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# Ashton Kutcher Finally Revealed His 25 Year Secret
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00:00:00.079 nineteen-year-old Ashton Kutcher walked
00:00:02.639 on the set of That 70s Show as Kelso and
00:00:05.220 the world fell in love with him he was a
00:00:07.500 tall handsome gullible goofball who
00:00:09.660 stole the hearts of women and teens
00:00:11.219 around the world what they didn't know
00:00:12.900 is that there is a whole different side
00:00:14.460 of the actor that Hollywood rarely sees
00:00:16.980 and over the years he would slowly
00:00:19.140 expose who he truly is debuting in
00:00:22.380 August 1998 That 70s Show followed the
00:00:25.080 foreman family mainly Through The Eyes
00:00:26.939 of their son Eric and his group of
00:00:28.740 teenage friends pretty boy Michael Kelso
00:00:31.019 Stoner Stephen Hyde and foreign exchange
00:00:33.420 student Fez along with the Foreman's
00:00:35.579 neighbor Donna pinciotti and snobby rich
00:00:37.860 girl Jackie Burkhart although a comedy
00:00:40.260 the show addressed issues Universal to
00:00:42.360 teens across all decades including
00:00:44.460 relationship drama problems with school
00:00:46.440 and underage drinking and substance
00:00:48.239 abuse despite the near constant
00:00:50.039 bickering and sarcastic jokes each
00:00:52.020 friend deeply cared for one another two
00:00:53.940 people that especially cared for each
00:00:55.440 other were Jackie and Kelso who were
00:00:57.300 boyfriend and girlfriend on the show and
00:00:59.100 in season 1 episode episode 5 they
00:01:01.079 kissed in front of 10 million viewers at
00:01:03.180 the time Ashton was 19 and Mila Kunis
00:01:05.880 was just 14 years old she was 14 when we
00:01:09.180 started the show I was like 19 right
00:01:11.100 right and they're like okay you guys are
00:01:13.200 going to be making out in the scene and
00:01:15.299 I'm like thinking like we're like
00:01:25.080 a second or third kiss it was the first
00:01:27.180 it was like the first week no it was not
00:01:29.759 the first week whatever let me tell you
00:01:31.860 what happens
00:01:35.299 I was so I mean you know Ash was
00:01:37.560 attractive and I was a 14 year old
00:01:39.060 little girl and I was extremely scared
00:01:40.560 for my life sure I know he was very nice
00:01:42.659 about it he was like oh hurry so I was
00:01:44.640 like okay then Danny goes and goes dude
00:01:47.100 I'll give you ten dollars if you french
00:01:48.360 kiss her why wouldn't you stick my stick
00:01:49.979 your tongue in my mouth or some what no
00:01:52.140 no no no no no you're making it sound
00:01:54.840 like it was like really okay Dan we had
00:01:57.840 a little side bed going in multiple
00:01:59.880 interviews throughout her career Mila
00:02:01.619 states that she was scared as most of us
00:02:03.540 were for her first kiss 25 years ago
00:02:06.060 people thought this was adorable today
00:02:08.098 they are pointing out how Mila was
00:02:09.720 groomed and unfairly forced to do this
00:02:12.180 to make things even worse Danny
00:02:14.099 Masterson betting Ashton to put his
00:02:15.840 tongue in her mouth for twenty dollars
00:02:17.280 made them both seem extremely creepy but
00:02:19.860 it didn't stop there in Mila's words she
00:02:22.319 was forced to kiss every man on the show
00:02:24.540 I'm worried about you on the show
00:02:26.340 because you keep
00:02:27.980 what because I'm the in the show I
00:02:30.300 think so I Know It's upsetting to my
00:02:33.360 parents as well I ain't off camera I
00:02:35.160 know you're such a nice lady you're what
00:02:37.200 you're all of 19. yes yeah and and and
00:02:39.900 and you're you're in the show though
00:02:41.700 you're you're just I'm the one who's
00:02:43.200 kissed I'm every single guy in the show
00:02:44.760 except for tofu it's so wrong isn't it
00:02:46.620 yeah it is yeah quite wrong yeah and one
00:02:49.620 of the writers they just throw it they
00:02:50.819 don't care
00:02:51.720 no they really did I don't know what
00:02:53.340 they're thinking
00:02:54.599 I have no choice but if you just kissed
