The Real Reason Ashton Kutcher Has Disappeared From Hollywood

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Ashton Kutcher just keeps associating  himself with the wrong people. When   he's not defending a convict, he's trying  to usher in questionable tech revolutions,   or dealing with the backlash to his past missteps After Danny Masterson was convicted  of raping two women in 2023,   some of his former co-stars came to his  defense. That included Ashton Kutcher,   who appeared alongside Masterson on both That  '70s Show and The Ranch. He was particularly   effusive in a character reference letter  that he sent to the court. He wrote, in part, "As a friend, Danny has been nothing  but a positive influence on me. He's   an extraordinarily honest  and intentional human being." Kutcher ended his statement by arguing that  giving a father of a young daughter a harsh   sentence would be an injustice. Nevertheless,  Masterson received a 30-year prison sentence. Kutcher's wife and fellow That '70s Show  co-star Mila Kunis also wrote a letter in   support of Masterson. After the couple endured  backlash when their letters were made public,   they issued an apology video on  Instagram. Alas, their detractors   weren't exactly convinced that they were being  genuine. As an editorial on Variety put it, "If the aim was to present us with a frank dose   of Ashton and Mila letting us into  their world, it missed the mark." Ashton Kutcher's troublesome 2023 continued  when he and Mila Kunis resigned from the   board of Thorn, a charity fighting child  sexual abuse. This happened in the wake   of the backlash of their defense of Danny  Masterson. Kutcher founded the organization   back in 2012 with his then-wife Demi Moore. He  wrote a letter to the board that read in part, "I cannot allow my error in judgment  to distract from our efforts and the   children we serve [...] The mission must  always be the priority and I want to offer   my heartfelt apology to all victims of  sexual violence and everyone at Thorn who   I hurt by what I did. And to the broader  advocacy community, I am deeply sorry. I   remain proud of what we have accomplished in  the past decade and will continue to support   Thorn's work. Thank you for your tireless  advocacy and dedication to this cause." Kutcher's reputation took another blow  in September 2023 when a video from 20   years earlier resurfaced online.  The clip in question was from a   2003 episode of his hidden-camera prank  show Punk'd. Kutcher was 25 at the time,   while his victim in the episode, Hilary Duff, was  only 15. As Kutcher described her in the clip: "Hilary Duff is in Lizzie McGuire,   she also has an album out. She's going to  be in a movie called Cheaper by the Dozen." "And she's one of the girls that we're all waiting  for to turn 18. Along with the Olsen twins." The general consensus on social  media was that Kutcher came off   as a bit of a creep. As one  person put it succinctly, "Ashton Kutcher is a slime ball." As the clip spread like wildfire across  the internet, another observer declared, "[It's] absolutely insane how the '90s  and 2000s were so open about this." Kutcher's sleazy commentary about Hilary Duff  wasn't the only unsavory moment from his past   that resurfaced in 2023. A clip from The  Rosie O'Donnell Show from 2002 also went   viral for all the wrong reasons, and this one  was perhaps even more damaging. Kutcher was a   guest on the episode alongside Mila Kunis when  the discussion turned to a wager that he and   Danny Masterson had supposedly made while  filming That '70s Show. As Kunis recalled, "It was the first week [...] I  had never kissed a guy. I was a   14-year-old little girl. I was  extremely scared for my life." Kunis also revealed that Masterson offered  to give Kutcher ten dollars if he French   kissed her. Kutcher cut in to clarify that  Masterson's bet was actually worth twenty   bucks. Kunis ultimately revealed that she  didn't let Kutcher carry out his little plan,   while O'Donnell quipped that the police  then showed up and arrested Kutcher. It wasn't just the general public who  took exception with Kutcher and Kunis'   tone-deaf defense of Danny Masterson. Many  of their Hollywood peers also voiced their   outrage. Christina Ricci, for example, posted  a message on Instagram that didn't specifically   reference Kutcher and Kunis but did seem  to clearly allude to them. As she put it, "People we know as 'awesome guys'  can be predators and abusers,   and it's tough to accept but we have to  [...] [To] discredit the abused is a crime." And several comedians utilized Kutcher and  Kunis as a punchline. After Amy Schumer,   for example, caught flak for making fun  of how Nicole Kidman was sitting while   attending the U.S. Open, she wrote on Instagram, "I will be asking the cast of That '70s Show to  write letters advocating for my forgiveness." Kathy Griffin, on the other hand,  wasn't exactly in a joking mood.   She posted a video on TikTok in which  she discussed how her own late brother   had been arrested for preying on  underage girls. As she recalled, "It was a horrible, horrible thing, and I tried  to get him caught. Now, this was my brother,   so I don't want to hear about Ashton and Mila  [...] and people that feel like they had to stick   up for Danny Masterson because he was their 'bro,'  he was their buddy. This was my own brother." While the fallout from defending Danny Masterson  was devastating, it wasn't as if Ashton Kutcher   had the most pristine reputation to begin with.  That was plenty clear when Sharon Osbourne told   E! News that he was the rudest celebrity  she's ever had the misfortune to encounter. "Oh, rude, rude, rude, rude little boy." And Osbourne wasn't done sticking  the knife in. When her daughter   Kelly revealed her surprise at  her mom's beef, Sharon replied: "Yes! Dastardly little thing." Sharon didn't go into detail about why  exactly Kutcher rubbed her the wrong way,   but we wouldn't be surprised if she's  not the only one who feels this way. The era when Ashton Kutcher's name on a romantic  comedy marquee was a guarantee of box office   success appears to be over now. 12 years after  appearing in the ensemble flick New Year's Eve,   he made his return to the genre in 2023  with Your Place or Mine, a Netflix original   that co-starred Reese Witherspoon. But this  love story turned out to be a bit of a dud. As of early 2024, Your Place or Mine has a 30  percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and the critics   weren't shy about wielding their sharpest takes.  