In February 2023, Willis’ family announced that the actor’s aphasia condition had developed into frontotemporal dementia Haley Joel Osment has opened up on his relationship with his The Sixth Sense co-star Bruce Willis , who is struggling with frontotemporal dementia. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight! at the premiere of Blink Twice , Osment was asked about his recollection of working on The Sixth Sense in the late 1990s. “My memory of it is so strong,” he shared.
“It was such a challenging role and another intense experience. I remember me and my dad going to a newsstand the weekend it came out to check the newspaper to see what the numbers were,” he recalled. “So it’s a different time.
” Osment was then asked about Bruce Willis, and the memories he has of their time working together. Osment replied saying that he holds those memories “very close” to him: “It was so wonderful working with him and, I mean, I was so grateful to have had that experience and to meet this guy who was the epitome of a movie star and a really nice person.” Haley Joel Osment And Bruce Willis in ‘The Sixth Sense’.
Credit: Getty Images In March, during an appearance on The Adam Carolla Show , Osment recalled that Willis would regularly leave supportive messages on his family’s answering machine. “He would leave voice messages at our family home when I was in elementary school and high school on this Nickelodeon phone we used to have,” Osment said. In February 2023, W.