00:02:56.459 every man we have all heard the
00:02:58.140 horrifying stories of Hollywood if this
00:03:00.060 is what she was forced to do on screen
00:03:01.680 what happened off screen the first
00:03:03.840 season of That 70s Show was a tremendous
00:03:05.819 success producing 25 episodes and
00:03:08.160 averaging 11.7 million viewers while
00:03:10.680 some praised Ashton for his Newfound
00:03:12.659 Fame others resented him claiming that
00:03:14.940 he was mediocre and coasting off his
00:03:17.040 natural good looks but nobody resented
00:03:19.260 him more than his twin brother Michael
00:03:21.360 there was a moment where I viewed him as
00:03:23.099 receiving more attention than I was and
00:03:25.019 that kind of drove me down to a place
00:03:26.459 where I was jealous most people don't
00:03:28.080 know about Ashton's twin brother and
00:03:29.940 after he watched Michael flatline on a
00:03:32.280 hospital bed his whole world flipped
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00:04:31.440 for free Ashton's mother Diane didn't
00:04:33.479 know she was carrying twins until she
00:04:35.340 was on her way to the hospital to give
00:04:37.139 birth five minutes after Ashton was born
00:04:39.180 Diane delivered Michael the doctors were
00:04:41.340 immediately worried because Michael only
00:04:43.139 weighed four pounds Diane didn't know at
00:04:45.419 that time the lack of oxygen and
00:04:47.100 complications with delivery would set
00:04:48.900 her son up for a lifetime of
00:04:50.460 complications Michael was eventually
00:04:52.440 diagnosed with a mild case of cerebral
00:04:54.900 palsy which affects his right side and
00:04:56.759 vision cerebral palsy is a group of
00:04:58.860 disorders that affect a person's ability
00:05:00.660 to move and maintain balance and posture
00:05:02.639 CP is the most common motor disability
00:05:05.040 in children it is caused by abnormal
00:05:07.139 brain development or damage to the
00:05:08.880 developing brain affecting a person's
00:05:10.740 ability to control their muscles the
00:05:12.540 Kutcher family didn't realize how bad
00:05:14.160 Michael's condition really was nobody in
00:05:16.500 our family nobody in our world was ever
00:05:18.600 pointing out a difference between us it
00:05:20.580 just kind of felt like there's things
00:05:21.660 that he's good at and there's things
00:05:22.979 that I'm good at unfortunately for
00:05:24.479 Michael the kids at school were sure to
00:05:26.160 let him know he was obviously different
00:05:28.080 bullies would point out Michael's weak
00:05:30.000 eyesight hearing loss and speech
00:05:31.680 impediment Ashton became Michael's
00:05:33.360 protector he wasn't going to let anyone
00:05:35.160 bully his brother in a lot of the the
00:05:36.900 times where we were playing soccer and
00:05:38.520 where maybe other kids would exclude me
00:05:40.080 he would always make sure that I was
00:05:41.400 included Michael even said that Ashton
00:05:43.259 went so far as to only accept a
00:05:45.120 sleepover invitation if his twin brother
00:05:47.220 was invited too Ashton felt guilty that
00:05:49.560 his brother was suffering from this
00:05:50.940 illness while he was totally normal but
00:05:53.280 in the eighth grade things took a turn
00:05:55.020 for the worse Michael developed flu-like
00:05:57.419 symptoms and doctors discovered that he
00:05:59.340 had contracted viral myocarditis
00:06:01.620 resulting in an enlarged heart that
00:06:03.900 needed a transplant Michael was only
00:06:05.820 given three or four weeks to live Ashton
00:06:08.280 stayed right by Michael's bedside the
00:06:09.960 entire time until one day he flatlined
00:06:12.720 Ashton contemplated his own life since
00:06:15.060 his heart would be a perfect match for
00:06:16.620 his twin he asked his parents to
00:06:18.419 sacrifice him for Michael fortunately
00:06:20.280 Michael found a donor within 24 hours
00:06:22.259 from an accident victim in another state
00:06:24.240 and successfully received a heart
00:06:25.800 transplant ultimately saving his life
00:06:27.660 but his complications didn't end there
00:06:29.819 the family relocated to Homestead Iowa
