Bruce Willis was born on March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany, since his father was stationed there as a member of the U.S. military. The family then moved back to America in 1957, settling in New Jersey, per Biography. Emma Heming was also born abroad, hailing from the tiny country Malta as the daughter of her Guyanese mom and English dad. After briefly living in London, Heming and her mom moved to Southern California, per Heming’s website. She was born on June 18, 1978, according to IMDb, making Heming significantly younger than Willis. Their 23-year age difference may be a little strange when you realize that Heming was 10 years old when the first “Die Hard” movie came out. However, it’s less weird in the context of plenty of other famous couples with big age gaps. For example, Willis’ ex Demi Moore is 15 years older than her ex-husband Ashton Kutcher.
The meet-cute of Willis and Heming came during a low period in the actor’s life. After his divorce, Willis dated various models with seemingly no intention of a lifetime connection and reportedly said he would never marry again, per W Magazine. That is, until he spotted Heming at the gym in 2005 because they both used celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson. Willis admitted to W Magazine his flings left him mostly unhappy until “I started hanging around Emma, and on a day-to-day basis my life became much happier.”
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