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Ashton Kutcher hit it out of the park when he made his acting debut in 1998 — and decades later, Hollywood is still enthralled by his life.
Kutcher (full name Christopher Ashton Kutcher) rose to fame playing Michael Kelso on That ’70s Show, which is where he met his now-wife, Mila Kunis.
The pair — who share two children together — played on-and-off love interests Kelso and Jackie until 2006 and began dating IRL in 2012 following Kutcher’s marriage to Demi Moore. After six years of marriage, the couple called it quits in 2011 following news that Kutcher had cheated on Moore. Their divorce was finalized two years later.
Kutcher has faced several struggles outside of his love life, including being hospitalized while filming the 2013 biopic Jobs and being diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder called vasculitis in 2022.
Scroll down for all of Kutcher’s ups and downs through the years:
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Ashton Kutcher’s Ups and Downs Through the Years: From ‘That ‘70s Show’ Success to High-Profile Romances, Health Scares
Ashton Kutcher hit it out of the park when he made his acting debut in 1998 — and decades later, Hollywood is still enthralled by his life.
Kutcher (full name Christopher Ashton Kutcher) rose to fame playing Michael Kelso on That ’70s Show, which is where he met his now-wife, Mila Kunis.
The pair — who share two children together — played on-and-off love interests Kelso and Jackie until 2006 and began dating IRL in 2012 following Kutcher's marriage to Demi Moore. After six years of marriage, the couple called it quits in 2011 following news that Kutcher had cheated on Moore. Their divorce was finalized two years later.
Kutcher has faced several struggles outside of his love life, including being hospitalized while filming the 2013 biopic Jobs and being diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder called vasculitis in 2022.
Scroll down for all of Kutcher’s ups and downs through the years:
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Ashton Kutcher’s Ups and Downs Through the Years: From ‘That ‘70s Show’ Success to High-Profile Romances, Health Scares
Ashton Kutcher hit it out of the park when he made his acting debut in 1998 — and decades later, Hollywood is still enthralled by his life.
Kutcher (full name Christopher Ashton Kutcher) rose to fame playing Michael Kelso on That ’70s Show, which is where he met his now-wife, Mila Kunis.
The pair — who share two children together — played on-and-off love interests Kelso and Jackie until 2006 and began dating IRL in 2012 following Kutcher's marriage to Demi Moore. After six years of marriage, the couple called it quits in 2011 following news that Kutcher had cheated on Moore. Their divorce was finalized two years later.
Kutcher has faced several struggles outside of his love life, including being hospitalized while filming the 2013 biopic Jobs and being diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder called vasculitis in 2022.
Scroll down for all of Kutcher’s ups and downs through the years:
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Big Break
After modeling for Next modeling agency in New York, Kutcher made the move to acting in 1998. He rose to fame that year when he began playing Michael Kelso on That ‘70s Show. The series ran for eight seasons until its 2006 finale.
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Movie Success
In 2000, the actor found big screen success starring in Dude, Where’s My Car?. He followed up the movie with leading roles in 2001’s Just Married, 2004’s The Butterfly Effect, 2008’s What Happens in Vegas, 2011’s No Strings Attached and 2013’s Jobs.
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Making Moves
Kutcher created MTV’s hit series Punk’d in 2003. He hosted the show, wrote the episodes and worked as an executive producer until 2012.
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Tying the Knot
The Killers actor wed Moore in September 2005 after dating for nearly two years. The pair first got together after Kutcher split from Brittany Murphy in 2003. (Murphy died at age 32 after suffering cardiac arrest six years later.)
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Boss Man
The Iowa native cofounded A-Grade Investments in 2010 alongside Guy Oseary and Ron Burkle. The venture capital firm focuses on investing in and helping technology start-up companies.
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Cheating Scandal
Sara Leal exclusively told Us in October 2011 about her brief affair with Kutcher, which she claimed took place one month prior. "He was a good lover," Leal told Us at the time, saying they had sex twice. "But if I had known from the beginning he was married, none of this would have happened."
Following the release of Moore’s 2019 memoir, Inside Out, Kutcher tweeted, “I was about to push the button on a really snarky tweet. Then I saw my son, daughter, and wife and I deleted it. ❤️.”
A source later clarified Us that Kutcher was not “mad or disappointed” that Moore had aired the pair’s dirty laundry, stating, “It was a hard process when their marriage ended, and he was very much aware of it. But they both needed to move on and find their way separately. It’s a chapter of his life that he has moved on from.”
The source continued: “He’s in a very different place now. But he knows without that experience and relationship he wouldn’t be where he is or who he is. He had to go through it to get to this place and he’s grateful for it.”
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TV Comeback
After starring in multiple hit films in the early 2000s, Kutcher found his way back to the small screen in 2011, replacing Charlie Sheen as the second lead on Two and a Half Men. He played Walden Schmidt until 2015 alongside OG stars Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones.
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It’s Over
Moore announced in November 2011 that she and Kutcher split amid infidelity rumors. The pair finalized their divorce two years later.
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New Love
The New Year’s Eve actor began dating his former That ‘70s Show costar Kunis in 2012 amid his divorce from Moore.
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All in the Name of ‘Jobs’
Kutcher revealed in January 2013 that he was hospitalized for two days after adapting a “fruitarian” diet while playing Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs in Jobs.
"I was like doubled over in pain, and my pancreas levels were completely out of whack, which was completely terrifying, considering everything,” he told the Associated Press at the Sundance Film Festival premiere in January 2013.
Kunis later explained that her husband was “downplaying” how serious the hospitalization was. “He was dumb. He also only ate grapes at one point. It’s so stupid,” the Bad Moms actress said during an October 2021 episode of “Hot Ones” when speaking of Kutcher’s movie diet. “We ended up in the hospital, twice, with pancreatitis. So, fact check, yes, it was really dumb.”
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Dad Mode
Kutcher and Kunis welcomed daughter Wyatt in October 2014, eight months after he proposed to the Black Swan actress.
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Wedded Bliss
The lovebirds tied the knot in July 2015.
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Parenting Party 2
The businessman and the Friends With Benefits actress welcomed their second child, son Dimitri, in November 2016.
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Finding His Way on ‘The Ranch’
The actor reconnected with That ‘70s Show costar Danny Masterson in 2016 for Netflix’s The Ranch. Kutcher played Cole Bennett and served as an executive producer on the project until its end in 2020.
After his No Strings Attached costar Natalie Portman came forward in January 2017 about him allegedly making “three time as much” as she did on the 2011 film, Kutcher applauded her via Twitter. “So proud of Natalie and all women who stand up for closing the gender pay gap!” he wrote at the time, linking to her Marie Claire UK cover story.
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Murder Trial
In May 2019, the Texas Rangers actor testified in the trial of suspected serial killer Michael Gargiulo. Gargiulo was accused of killing Kutcher’s friend Ashley Ellerin in 2001 on the night that the Numbnuts producer was supposed to take Ellerin to a post-Grammy party in Hollywood. Kutcher testified that he was “running late” that evening to pick her up and when he arrived at her home she didn’t answer the door.
He recalled looking through a back window and seeing what he thought was “red wine spilled on the carpet” before leaving the property. “I figured I screwed up by showing up too late and she [had already] left,” Kutcher explained. Gargiulo was convicted in 2019 of two counts of murder — including that of Ellerin — and one count of attempted murder. He was sentenced to death in 2021.
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Memoir Revelations
Moore claimed in her 2019 memoir, Inside Out, that threesomes with Kutcher contributed to their 2011 split. The G.I. Jane actress alleged that when she confronted Kutcher about cheating on her amid their marriage, he tried to “deflect blame” and point to their past threesomes as the catalyst to his infidelity. She also detailed her 2003 miscarriage with the Cheaper by the Dozen actor’s baby. (Moore revealed that she was six months pregnant with a baby girl when she lost the baby.)
Kutcher seemingly commented on the book’s claims, tweeting in September 2019. “I was about to push the button on a really snarky tweet. Then I saw my son, daughter, and wife and I deleted it. ❤️.”
Four years after Moore’s book was released, the No Strings Attached actor revealed to Esquire he “was f–king pissed” about his ex’s tell-all.