00:06:32.039 where Ashton attended Clear Creek Amana
00:06:34.259 High School unfortunately Michael later
00:06:36.419 developed a blood clot and required open
00:06:38.520 heart surgery Ashton quickly realized he
00:06:41.100 couldn't help his brother he couldn't
00:06:42.539 handle any more heartache and did
00:06:44.160 whatever he could to distract himself
00:06:45.900 this is where he found his passion for
00:06:47.580 acting in school plays but he wasn't
00:06:49.319 able to stay focused which led to a
00:06:51.180 pattern of delinquency Ashton was
00:06:53.039 convicted of third degree burglary and
00:06:55.020 sentenced to three years of Probation
00:06:56.819 and 180 hours of community service after
00:06:59.699 trying to break into his high school
00:07:01.319 after hours when he went to the
00:07:03.120 University of Iowa he was kicked out of
00:07:04.919 his apartment for being too noisy and
00:07:06.900 wild he was partying every night and
00:07:08.880 often woke up many mornings not knowing
00:07:10.800 what he had done the night before
00:07:12.000 however it was on one of these drunken
00:07:14.460 nights that he realized he had a gift at
00:07:16.979 The Airliner bar in Iowa City Iowa a
00:07:19.560 woman approached Ashton and asked if he
00:07:21.539 had ever considered modeling Ashton had
00:07:23.639 nothing to lose so he entered the fresh
00:07:25.319 faces of Iowa modeling competition to
00:07:27.780 his surprise he placed first and found
00:07:29.699 an opportunity to be successful outside
00:07:31.500 of traditional education he traveled to
00:07:33.599 New York City and participated in the
00:07:35.400 international modeling and Talent
00:07:37.139 Association Convention losing to Josh
00:07:39.060 Duhamel despite losing Ashton Garner
00:07:41.400 detention from several modeling agencies
00:07:43.380 standing at six foot two he soon landed
00:07:45.840 a modeling contract with next modeling
00:07:47.940 agency he immediately dropped out of
00:07:49.740 school and pursued this full time
00:07:51.240 becoming the face of Calvin Klein and a
00:07:53.460 Skateboarding company called Zoo York
00:07:55.020 but modeling was not his passion he knew
00:07:57.539 he was more than just a pretty face
00:07:59.099 after hearing about an audition for a
00:08:01.080 comedy sitcom in La Ashton decided to
00:08:03.419 take his chances he auditioned for two
00:08:05.460 roles on two different shows and landed
00:08:07.620 them both the first was a one-hour TV
00:08:09.780 drama about Cowboy Surfers Ashton was
00:08:12.720 desperate to make his dreams a reality
00:08:14.400 but he denied the role because it didn't
00:08:16.440 feel right that series became wind on
00:08:18.539 water a low budget Adventure canceled
00:08:20.460 after six episodes the second role he
00:08:22.500 landed was Michael Kelso on That 70s
00:08:24.539 Show which made him a superstar now most
00:08:26.639 people know Ashton to be kind of a
00:08:28.379 one-dimensional actor he landed a couple
00:08:30.300 of minor supporting roles in romantic
00:08:32.099 comedies early on coming soon and down
00:08:34.320 to you as well as the action crime
00:08:36.000 Thriller reindeer games but he made his
00:08:38.039 lead role debut as Jesse and Dude
00:08:39.899 Where's My Car a stoner comedy about two
00:08:42.000 friends who wake up after a night of
00:08:43.500 partying unable to remember where they
00:08:45.180 left their car now this film was bound
00:08:46.920 to be successful for Ashton since it was
00:08:48.779 written by That 70s Show screenwriter
00:08:50.640 and script editor Phillip Stark and the
00:08:52.440 main character Jesse was basically the
00:08:54.000 same as Kelso Stark was familiar with
00:08:55.980 Ashton's comedic timing and was able to
00:08:57.779 construct the screenplay in a way that
00:08:59.580 displayed his strengths critics hated
00:09:01.560 the movie saying it straight up wasn't
00:09:03.540 funny but that didn't matter dude wears
00:09:05.519 my car was a box office success and
00:09:07.440 grossed over 73 million dollars
00:09:09.240 worldwide on a 13 million dollar budget
00:09:11.519 I also thought it was hilarious but I
00:09:13.320 was eight years old when I watched it it
00:09:14.760 was during this new peak of Fame for
00:09:16.260 Ashton that he would find himself being
00:09:18.240 a witness to a murder which changed the
00:09:20.519 course of his life forever the Hollywood
00:09:22.320 Ripper was described as a serial sexual
00:09:25.140 thrill killer who took the lives of
00:09:27.120 multiple women throughout the 90s into
00:09:28.680 the 2000s one of those victims was
00:09:30.899 Ashley ellerin who was a friend of
00:09:32.820 Ashton's on the night of February 21st
00:09:35.040 2001 Ashton and actually had planned to
00:09:37.620 go to the Grammys after party together
00:09:39.300 around 8 24 he said he was running late
00:09:41.700 around 8 30 Witnesses said they heard
00:09:43.980 screams from Ashley's house Ashton said
00:09:46.440 he arrived to her house much later at 10
00:09:48.360 45 pm he knocked on the door but heard
00:09:50.880 nothing thinking he stood up so he left
00:09:53.339 without her at 9am the next day Ashley
00:09:55.500 was discovered by her roommate dead on
00:09:57.360 the floor she was stabbed 47 times he
00:10:00.720 immediately contacted the police the
00:10:02.339 next day he was freaked out because he
00:10:04.200 knew his fingerprints would be on the
00:10:05.760 doorknob but he was not a suspect in
00:10:07.740 this case however 20 years later many
00:10:10.380 people are questioning Ashton's
00:10:12.120 involvement in an Instagram story posted
00:10:14.220 by Chrissy Bixler the girlfriend of his
00:10:16.380 co-star Danny Masterson she wrote did
00:10:18.899 you forget I was there you were on
00:10:20.399 speakerphone the night you called Danny
00:10:21.959 on February 21 2001 which was the night
00:10:24.839 of the murder I heard everything I heard
00:10:27.120 the plan in my opinion you're just as
00:10:29.399 sick as your Mentor however this all
00:10:31.560 happened in 2001 and went relatively
00:10:33.660 unnoticed until recently in 2003 Ashton
00:10:36.839 co-starred with Brittany Murphy and just
00:10:38.820 married where he discovered that
00:10:40.260 romantic comedies are where he thrives
00:10:42.300 the two young actors dated briefly after
00:10:44.339 filming wrapped and while it was a
00:10:45.959 short-lived romance their natural
00:10:47.339 chemistry helped the movie become a
00:10:48.899 commercial success grossing over 100
00:10:50.700 million dollars worldwide but critics
00:10:52.860 would not let up on Ashton he was
00:10:54.480 nominated for Worse actor for all three
00:10:56.700 of his 2003 films at the 24th golden
00:10:59.339 raspberry Awards he did step outside his
00:11:01.860 comfort zone with the butterfly effect a
00:11:03.839 science fiction Thriller where Evan
00:11:05.220 treyborn experiences blackouts and can
00:11:07.380 travel back in time to inhabit his
00:11:09.300 younger self with his adult mind trying
00:11:11.519 to make small changes to reshape the
00:11:13.260 future of his friends and family this
00:11:14.940 was a huge box office success but again
00:11:16.980 critics destroyed it it seemed like the
00:11:19.140 only praise Ashton would get would be
00:11:21.000 from young girls who thought he was a
00:11:22.620 heartthrob people couldn't fathom why he
00:11:24.660 kept getting casted for new films and
00:11:26.640 that's likely because he was producing
00:11:28.320 them himself he started his own
00:11:30.000 production company called Catalyst in
00:11:31.860 2000 alongside Jason Goldberg at age 22
00:11:35.040 the young entrepreneur knew he could
00:11:36.779 make way more money producing than just
00:11:38.579 being an actor however during his next
00:11:40.500 big TV Venture he almost destroyed his
00:11:43.140 career during the early 2000s Catalyst
00:11:45.600 and MTV developed a program called
00:11:47.519 harassment the initial plan was to
00:11:49.560 create a hidden camera show which would
00:11:51.240 feature pranks on regular everyday
00:11:52.740 Anonymous people however those plans
00:11:54.779 were derailed in January 2002 following
00:11:57.420 an incident that resulted in Ashton and
00:11:59.339 MTV being sued for 10 million dollars
00:12:01.500 James and Laurie Anne Ryan took a
00:12:03.779 holiday from their home in Washington DC
00:12:05.760 to Las Vegas booking their stay at the
00:12:07.920 Hard Rock Hotel the couple entered their
00:12:09.959 Las Vegas room and discovered what
00:12:11.579 appeared to be a dead human body covered
00:12:13.980 and surrounded by Blood evidently the
00:12:15.899 victim of a homicide two actors posing
00:12:18.180 as security guards blocked their exit
00:12:19.980 and another dressed as a paramedic went
00:12:21.720 in before Ashton popped out and told him
00:12:23.640 it was all part of a gorilla-style
00:12:25.320 Candid Camera show the incident was
00:12:27.360 being filmed as part of the pilot
00:12:28.740 episode for harassment unfortunately the
00:12:31.079 couple who just wanted to enjoy their
00:12:32.700 vacation were absolutely mortified and
00:12:35.100 later sued MTV for 10 million dollars
00:12:37.500 the couple claimed invasion of privacy
00:12:39.540 infliction of emotional distress and
00:12:41.700 fraud among other things the crazy part
00:12:43.800 is this wasn't even the first time MTV
00:12:45.899 made this mistake eight months earlier a
00:12:48.180 pair of teenage girls sued MTV after
00:12:50.160 they were sprayed with human EX
00:12:51.779 increment for the show dude this sucks
00:12:54.420 MTV apologized and promised to never
00:12:56.639 show the footage but the lawsuit
00:12:58.139 remained in litigation somehow Ashton
00:13:00.360 dodged a bullet with this controversy
00:13:02.040 but MTV still trusted his vision for a
00:13:04.320 prank show they rebranded from
00:13:05.940 harassment to punked and decided to
00:13:07.920 prank celebrities instead of random
00:13:09.480 people punked first aired in March 2003
00:13:11.820 and the first episode saw Ashton Target
00:13:13.920 singer Justin Timberlake and Malcolm in
00:13:16.019 the Middle star Frankie Muniz for Justin
00:13:18.000 he was led to believe he owed nine
00:13:19.680 hundred thousand dollars in taxes when
00:13:21.120 government agents appeared to confiscate
00:13:23.040 his house and valuables Time magazine
00:13:25.200 named the prank is number three in their
00:13:26.880 list of 32 epic moments in reality TV
00:13:29.339 history punked wasn't the first prank
00:13:31.320 show ever created but it certainly was
00:13:33.060 the most popular one of that time the
00:13:34.920 second season secured 7.4 million
00:13:37.260 viewers a 55 increase over season one it
00:13:40.500 was the most watched show in its time
00:13:42.000 period among viewers 12 to 34. the
00:13:44.459 pranks were decent but it was the
00:13:45.899 never-ending list of A-list celebrities
00:13:47.579 that made it so popular The Rock Tyra
00:13:49.920 Banks Kanye West Serena Williams Dirk
00:13:52.380 nowitzky Stone Cold Steve Austin Simon
00:13:54.600 Cowell Allen Iverson Tony Hawk acon
00:13:57.360 Shaquille O'Neal Triple H Sean Paul Neo
00:14:00.060 Rihanna Zac Efron and John Cena
00:14:02.100 basically everyone got punked the
00:14:04.139 hardest part about the show was getting
00:14:05.339 celebrities to sign the paperwork
00:14:06.779 because they didn't want to be
00:14:08.100 embarrassed in front of millions we
00:14:09.899 never aired a single episode that a
00:14:11.519 celebrity didn't sign a waiver to say
00:14:13.260 it's okay to air this punkt became a
00:14:15.540 part of culture in the early 2000s
00:14:17.279 people would often say am I being punked
00:14:19.260 right now while something weird or crazy
00:14:20.880 was happening in their lives and then
00:14:22.560 they look around in all various Corners
00:14:24.180 to wait for Ashton Kutcher to pop out
00:14:25.860 with a camera on their face laughing
00:14:27.420 there was one clip of punk to that
00:14:29.339 resurfaced recently of Ashton talking
00:14:31.440 about pranking Hilary Duff the Lizzie
00:14:33.600 McGuire Superstar who at the time was 15
00:14:35.880 years old Hillary Joff is in Lizzie
00:14:38.579 McGuire she also has an album out um
00:14:41.220 she's going to be in a movie called
00:14:42.360 Cheaper by the Dozen and she's one of
00:14:44.639 the girls
00:14:45.899 that we're all waiting for to turn 18.
00:14:49.680 along with the Olsen twins many people
00:14:51.600 say this is just the way people joked in
00:14:53.459 the early 2000s but others claim this
00:14:55.620 was actually Ashton's sick mindset
00:14:57.779 Ashton was lucky to star in two
00:14:59.459 extremely successful shows at once but
00:15:01.560 the first one was about to come crashing
00:15:03.360 down he was making between 250 000 and
00:15:06.060 300 000 per episode of That 70s Show
00:15:08.399 adding up to as much as 8 million
00:15:10.199 dollars per season Topher Grace left the
00:15:12.180 show Once the series concluded its
00:15:14.160 seventh season fans felt that it wasn't
00:15:15.839 the same without such a central
00:15:16.920 character in the series Ashton also left
00:15:19.199 the show to explore new opportunities as
00:15:21.060 an actor and producer without Topher and
00:15:23.279 Ashton the show's last season only Drew
00:15:25.440 6 million viewers a 5 million viewer
00:15:27.720 decline compared to the first season
00:15:29.279 from here the only time Ashton saw
00:15:31.440 success is when he played the role of
00:15:33.120 the dumb hot guy from 2006 to 2014 he
00:15:36.540 starred in 13 films but failed to have
00:15:38.940 any kind of substantial impact outside
00:15:40.680 of romantic comedies his first project
00:15:42.720 After That 70s Show was about Robert
00:15:44.399 Kennedy's assassination titled Bobby
00:15:46.620 despite a star-studded cast the actors
00:15:49.320 seemed more like very special guest
00:15:51.360 stars than real 1968 vintage Americans
00:15:54.120 Bobby was just average and struggled to
00:15:56.220 achieve box office success despite
00:15:58.380 prominent roles in the guardian Open
00:16:00.060 Season what happens in Vegas these films
00:16:02.459 just added to Ashton's list of below
00:16:04.320 average films that did well at the box
00:16:06.000 office spread personal effects and
00:16:08.399 brothers Justice was a three-peat run of
00:16:10.500 low budget indie films that all received
00:16:12.540 bad reviews and no commercial success
00:16:14.519 following a forgettable role in
00:16:16.199 Valentine's Day Ashton found himself
00:16:18.000 opposite Catherine Heigl in the 2010
00:16:20.519 action comedy Killers it received
00:16:22.980 negative reviews from critics and only
00:16:24.420 grossed 98 million against a 75 million
00:16:26.699 dollar budget and with his film career
00:16:28.320 on the ropes he accepted yet another
00:16:30.120 rom-com no strings attached with Natalie
00:16:32.880 Portman the film was adored by fans and
00:16:35.160 grossed over 149 million dollars
00:16:37.380 worldwide but what fans adored even more
00:16:39.540 was Hollywood's newest Power couple Mila
00:16:42.180 Kunis and Ashton Kutcher Ashton ended
00:16:44.699 his marriage with his then wife Demi
00:16:46.560 Moore Ashton and Demi met in 2003 when
00:16:49.019 Ashton was 2 25 years old and Demi was
00:16:51.420 40. their relationship quickly made
00:16:53.339 headlines as an unexpected couple with
00:16:55.500 their 15-year age Gap Demi already had
00:16:57.899 three daughters from a previous marriage
00:16:59.579 to actor Bruce Willis following months
00:17:01.800 of negative reports about Ashton's
00:17:03.360 alleged infidelity Ashton and Demi both
00:17:05.819 decided it was time for a divorce
00:17:07.619 however still to this day he remains a
00:17:09.660 father figure to her children I make a
00:17:11.880 conscious effort to stay in touch with
00:17:13.199 the girls I love them and I'm never
00:17:15.240 going to stop loving them right and
00:17:16.799 respecting them and honoring them and
00:17:18.179 rooting for them to be successful in
00:17:19.799 whatever they're pursuing a lot of men
00:17:21.660 especially A-list celebrities would not
00:17:24.240 keep in touch with their ex-step
00:17:25.559 children after a divorce but once he
00:17:27.540 reunited with Mila Kunis that 70 show
00:17:30.000 fans dreams came true sometimes life
00:17:32.640 imitates art on top of that Ashton made
00:17:35.400 a winning return to television in 2011
00:17:37.799 replacing Charlie Sheen on Two and a
00:17:40.020 Half Men after Sheen's Antics got him
00:17:42.000 booted off the hit sitcom Kutcher fit in
00:17:44.340 as yet again the idiotic handsome
00:17:46.380 womanizer but ratings rapidly declined
00:17:48.720 until it was ultimately canceled it
00:17:50.520 didn't really matter though because
00:17:51.780 Ashton was the highest paid actor on
00:17:53.940 television for four years according to
00:17:56.039 Forbes making upwards of seven hundred
00:17:57.960 thousand dollars per episode he
