A birthday get together for Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis has seen the star’s former wife Demi Moore once again included in the celebrations.

But there was one glaring omission, at least publicly, with Willis himself nowhere to be seen in photos of the big day shared on social media.

Instead, it was his former spouse, with whom he shares three children, who was pictured at the get together.

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More than two decades on from their divorce, she has been a huge support to Willis, 70, and his young family since he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

Now, Heming Willis has shown again just how close their bond is by including her husband’s former wife and eldest daughter Rumer in a carousel of photos and short videos from her 47th birthday party on the weekend.

“Over the past few weeks, I’ve been wrapped in so much love for my birthday,” she wrote.

“From Bruce, our girls, my mum, my family and dear friends. I feel their love and support holding me up in ways words can’t always capture.

“Thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes. I truly felt your continued kindness and I’m grateful. I had a beautiful day.”

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Also present at the festivities were Heming Willis’ two children with Willis, Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, and Rumer Willis’ daughter Louetta, two.

It has been a hard few years for Heming Willis since Willis’ diagnosis.

The family first released a statement in March 2022, revealing The Sixth Sense star had been diagnosed with aphasia, which affects communication and language.

“This is a really challenging time for our family and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion and support.

“We are moving through this as a strong family unit, and wanted to bring his fans in because we know how much he means to you, as you do to him,” said the statement, which was posted on Willis’ Instagram page and shared by Rumer Willis.

Then a year later, Rumer Willis released a second statement in which she said the aphasia had progressed to frontotemporal dementia.

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“Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in Spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD),” she wrote.

“Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces. While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.”

Heming Willis has spoken a number of times about the toll of the disease on Bruce, his family and herself as his primary care, including after the death of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, who was his carer.

Taking to Instagram, she said she hoped their deaths would prompt a “broader story” and education about the toll on carers.

“Caregivers need care, too. And that they are vital, and that it is so important that we show up for them so that they can continue to show up for their person,” she said

“I think that there’s this common misconception that caregivers, they got it figured out. They got it covered. They’re good. I don’t subscribe to that.”

Just last week she shared an emotional post to Instagram to mark Father’s Day in the US in which she said the day was “profoundly sad” and she wished “with every cell in my body, that things could be different for him and lighter for our family”.

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