As The Daily Beast's Fletcher Peters proclaimed, "Netflix's new long-distance love story  is trying to be Nora Ephron for the   smartphone generation — except with none  of the charm, wit, or romantic tension." The two leads didn't exactly help matters when  they appeared at the movie's premiere looking   like they couldn't bear to be sharing the same  space as each other. During an appearance on the   podcast Chicks in the Office, Kutcher offered an  explanation for all the awkwardness when he said: "Here's the thing: if I put my arm around her,   and was like all friendly with her,  I'd be having an affair with her." Back in 2021, Ashton Kutcher signed on  to voice a character in the animated   web series Stoner Cats. But  this was no ordinary cartoon,   as it was financed by the sale of  more than 10,000 non-fungible tokens,   or NFTs. So it wasn't too surprising when the  Securities and Exchange Commission got involved. The show's plot revolves around a  group of cats who care for their   owner who suffers from Alzheimer's and  smokes weed. It was assessed a fine of   $1 million by the SEC for conducting  an unregistered offering of crypto   asset securities. The Associate Director of  the SEC's Home Office said in a statement, "Stoner Cats wanted all the benefits  of offering and selling a security   to the public but ignored the legal  responsibilities that come with doing so." Ashton Kutcher's poor judgment of character  was further exposed in 2023 when he agreed   to appear in a trailer for comedian Matt  Rife's world tour, entitled Problematic.   Just a few months after that, Rife would come  under fire for joking about domestic abuse. In the promo clip, Kutcher emerges  as a genie from a bottle to grant   Rife three wishes. His first is to go back  in time and star in Dude, Where's My Car. "I'd be playing Ashton's role,  but I'll make- make it funny." Unsurprisingly, that request isn't  fulfilled. And neither is Rife's second   wish, a date with Mila Kunis. But Kutcher  does grant him his third and final wish,   which is for a tour that  exceeds his wildest dreams. "And I want it full sold out, with people from  across the world who just want to come out,   have a good time and laugh. Can you give me that?" One could argue that Problematic  actually did live up to Rife's wishes,   just not in the way he probably hoped for. Demi Moore didn't hold back when discussing  her marriage to Ashton Kutcher in her 2019   memoir Inside Out. She was the happiest she'd  ever been when they first got together in 2003,   but things soon turned sour. She made several  damaging claims concerning everything from their   sex life to her efforts towards sobriety.  For example, she recalled Kutcher saying, "I don't know if alcoholism is a real  thing – I think it's all about moderation." Moore recalled responding  to that comment by noting, "I wanted to be that girl. The girl who  could have a glass of wine at dinner,   or do a tequila shot at a party. In  my mind, Ashton wanted that, too." Moore also claimed that Kutcher offered her little   support while she tried to kick  her Vicodin habit. As she put it, "I felt like he was angry with me for  having this problem in the first place:   you made your bed; now you have to lie in it." She also touched upon the tabloid reports  that Kutcher had been unfaithful by writing, "Because we had brought a third party  into our relationship, Ashton said,   that blurred the lines and, to some  extent, justified what he'd done." Ashton Kutcher's past came back to haunt  him in 2019 when he was forced to testify   in a high-profile murder trial. Back in February  2001, he was supposed to go out for drinks with   22-year-old fashion student Ashley Ellerin on  the same night that she was murdered by serial   killer Michael Gargiulo. Kutcher was called  to testify at the trial about what happened   that evening. The actor revealed that he  arrived at Ellerin's home to pick her up   and spotted something through the window that he  at the time thought was innocuous. He testified, "I saw what I thought was red wine spilled on the  carpet, but that wasn't alarming because I went   to her house party [days before] and it was like  a college party. I didn't think much about it." When Kutcher didn't hear anything from Ellerin, he  assumed that she'd simply stood him up. Instead,   she'd been fatally stabbed in her bathroom,  and her lifeless body had been in the hallway,   just out of sight. After learning of the  tragedy, Kutcher admitted that he voluntarily   spoke to the police over concerns that he  might become a suspect. As he testified, "I remember the next day, after I heard about  what happened, I went to the detectives and said,   'My fingerprints are on the  door.' I was freaking out." Much of the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes  centered around the ever-increasing use of   artificial intelligence. So considering what  else Ashton Kutcher has been up to lately,   it's not hard to understand why he might  be increasingly less popular in certain   circles. That's because in 2023, he launched  the Sound Ventures AI Fund, an investment fund   worth $240 million. He created the project  along with music impresario Guy Oseary. "We have a massive platform shift taking place." Kutcher has been quite enthusiastic when  talking about artificial intelligence.   As he explained during an interview with Variety, "We believe this is potentially the most  significant technology we will experience   since the advent of the internet. The foundation  model layer companies are defining the category,   and, in our view, they have the power to transform   businesses and everyday life. That  is a conversation we want to be in."
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Length: 11min 21sec (681 seconds)
Published: Fri Jan 26 2024
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