00:17:59.880 specialized in acting like an idiot but
00:18:02.039 in real life he is far from it because
00:18:03.900 his hundreds of millions in net worth is
00:18:06.000 due to him being an early investor in
00:18:07.799 some of the largest corporations today
00:18:09.620 Airbnb Pinterest Shazam Skype Spotify
00:18:13.080 Warby Parker and Uber all received some
00:18:15.900 investment money from the actor one of
00:18:17.820 his top Executives at Catalyst Sarah
00:18:19.860 Ross began introducing him to Silicon
00:18:22.320 Valley Elites during the early 2000s I
00:18:24.660 spent 90 percent of my time just
00:18:26.280 listening says Kutcher Ashton used his
00:18:28.500 Celebrity Status to break into Silicon
00:18:30.299 Valley and begin investing before it was
00:18:32.280 a cool thing to do as you can imagine he
00:18:34.799 made a fortune in 2010 Ashton teamed up
00:18:37.380 with music executive Gary osiri and
00:18:39.900 investor Ron Berkel founding a grade
00:18:42.000 investments in 2016 Forbes noted that
00:18:44.460 the group turned their 30 million dollar
00:18:46.080 fund into a cool 250 million in just a
00:18:49.500 six-year period throughout the 2010s you
00:18:51.660 would see him at Tech conferences and on
00:18:53.400 business news networks talking about
00:18:54.960 money instead of movies but as you learn
00:18:57.299 more about what he does with his money
00:18:58.919 you realize he is not like your typical
00:19:01.020 capitalist Ashton spends a ton of his
00:19:03.360 dollars and time to ending suffering
00:19:05.880 around the world Ashton made
00:19:07.500 considerable efforts to raise money for
00:19:09.299 Habitat for Humanity girls educational
00:19:11.400 and mentoring Services Boys and Girls
00:19:13.320 Clubs Of America raising Malawi United
00:19:15.720 Nations Children's Fund St Jude's
00:19:18.059 Children's Research Hospital stand up to
00:19:20.160 cancer among others in March of 2022
00:19:22.799 Ashton Amela helped raise over 30
00:19:24.840 million dollars for ukrainians after
00:19:26.760 Russia invaded their country however his
00:19:28.799 most profound effort that you almost
00:19:30.780 never hear about is his foundation to
00:19:33.000 stop child sex trafficking Thorne
00:19:35.220 digital Defenders of children the
00:19:37.200 non-profit build software given to law
00:19:39.179 enforcement for free to identify victims
00:19:41.520 of sex trafficking and the people
00:19:43.080 participating in the sale and
00:19:44.760 exploitation of children Ashton has been
00:19:46.860 devoted to this cause for over a decade
00:19:48.780 and his effort through Thorn are making
00:19:50.880 a difference the 2021 impact report from
00:19:53.520 Thorne shows their software Spotlight
00:19:55.559 identified
00:19:57.200 3977 victims in 2021 and 24
00:20:00.860 366 during the lifetime of the software
00:20:03.539 over 2 700 law enforcement agencies are
00:20:06.480 now using the technology provided by
00:20:08.340 Thorne the work Thorne is doing helps
00:20:10.200 protect children from their abusers and
00:20:12.120 removes damaging content from the
00:20:13.980 internet Ashton is the co-founder and
00:20:15.900 chairperson of Thorne in 2017 Ashton
00:20:18.539 testified on Capitol Hill about child
00:20:20.580 sex trafficking the things he said in
00:20:22.380 this testimony are sickening but they
00:20:24.059 need to be heard so people can address
00:20:25.440 the disgusting reality of what goes on
00:20:27.419 in this world I've been on FBI raids
00:20:29.700 where I've seen things that no person
00:20:31.919 should ever see
00:20:35.760 seen video content
00:20:39.299 a child that's the same age as mine
00:20:42.840 being by an American man there was a sex
00:20:46.799 tourist in Cambodia and this child was
00:20:49.679 so conditioned by her environment
00:20:52.860 that she thought she was engaging in
00:20:55.500 play Ashton claims that it would
00:20:57.419 typically take years for federal agents
00:20:59.340 to identify and capture a trafficker but
00:21:01.679 his software is able to do it in just
00:21:03.240 three weeks and in some cases he has
00:21:05.520 identified and rescued victims within
00:21:07.320 just three days he asked Congress for of
00:21:10.080 course money to build more
00:21:11.520 infrastructure around this but also he
00:21:13.500 wanted to create a government initiative
00:21:15.059 to end human trafficking however we
00:21:17.460 don't know of his testimony mobilized
00:21:19.320 any government programs we do know that
00:21:21.419 he hasn't given up in 2022 he raised
00:21:23.640 more than one million dollars for Thorne
