Back in 2022, it was announced that Bruce Willis would be retiring from acting after he was diagnosed with aphasia, a language disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate. Nearly a year later, his family shared that his condition had progressed into frontotemporal dementia. While this places the iconic actor, known for Die Hard and The Sixth Sense, out of the swing of a lot of Hollywood circles, apparently he and his Moonlighting co-star Cybill Shephard had a chance to get on better terms prior to his health struggles going public.
Back in 2000, Cybill Shepherd characterized Bruce Willis a “jerk” while talking about their past on Moonlighting, per The Scottish Daily Record. There were also claims from their co-stars that they “hated each other” and were “unhappy” working together. However, when Shepherd recently spoke to People about Willis, she said they were actually able to mend things between them before he officially retired. In her words:
