Ashton Kutcher Says He Doesn’t Have to ‘Defend’ Friendship With Reese Witherspoon After Viral Red Carpet Pics
07.02.2023 - 16:53
/ usmagazine.com
It seems Ashton Kutcher felt like he couldn’t win on the red carpet with Reese Witherspoon.
The actor, 45, addressed the viral snaps from the Your Place or Mine press tour, revealing wife Mila Kunis called them out too.
“My wife called me. She texted me and Reese together. She’s like, ‘Guys, you gotta, like, act like you each other.’ And I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ 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 — the rumor would be that I’m having an affair with her,” Kutcher said in a clip from his upcoming Wednesday, February 8, appearance on the “Chicks in the Office” podcast. “If I stand next to her, I put my hands in my pockets so there’s no chance that, like, that could be the rumor — the rumor is we don’t like each other. Reese and I are really good friends. We’re really close. I don’t have to defend that. I don’t have to defend it.”
Kutcher and Witherspoon, 46, made waves on social media for seemingly keeping a distance at a photo call over the weekend.
“I can’t hear very well. I’m hard of hearing in one ear and I can only hear in the other,” the That ‘70s Show alum continued. “I don’t know who’s yelling my name, but I know there’s a lot of people yelling, ‘Reese! Ashton! Over here! Look at this one! Over here!’ At a certain point you’re looking you’re like, ‘God, this is really something. OK, which one? Look at the camera. Got it. OK, are we done? Awesome.’ For, like, 20 minutes.”
Kutcher concluded: “If you’re gonna tell me in that entire 20-minute period, at one point, you’re not going to have an awkward face, then you’re better than I am. And I’m cool with that.”
Witherspoon, for her part, spoke about Kunis’ reaction to the pics on Monday,