Rewriting a marriage is tough, right? But imagine both partners doing the same darn job. Both are celebrities, superstars, or whatever you’d like to call it. That’s what Bruce confessed to David Sheff in a 1996 Playboy interview. “We’re both always on the move, clocking in about 300 hours on planes each year,” he said. But here’s the kicker: who else but her can truly grasp what I go through every day?
Yet, despite the fame and inevitable tabloid scrutiny, their marriage wasn’t all smooth sailing. Demi revealed in her book that they hit a major roadblock early on. Picture this: it’s August 1990, and Bruce is about to jet off to Europe for Hudson Hawk. Out of the blue, he drops a bombshell. “I’m not sure I want to be married.” Ouch.
So, he leaves, and things are hanging by a thread. Demi’s first visit? Awkward and tense. But life has a funny way of working things out. She gets pregnant with Scout right after he wraps up the movie. Suddenly, it’s as if that conversation about his doubts never happened.
Fast forward to the G.I. Jane era. Demi admits they were emotionally distant. Their life revolved around the kids and their schedules. And while she knew Bruce was proud of her success, she wasn’t sure he was always at ease with the attention it brought.