Why Did Demi Moore & Ashton Kutcher Divorce? Looking Back at Their Split
Perhaps one of the most buzzed-about age-gap romances began in 2003 when Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore started dating. The two met at a casual dinner with friends and then tied the knot in 2005.
However, in 2011, Kutcher and Moore announced that they were separating. Their divorce was finalized two years later.
Now, it’s been more than a decade, and Kutcher is starring in FX’s new show The Beauty, which has drawn comparisons to Moore’s 2024 film The Substance. “Demi’s performance in The Substance, obviously, she got extraordinary accolades. I’m so proud of her,” Kutcher told Entertainment Tonight. “She killed it.”
Scroll down for a refresh on Kutcher and Moore’s relationship and split, as well as to find out where they stand now.
Why did Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher divorce?
In October 2011, a woman named Sara Leal came forward and claimed Kutcher cheated on Moore with her. The following month, Moore announced her and Kutcher’s separation. She hinted at the infidelity allegations being the reason for the split in her statement: “It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton. As a woman, a mother, and a wife, there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life.”
While Kutcher has not commented on the cheating rumors, Moore went in-depth about them in her 2019 memoir Inside Out, while promoting the book. She said she found out about Leal’s allegations via a Google Alert, after which she called Kutcher and asked him if the news was true.
“[He] admitted it right away,” she shared. “And I think my response was, ‘Are you f**king kidding me?’ That was it. And I think I could barely take a breath.”
Moore revealed that Kutcher justified his cheating because they had threesomes during their relationship. “I put him first, so when he expressed his fantasy of bringing a third person into our bed, I didn’t say no,” she admitted. “I wanted to show him how great and fun I could be.”
However, she said this was later used against her. “Because we had brought in a third party into our relationship, Ashton said, that blurred the lines and, to some extent, justified what he’s done,” the actress added.
What is the age gap between Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher?
Moore and Kutcher have a 15-year age gap. When they got together in 2003, she was 40 years old, and he was 25 years old.
“I’m telling you: we couldn’t feel it. We were totally in sync from our very first conversation,” Moore revealed in her memoir.
The former couple joked about their age difference throughout their relationship. In 2005, Kutcher hosted Saturday Night Live and welcomed Moore to the stage during his monologue. She poked fun at the fact that she’s older than him by showing up with a walker and wearing old-age makeup.
Does Demi Moore get spousal support from Ashton Kutcher?
No, Moore does not get spousal support from Kutcher. However, when she filed her response to his divorce papers in 2013, she asked for spousal support and for him to pay her attorney fees based on the alleged cheating. Kutcher was starring in Two and a Half Men at the time, reportedly making $24 million the previous year, per People.
However, Moore eventually agreed to stop fighting for spousal support, according to TMZ. The outlet reported that the duo reached a financial agreement and that Kutcher was “a little more generous than he had to be” in the division of assets.
Do Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have kids?
No, Moore and Kutcher do not have any kids together. However, they suffered a late-term pregnancy loss after they started dating. Moore had a miscarriage while six months pregnant.
“I can’t even really bring fully to words how lost, empty, desperate, confused…” she said in an interview with Diane Sawyer in 2019. “I really lost sight of everything that was right in front of me, which was the family that I had.”
After their wedding, they explored fertility treatments, including trying in vitro fertilization (IVF) multiple times, and looked into adoption as they tried to have a child.
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Kutcher opened up about the pregnancy loss in a 2023 interview with Esquire. “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 admitted. “Everyone deals with that in different ways.”
Although they were never able to have a baby together, Moore and Kutcher both have children from other relationships. She shares daughters Rumer Willis, Scout Willis, and Tallulah Willis with ex-husband Bruce Willis, while he has a daughter, Wyatt, and son, Dimitri, with wife Mila Kunis.
Where do Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher stand now?
Moore and Kutcher have an amicable relationship today. In 2022, they starred in a Super Bowl commercial together, with Kunis also appearing in the ad.
Kutcher appeared on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast in 2020 and noted that he and Moore “don’t hang out” but said things between them are “all good” and that “there’s no badness.” When it comes to his relationship with the Willis girls, Kutcher added, “I make a really conscious effort to stay in touch with the girls. It was eight years.”
Kutcher said that he’s “never gonna stop loving” Rumer, Tallulah, and Scout. “At the same time, I’m not their father,” he continued. “I was never trying to be their father. I always had respect for Bruce, and I think he’s a brilliant human being and a wonderful man. So if they don’t want an engagement with me, I’m not gonna force it upon them.”
However, he noted that all three girls “do” want to maintain a relationship with him. “It’s great,” the actor said.
Moore shared a similar sentiment in a 2019 interview with WSJ. “We have some things that overlap. It’s friendly. But we’re not…hanging out,” she confirmed.
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