Emma Heming Willis is engaged in one of pop culture’s most persistent debates.
In a new conversation with PEOPLE MagazineEmma shared her take on Die Hard, the 1988 action thriller starring her husband, Bruce Willis, who is currently battling dementia.
“I think it’s important to put Die Hard on because it’s a Christmas movie,” Emma told the outlet, explaining that the classic gets the Willis household into the holiday spirit.
Notably, Emma shares daughters Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, with the actor, and according to her, the film has become something of a seasonal staple.
Since its release, Die hard has inspired decades of debate over whether a story about New York cop John McClane, played by Bruce, rescuing hostages during a Christmas Eve party can be classified as a Christmas classic.
Fans remain fiercely divided over the context, and even Bruce himself has previously weighed in.
During his 2018 comedy Central roastthe actor set the record straight by declaring, “Die Hard is not a Christmas movie. It’s a goddamn Bruce Willis movie!”
As fans will know, Bruce, now 70, retired from acting in 2022 after being diagnosed with aphasia, a language disorder that affects speech and comprehension.
In 2023, his condition progressed to frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a group of disorders that affect behavior, personality and language.
