Being able to maintain a good relationship after divorce may seem simple, but in reality it is not. Former Hollywood couple Demi Moore and Bruce Willis are the perfect example that facing negative emotions and anger can be crucial to achieving a fulfilling and happy future.
Demi had been dating Emilio Estévez, in fact they got engaged, but in 1986 they decided to cancel their engagement. Despite everything, they continued to have a good relationship and shared a beautiful friendship, so much so that they even attended the premiere of a film together that would completely change the actress's love life.
As she herself tells it, it was a crucial moment: “It was a very important night in my life, because at that premiere I met an actor who was very fashionable at that time. He worked on a very popular series called Moonlight. He was Bruce Willis.”
Bruce behaved like a true gentleman, meeting Moore's family and learning about his past. “When Bruce and I started dating, our traumas collided. Like me, Bruce had had a difficult childhood: he was a stutterer. This had a positive side effect, as it made him turn to acting,” Demi explained.
In 1987, the actors got married in Las Vegas, in true Hollywood style. It wasn't planned, it just happened. After a few months together, Bruce asked Demi to marry him. At first, she thought she was joking, but realizing she was serious, she said yes.
Every couple has their problems, and Demi and Bruce were no exception. Their lives became considerably complicated when their first daughter arrived. Demi decided to return to acting, while Bruce wanted her to stay home. But this time the couple passed the test and made their relationship work.
Bruce didn't want to be the kind of person who abandoned her family, but Demi still felt a little insecure. The situation changed with the second pregnancy, which kept them together. Then the third made the relationship even stronger until Demi found out that her mother was dying. That's when the marriage came to an end.
After ten years of marriage, a saddened Bruce Willis confessed that he didn't understand what had gone wrong. It was true that his schedule made it impossible for them to spend time together, and that before getting divorced they spent a period of time sleeping apart. The divorce surprised him.
He was hopeful that they could fix things, like they had done before, but she put an end to it. “I still love Demi. We are very close. We have three daughters who we will raise together, and we will probably still be as close as before. We are aware that we have a lifelong commitment to our daughters. We are still friends, we just put aside the marriage union.”
Demi explained in her autobiography that she believed Bruce had been afraid that she would get angry and not let him see her daughters. “But I didn’t, and neither did he.” The fact that their divorce was so peaceful helped them save their relationship despite what they may have felt at the time.
They never had to split vacations or birthdays. They spend all family celebrations together. They also supported each other in their new relationships. Demi said in her autobiography that they began to be even closer after her divorce. “It's funny, but I'm very proud of our divorce.”
The last few years have not been the best for the actor. After being diagnosed with a type of dementia, his life has changed radically and he has almost completely distanced himself from show business and the media. During this time, his entire family, including Demi, has devoted themselves to him to the fullest.
But not everything has been misfortune; Love knocked again on the doors of the actor, who married the model and actress Emma Heming in 2009. After a decade of love, they celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary and renewed their wedding vows in an intimate and very emotional celebration, in the which Demi acted as camerawoman to immortalize on video the great moment of her dear friend and ex-husband.