He also addressed the miscarriage for the first time. “Losing a kid that you think you’re going to have, and that close to thinking you’re going to have a kid, is really, really painful,” he recalled. “Everyone deals with that in different ways.”
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Backing His Spouse
In February 2022, the Valentine’s Day actor backed his wife Kunis amid unrest in Ukraine as Russia prepared to invade his wife’s home country. “I stand with Ukraine,” Kutcher wrote via Twitter at the time. The couple later launched a GoFundMe to help earn $30 million to assist in refugee and humanitarian efforts in Ukraine amid the war.
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Life-Threatening Disorder
“Like two years ago, I had this weird, super rare form of vasculitis, that, like, knocked out my vision, it knocked out my hearing, it knocked out, like, all my equilibrium,” Kutcher said in an August 2022 sneak peek of his Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge appearance. “You don’t really appreciate it until it’s gone. Until you go, ‘I don’t know if I’m ever going to be able to see again, I don’t know if I’m ever going to be able to hear again, I don’t know if I’m ever going to be able to walk again.’”
The actor explained that after suffering the rare autoimmune disorder he is “lucky to be alive.”
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Addressing Danny Masterson
Kutcher broke his silence on his That ‘70s Show costar’s sexual assault allegations during a January 2023 interview with Esquire.
“Ultimately, I can’t know. I’m not the judge. I’m not the jury. I’m not the DA. I’m not the victim. And I’m not the accused,” Kutcher, who confirmed he is still in touch with Masterson, said at the time. “And so, in that case, I don’t have a space to comment. I just don’t know.”
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Giving Up Weed
The Your Place or Mine star shared he hadn’t “done a drug in 10 years” after having a bad experience with a THC edible at a friend’s wedding. Kutcher recalled while he was under the influence, he felt like his vasectomy caused him to lose all feeling below the waist.
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Letters of Support
After Masterson was found guilty of sexual assault, Kutcher and Kunis came under fire for writing letters of support for their former costar to the case’s judge, Charlaine F. Olmedo, ahead of his sentencing.
“As a friend, Danny has been nothing but a positive influence on me,” Kutcher wrote. “Over [a] 25-year relationship I don’t ever recall him lying to me. He’s taught me about being direct and confronting issues in life and relationships head-on, resolving them, and moving forward.”
He went on to call Masterson a “role model” and praised his parenting skills and work promoting a drug-free lifestyle and supporting firefighters affected by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Kunis, for her part, praised Masterson’s “exceptional character,” noting that “his caring nature and ability to offer guidance have been instrumental in my growth both personally and professionally.”
The couple were quickly criticized for voicing their support online and addressed the backlash in an Instagram video. “We are aware of the pain that has been caused by the character letters that we wrote on behalf of Danny Masterson,” Kutcher said in the pair’s September 2023 upload. “We support victims,” Kunis added. “We have done this historically through our work and we will continue to do so in the future.”
Amid Kutcher and Kunis' backlash over their letters of support for Masterson, a clip resurfaced of Kutcher making a vulgar comment about Hilary Duff on a 2003 episode of Punk'd.
“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,” he stated. “And she’s one of the girls that we’re all waiting for to turn 18. Along with the Olsen twins.”
Not long after, another clip resurfaced from a joint 2002 interview with Kutcher and Kunis on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, during which Kunis recalled how Kutcher made a $10 bet to “french kiss” her on the set of That ‘70s Show. “It was like the first week. I was a 14-year-old little girl, and I was extremely scared for my life,” she explained, noting that Kutcher “never got his tongue on my mouth.”
Amid the continued fallout, Kutcher resigned from his role as chairman of Thorn, an anti-human trafficking organization he confounded with ex-wife Moore in 2009. Kunis also stepped down as an observer on Thorn’s board after she and Kutcher made waves for writing letters in support of Masterson.
"After my wife and I spent several days of listening, personal reflection, learning, and conversations with survivors and the employees and leadership at Thorn, I have determined the responsible thing for me to do is resign as Chairman of the Board, effectively immediately. I cannot allow my error in judgment to distract from our efforts and the children we serve," Kutcher wrote in part.
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