Bruce Willis Gets Disheartening Health Update From Moonlighting Creator 1 Year After Retirement

As his star-making show finally makes its way to streaming,Moonlightingcreator Glenn Gordon Caron has offered a disheartening update onBruce Willis‘ health. The Golden Globe winner’s family announced in early 2022 that the actor would be retiring from the industry following a diagnosis of aphasia, a brain condition in which the person struggles to comprehend or formulate language. In the year since his retirement, Willis’ family have offered a variety of updates for the extra time spent with them, while a variety of former collaborators have shared their support for his recovery.

Just over a year after his retirement was announced, theclassic WillissitcomMoonlightingfinally landed a streaming home at Hulu, which creator Glenn Gordon Caron recently spoke with theNew York Postabout to discuss its premiere. When asked about Willis’ thoughts on the streaming premiere, Caron stated that the star is “really happy” about it, but offered a disheartening health update for the Golden Globe winner, confirming that while “he’s still Bruce“, his aphasia has rendered him mostly “incommunicative.” See what Caron shared below:

Bruce Willis’ Acting Return Seems More Unlikely Now

Though his retirement announcement seemed to indicate he would not be back to the screen, initial comments from the actor’s family seemed to indicate some hope that Willis’ treatments for his aphasia would lead to an acting return at some point in the future. More recent updates have pointed towards more caution in this respect, with his family confirming that his condition has advanced and that his specific diagnosis has no specific treatments at this time.

Even if the actor doesn’t return, Willis is leaving behind quite the mammoth legacy on screen. One of the more notable is his leading turn as action hero John McClane intheDie Hardfranchise, a genre he would frequently revisit throughout the years. Willis has also shown his range in the worlds of comedy and drama, the former of which can be traced back to his award-winning work inMoonlightingwhile the latter was spotlighted by the likes of M. Night Shyamalan, Quentin Tarantino and Rian Johnson, among others.

While they may have all been critical duds,Bruce Willis‘ work in dozens of VOD releases were also later revealed to have a good reasoning behind them, with the actor looking to make as much money as possible to provide for his family when the time eventually came to retire due to his health concerns. Given the widespread support he’s seen from everyone like longtime collaborator Shyamalan toKevin Smith, whom he infamously feuded with on the set ofCop Outand the director has since retracted his issues with the actor, it’s clear that regardless of what the future may hold for Willis on screen, the only hope from everyone is for a comfortable life with his family.