Bruce Willis is cutting a casual figure in California after receiving the VIP treatment at a hair salon – amid his health struggles with a brain condition
Bruce Willis cut a casual figure in jeans and a t-shirt after undergoing the VIP treatment at a California barbershop – amid his health struggles with aphasia.
He got comfortable in the long-sleeved gray t-shirt and jeans and slipped his feet into a pair of blue sneakers.
The 67-year-old actor held onto two baseball caps as he walked through the Brentwood area of his hometown of California.
Comfortable: Bruce Willis cut a casual figure in jeans and a T-shirt after VIP treatment at a California barbershop – amid his health struggles with aphasia
The Hollywood icon retired from acting earlier this year after being diagnosed with the brain condition Aphaia, which leads to a deterioration in language skills.
His family have been open about his condition – which meant his ability to speak and understand language was impaired.
An insider told People his family is doing everything they can for him and “have rallied around him in a big way to help Bruce deal with what’s to come.”
Bruce married Emma Heming, 44, in 2009 and welcomed two daughters with her – Mabel, 10, and Evelyn, eight.
Running errands: He was comfortable in the long-sleeved gray t-shirt and jeans, slipped his feet into a pair of blue sneakers and held on to a pair of baseball caps
Bruce’s blended family released a joint statement in late March announcing that he was “retiring from the career that has meant so much to him.”
What is aphasia?
The Mayo Clinic defines aphasia as “a disorder that affects your ability to communicate,” which “can affect your speech as well as the way you write and understand both spoken and written language.”
The condition can occur after a head injury or stroke, or be a precursor to a brain tumor or Alzheimer’s disease.
Patients living with this condition are usually treated with speech therapy and taught how to communicate non-verbally.
The statement revealed that he “has had some health issues and was recently diagnosed with aphasia, which is affecting his cognitive abilities.”
His ex-wife Demi Moore and the three daughters she shares with Bruce – Rumer, 34, Scout, 31 and Tallulah, 28 – all signed the statement along with Emma, Mabel and Evelyn.
The Mayo Clinic defines aphasia as “a disorder that affects your ability to communicate,” which “can affect your speech as well as the way you write and understand both spoken and written language.”
The actor’s family hasn’t revealed what caused his battle with aphasia, which has a number of possible causes.
The condition can occur after a head injury or stroke, or be a precursor to a brain tumor or Alzheimer’s disease. Patients living with this condition are usually treated with speech therapy and taught how to communicate non-verbally.
This comes after Bruce was reunited with his former co-star John Travolta in the action-packed trailer for their upcoming film Paradise City.
The action film, which hits theaters on November 11, is one of several Willis completed before his family announced in March that he was retiring from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia.
The film also appears to be the first major feature film collaboration between Willis and Travolta, 68, since they starred in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 crime classic Pulp Fiction.
Willis plays an aging bounty hunter in Hawaii who takes on one of his most dangerous missions yet. After being shot and left for dead, his son Ryan (Blake Jenner) teams with his father’s former partner (Stephen Dorff) to hunt down his killers while dealing with a sadistic crime boss (Travolta).
Tough time: The Hollywood icon retired from acting earlier this year after being diagnosed with the condition that causes language skills to deteriorate