Emma Heming Willis goes against Bruce Willis' words: 'Christmas movie'

Emma Heming Willis is weighing in on one of pop culture's most persistent debates.

In a new conversation with PEOPLE Magazine, Emma 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. 

It is noteworthy that 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 centered on New York cop John McClane, played by Bruce, rescuing hostages during a Christmas Eve party qualifies as a holiday classic. 

Fans remain fiercely split over the context and even Bruce himself has previously chimed in.

At his 2018 Comedy Central Roast, the actor set the record straight by declaring, “Die Hard is not a Christmas movie. It’s a goddamn Bruce Willis movie!”

As fans will be aware, Bruce, now 70, stepped away from acting in 2022 following a diagnosis of aphasia, a language disorder that affects speech and comprehension.

In 2023, his condition advanced to frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a group of disorders impacting behavior, personality, and language.