00:21:25.320 while running the New York City marathon
00:21:27.000 and to this day Thorne has a team of 100
00:21:29.280 employees using technology to defend
00:21:31.500 children from sexual abuse however just
00:21:33.960 recently Ashton and Mila have said
00:21:35.700 things that make us question everything
00:21:37.200 we thought we knew about them Danny
00:21:39.120 Masterson their co-star on That 70s Show
00:21:41.760 was accused tried and found guilty of
00:21:45.000 our wording to victims Masterson was
00:21:47.400 accused in 2017 by five different women
00:21:49.620 claiming he assaulted them in the early
00:21:51.539 2000s three of the five victims were
00:21:53.760 scientologists a church that he has been
00:21:55.860 a part of since he was a child Masterson
00:21:57.720 assured everyone that these claims were
00:21:59.460 false and he was a victim of jealous
00:22:01.440 women who feel empowered by the metoo
00:22:03.360 movement however the court did not see
00:22:05.580 it that way the trial began in October
00:22:07.260 of 2022 and the testimonies were
00:22:09.720 horrifying multiple victims testified
00:22:11.580 how brutal and forceful Masterson was
00:22:13.799 one of his victims was his longtime
00:22:15.840 girlfriend Chrissy Bixler in May of 2023
00:22:18.780 Masterson was found guilty of R wording
00:22:21.179 two women in 2003 but in a strange turn
00:22:23.820 of events Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis
00:22:25.980 each sent the judge a letter asking for
00:22:27.780 leniency and Masterson sentencing in
00:22:30.120 Ashton's letter he describes his now
00:22:31.799 guilty friend as an extraordinarily
00:22:33.960 honest and intentional human being and a
00:22:36.360 role model he ends the letter with while
00:22:38.220 I'm aware that the Judgment has been
00:22:39.720 cast as guilty on two counts of by force
00:22:42.600 and the victims have a great desire for
00:22:44.340 justice I hope that my Testament to his
00:22:46.620 character is taken into consideration in
00:22:48.659 sentencing I do not believe he is an
00:22:50.640 ongoing harm to society and having his
00:22:52.740 daughter raised without a present father
00:22:54.539 would be a tertiary Injustice in and of
00:22:57.539 itself despite Ashton and Mila's
00:22:59.580 attempts the judge sentenced Danny
00:23:01.380 Masterson to 30 years in prison for his
00:23:03.299 crimes Ashton's statement completely
00:23:05.280 changed everything we thought we knew
00:23:06.720 about him he dedicated the past 10 years
00:23:08.580 fighting against human trafficking being
00:23:10.559 a first-hand witness on multiple
00:23:12.299 occasions to arguably the worst type of
00:23:14.580 crime in human existence and being a
00:23:16.740 part of rescuing these victims and
00:23:18.299 trying to give them a fair chance at
00:23:19.799 life again only to contradict everything
00:23:21.720 he stands for when his co-star committed
00:23:23.880 the exact crimes he is fighting against
00:23:25.740 then to defend his character and say
00:23:28.080 that him being in jail would be an
00:23:29.820 injustice this one statement destroyed
00:23:32.520 Ashton's credibility forever once the
00:23:34.860 letters leaked onto the internet they
00:23:36.480 apologized we are aware of the pain that
00:23:40.260 has been caused by the character letters
00:23:42.480 that we wrote on behalf of Danny
00:23:43.799 Masterson
00:23:45.000 we support victims we have dumbest
00:23:47.760 historically through our work and will
00:23:49.320 continue to do so in the future a couple
00:23:52.200 months ago Danny's Family reached out to
00:23:54.000 us and they asked us to write character
00:23:57.240 letters to represent the person that we
00:23:59.820 knew for 25 years so that the judge
00:24:02.820 could take that into full consideration
00:24:04.260 relative to the sentencing
00:24:06.720 the letters were not written to question
00:24:08.580 the legitimacy of the judicial system or
00:24:11.700 the validity of the jury's ruling they
00:24:14.460 were entitled for the judge to reap
00:24:16.500 um and not to undermine the testimony of
00:24:18.780 the victims or re-traumatize them in any
00:24:21.360 way we would never want to do that
00:24:24.059 and we're sorry if that has taken place
00:24:26.039 our heart goes out to every single
00:24:28.559 person who's ever been a victim of
00:24:30.539 sexual assault sexual abuse this robotic
00:24:33.179 and cold apology did not help anyone
00:24:35.220 understand why they sent these letters
00:24:37.140 and this entire situation makes people
00:24:38.940 regret celebrating Ashton Kutcher for
00:24:40.980 the past 25 years