diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm
index 1a17730e4ad..bd4c1e95e19 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm
@@ -99,11 +99,7 @@ static NSSet<NSNumber *> *returnKeyTypesSet;
   NSMutableDictionary<NSAttributedStringKey, id> *defaultAttributes =
       [_backedTextInputView.defaultTextAttributes mutableCopy];
 
-#if !TARGET_OS_MACCATALYST
-  RCTWeakEventEmitterWrapper *eventEmitterWrapper = [RCTWeakEventEmitterWrapper new];
-  eventEmitterWrapper.eventEmitter = _eventEmitter;
-  defaultAttributes[RCTAttributedStringEventEmitterKey] = eventEmitterWrapper;
-#endif
+  defaultAttributes[RCTAttributedStringEventEmitterKey] = RCTWrapEventEmitter(_eventEmitter);
 
   _backedTextInputView.defaultTextAttributes = defaultAttributes;
 }
@@ -263,10 +259,8 @@ static NSSet<NSNumber *> *returnKeyTypesSet;
   if (newTextInputProps.textAttributes != oldTextInputProps.textAttributes) {
     NSMutableDictionary<NSAttributedStringKey, id> *defaultAttributes =
         RCTNSTextAttributesFromTextAttributes(newTextInputProps.getEffectiveTextAttributes(RCTFontSizeMultiplier()));
-#if !TARGET_OS_MACCATALYST
     defaultAttributes[RCTAttributedStringEventEmitterKey] =
         _backedTextInputView.defaultTextAttributes[RCTAttributedStringEventEmitterKey];
-#endif
     _backedTextInputView.defaultTextAttributes = defaultAttributes;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.h
index 3427663d53d..908cfc0b612 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.h
@@ -52,8 +52,29 @@ BOOL RCTIsAttributedStringEffectivelySame(
     NSDictionary<NSAttributedStringKey, id> *insensitiveAttributes,
     const facebook::react::TextAttributes &baseTextAttributes);
 
-@interface RCTWeakEventEmitterWrapper : NSObject
-@property (nonatomic, assign) facebook::react::SharedEventEmitter eventEmitter;
-@end
+static inline NSData *RCTWrapEventEmitter(const facebook::react::SharedEventEmitter &eventEmitter)
+{
+  auto eventEmitterPtr = new std::weak_ptr<const facebook::react::EventEmitter>(eventEmitter);
+  return [[NSData alloc] initWithBytesNoCopy:eventEmitterPtr
+                                      length:sizeof(eventEmitterPtr)
+                                 deallocator:^(void *ptrToDelete, NSUInteger) {
+                                   delete (std::weak_ptr<facebook::react::EventEmitter> *)ptrToDelete;
+                                 }];
+}
+
+static inline facebook::react::SharedEventEmitter RCTUnwrapEventEmitter(NSData *data)
+{
+  if (data.length == 0) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  auto weakPtr = dynamic_cast<std::weak_ptr<const facebook::react::EventEmitter> *>(
+      (std::weak_ptr<const facebook::react::EventEmitter> *)data.bytes);
+  if (weakPtr) {
+    return weakPtr->lock();
+  }
+
+  return nullptr;
+}
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
index f2dde69b83f..0d606352ec8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
@@ -16,45 +16,6 @@
 
 using namespace facebook::react;
 
-@implementation RCTWeakEventEmitterWrapper {
-  std::weak_ptr<const EventEmitter> _weakEventEmitter;
-}
-
-- (void)setEventEmitter:(SharedEventEmitter)eventEmitter
-{
-  _weakEventEmitter = eventEmitter;
-}
-
-- (SharedEventEmitter)eventEmitter
-{
-  return _weakEventEmitter.lock();
-}
-
-- (void)dealloc
-{
-  _weakEventEmitter.reset();
-}
-
-- (BOOL)isEqual:(id)object
-{
-  // We consider the underlying EventEmitter as the identity
-  if (![object isKindOfClass:[self class]]) {
-    return NO;
-  }
-
-  auto thisEventEmitter = [self eventEmitter];
-  auto otherEventEmitter = [((RCTWeakEventEmitterWrapper *)object) eventEmitter];
-  return thisEventEmitter == otherEventEmitter;
-}
-
-- (NSUInteger)hash
-{
-  // We consider the underlying EventEmitter as the identity
-  return (NSUInteger)_weakEventEmitter.lock().get();
-}
-
-@end
-
 inline static UIFontWeight RCTUIFontWeightFromInteger(NSInteger fontWeight)
 {
   assert(fontWeight > 50);
@@ -405,10 +366,8 @@ static NSMutableAttributedString *RCTNSAttributedStringFragmentWithAttributesFro
 {
   auto nsAttributedStringFragment = RCTNSAttributedStringFragmentFromFragment(fragment, placeholderImage);
 
-#if !TARGET_OS_MACCATALYST
   if (fragment.parentShadowView.componentHandle) {
-    RCTWeakEventEmitterWrapper *eventEmitterWrapper = [RCTWeakEventEmitterWrapper new];
-    eventEmitterWrapper.eventEmitter = fragment.parentShadowView.eventEmitter;
+    auto eventEmitterWrapper = RCTWrapEventEmitter(fragment.parentShadowView.eventEmitter);
 
     NSDictionary<NSAttributedStringKey, id> *additionalTextAttributes =
         @{RCTAttributedStringEventEmitterKey : eventEmitterWrapper};
@@ -416,7 +375,6 @@ static NSMutableAttributedString *RCTNSAttributedStringFragmentWithAttributesFro
     [nsAttributedStringFragment addAttributes:additionalTextAttributes
                                         range:NSMakeRange(0, nsAttributedStringFragment.length)];
   }
-#endif
 
   return nsAttributedStringFragment;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
index 8b00c5f8e2b..78291bf4a4a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
@@ -280,11 +280,10 @@ static NSLineBreakMode RCTNSLineBreakModeFromEllipsizeMode(EllipsizeMode ellipsi
   // after (fraction == 1.0) the last character, then the attribute is valid.
   if (textStorage.length > 0 && (fraction > 0 || characterIndex > 0) &&
       (fraction < 1 || characterIndex < textStorage.length - 1)) {
-    RCTWeakEventEmitterWrapper *eventEmitterWrapper =
-        (RCTWeakEventEmitterWrapper *)[textStorage attribute:RCTAttributedStringEventEmitterKey
-                                                     atIndex:characterIndex
-                                              effectiveRange:NULL];
-    return eventEmitterWrapper.eventEmitter;
+    NSData *eventEmitterWrapper = (NSData *)[textStorage attribute:RCTAttributedStringEventEmitterKey
+                                                           atIndex:characterIndex
+                                                    effectiveRange:NULL];
+    return RCTUnwrapEventEmitter(eventEmitterWrapper);
   }
 
   return nil;