble. “I began to suspect he was screwing around on me,” Moore wrote in her 2019 book. One day, he said to the actress, point blank, that he didn’t know if he wanted to stay married.
“‘I don’t know if I want to be married’ is not exactly the way to my heart,” Moore pointedly wrote in her memoir.
Demi Moore Says She and Her Ex-Husband Are On Much Better Terms Since Their Breakup
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Ironically, sometimes the best time to save a relationship is to end it. This was certainly the case for Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, who split up after 13 years of marriage. According to the Indecent Proposal actress, this decision turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because they’re now able to have a friendship together that felt impossible while they were romantically involved.
“It’s a funny thing to say, but I’m very proud of our divorce. I think Bruce was fearful at the beginning that I was going to make our split difficult, that I would express my anger or whatever baggage I had from our marriage by obstructing his access to the kids- that I’d turn to all of those ploys divorce couples use as weapons. But I didn’t, and neither did he.”
She continued, saying, “It wasn’t easy at first, but we managed to move the heart of our relationship, the heart of what created our family, into something new.”
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