Bruce Willis’ ex Demi Moore celebrates actor’s 70th birthday

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Demi Moore was all smiles celebrating Bruce Willis’ birthday this week as the legendary actor turned 70.

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Moore, 62, paid tribute to her ex-husband as he marked his milestone day surrounded by his family, which includes the former couple’s three daughters — Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 31.

“Happy birthday, BW! We love you ♥️,” Moore captioned an Instagram post that featured new photos of the Die Hard star celebrating with his loved ones.

Moore and Willis were married for 13 years, from 1987 to 2000, but have remained close friends since their split. In the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020, the two quarantined together along with their children, which the recent Oscar nominee called a “blessing” in 2021.

“I personally feel like I was really grateful for things slowing down and the time that we had,” Moore told model Naomi Campbell on her YouTube series No Filter with Naomi.

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Moore’s birthday post featured a carousel of images that showed Willis’ cuddling with his three eldest children and a solo shot of the two of them sharing a warm embrace.

In other photos, Willis was seen cradling his granddaughter Louetta and being hugged by his and Moore’s youngest daughter, Tallulah. One pic showed Scout looking lovingly into his face as he received a back massage.

Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis, with whom he shares two children — Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10 — also raised a glass to her husband on Instagram as she thanked his fans for their support.

“It’s Bruce’s birthday, and if there’s one thing I know, it’s that there’s no greater fan than a Bruce fan,” Emma wrote alongside a photo of a smiling Willis standing on an all-terrain vehicle giving two thumbs up. “So flood him with all the love today — he will feel it, I swear he will. You are one powerful bunch. I love how you rally for him, and I’m so grateful that he has you ✨.”

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Willis’ older daughters all gushed about their dad in separate social media posts of their own.

Tallulah called her dad “a light that can never be dimmed” in an Instagram message in which she shared an image of Willis smiling on the set of Die Hard. 

In a follow-up post, Tallulah commended Willis’ versatility as an actor, writing, “He’s a spaceman, a hero with a badge, a sassy detective with unparalleled banter – and it’s been a privilege to witness all these different characters (enlivened), and engraved into history because of his innate spirit and soul.”

“He’s a person, a man, a son, a kid from Jersey who hit the mother f***ing jackpot of life by the stroke of luck he couldn’t even explain,” she continued.  “I love this Jersey boy, who combed my hair in baths, and always made sure I laid a towel down before eating on his bed, and is known far and wide as the Corn Cake King to our safe circle of intimates.”

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She admitted that she used to get “red in the face when people found out my ‘full’ name.”

“But I’m pretty damn proud to be Tallulah Belle Bruce Willis,” she concluded.

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Rumer shared a video of her mother and father dancing and simply wrote, “To the King…I love you Daddio.”

Scout called her dad the “greatest of all time” and penned a lengthier message in which she wrote, “Every time I smirk and audaciously ask for more and every time I feel so fucking insatiable that I want to devour the entire world because I am so GODDAMN in love with life, I am my father’s child.”

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After an acting career that stretched back more than 40 years, Willis’ family announced he was retiring following his diagnosis with aphasia in March 2022.

The following year, his loved ones revealed that he was suffering from a type of dementia known as frontotemporal dementia.

Last spring, Bruce’s wife Emma said that following her husband’s diagnosis his family has embarked on a “new chapter.”

“There is grief and sadness. There’s all of that. But you start a new chapter,” she said, adding that his family’s life is now filled “with love, it’s filled with connection, it’s filled with joy, it’s filled with happiness.”

mdaniell@postmedia.com

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