Bruce Willis on Ashton & Demi: "We've Become Like a Tribe"

Us Magazine - June 15, 2009 10:01 AM PDT
Story photo: Bruce Willis on Ashton & Demi: Chris Weeks/WireImage.com; Steven Klein for WUs Magazine
Bruce Willis is now happily married, but he's still not ready to let go of his ex.

"We've become like a tribe," the star says about his ex-wife Demi Moore and her husband Ashton Kutcher in the latest issue of W (on newsstands June 23).

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Even the 54-year-old actor's new wife, Emma, is happy to join the extensive family, which includes his three kids with Moore -- Rumer, 20, Scout, 17, and Tallulah, 15.

"I met them very early on, and I was definitely nervous because Id never dated a man who had children and I wanted to be really sensitive to that," she says. "But Ive been really blessed because from day one its been comfortable and fun."

Because the two couples get along with such ease, Willis admits that people find it more shocking than if they were estranged.

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"It's generated a lot of interest because everyone can understand resentment and envy in the breakup of a marriage, but they dont understand how I can get along with my ex like that," he says. "Demi and I made a choice to put the kids first, and were really lucky that it turns out we all have fun together."

Still, the action star admits that he has had to work through those issues of anger and jealousy that he felt when Moore began dating the That '70s Show star, 31, in 2003.

"I went from F--- love to Love is truly the answer," Willis says. "I spent the last 10 years single and, for the most part, unhappy. In a dark place. I never thought that being with someone else was the answer. I would say, I'm alone, but I'm not lonely. But I was just kidding myself. Then I started hanging around Emma, and on a day-to-day basis my life became much happier."

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Now, he and his wife -- they married on the Turks and Caicos islands in March with Moore and Kutcher as guests -- enjoy vacations with the whole family in the Caribbean, where the only tension comes from their beach volleyball games.

"I still have a scar on my knee from two Christmases ago," Emma says.

Although Emma -- who was engaged to Brent Bolthouse in 2005 when the two first met -- has given Willis a new lease on life, he admits that he will always have feelings for his ex-wife of nearly nine years.

"I still love her," he says. "And I have a lot of respect for how she lives her life."

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  • truthful
    love them
    report abuseposted June 16, 2009 8:14 AM PDT
  • truthful
    love them
    report abuseposted June 16, 2009 8:14 AM PDT
  • Kimberlynn V
    i think its great that they can get along so well and that they have those big family gatherings together. me and my ex are still friends and im friends with his new gf and hes friends with my bf, i hope it'll remain like that...my 4 year old loves all of us and i think its awesome we can all communicate for whats best for her!
    report abuseposted June 16, 2009 7:13 AM PDT
  • Kimberlynn V
    i think its great that they can get along so well and that they have those big family gatherings together. me and my ex are still friends and im friends with his new gf and hes friends with my bf, i hope it'll remain like that...my 4 year old loves all of us and i think its awesome we can all communicate for whats best for her!
    report abuseposted June 16, 2009 7:13 AM PDT
  • KEPSITREAL
    he's in good shape for 54
    report abuseposted June 16, 2009 3:30 AM PDT
  • e9601:
    yuk
    report abuseposted June 15, 2009 5:23 PM PDT
  • Albert
    I think this is all a facade and all four are insane.
    report abuseposted June 15, 2009 3:29 PM PDT
  • Apache1
    This is the mature way of handling things. It's much healthier for the children than what most go through. Those of you who have made the nasty remarks are still children who have not matured (may never) or just total jerks.
    report abuseposted June 15, 2009 3:20 PM PDT
  • Iamhome
    Bruce is loosing it in his old age, his pics in that magazine are bizarre. He had his toenails painted red and was naked! yikes! I saw first hand why Demi found herself someone younger! Hey Ashton how does it feel to know that your wife is still loves her ex husband and they'll share that bond? That'd hit me in the bread basket!
    report abuseposted June 15, 2009 2:58 PM PDT
  • marti
    Why shouldn't people be civilized. That is the way it should be.
    report abuseposted June 15, 2009 1:11 PM PDT
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