Sly Stallone gives sad update on Bruce Willis’ condition

Sylvester Stallone says he feels “so sad” about friend Bruce Willis, who has retired from show business after being diagnosed with aphasia.

Sylvester Stallone feels for his friend and former co-star, Bruce Willis, who was recently diagnosed with aphasia.

“Bruce is going through some really, really difficult times,” Stallone said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. When asked if he’s in touch with the 67-year-old, he said Willis has “been sort of incommunicado. That kills me. It’s so sad.”

In March, news broke that Willis was “stepping away” from acting due to diagnosis with aphasia, which causes language difficulties, Fox News reports.

At the time, Stallone, 76 – who has made his own headlines recently over his split, then reconciliation, with wife Jennifer Flavin – shared a series of photos of his friend on Instagram.

“We go back a long way, praying for the best for you and your wonderful family,” he captioned the pictures.

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Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis pictured in 2010. Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP

Both men were involved with the Planet Hollywood venture in 1991, a chain restaurant endorsed and launched by Willis’ former wife, Demi Moore, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as well.

In 2010, the men joined forces again to star in action film The Expendables.

The men went on to film the 2012 sequel, The Expendables 2, but things got rocky when Willis did not return for the third instalment.

Stallone insisted his earlier feud with Willis was ‘nothing personal’. Picture: Getty Images

With Willis out, Harrison Ford was brought in to join the cast, something Stallone relished on Twitter. He wrote in August 2013: “Willis out … Harrison Ford in! Great news! Been waiting years for this!”

In a press conference for the movie, Stallone backtracked on his sentiments about Willis.

“It’s nothing personal. It’s not like it got personal, and I’m sorry it did sound that way. But it was just actors talking, and things move on. And I think Bruce Willis is a great guy, and he does fantastically entertaining films. And when he nails it, he nails it big time.”

This story originally appeared on Fox News and is republished here with permission