Alexander Larman

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’s peculiar apology

What did they think they were doing?

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(Mila Kunis/Twitter)

Not since the then-couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard released a pained, hostage-style video in 2016 apologising for bringing their dogs into Australia illegally has there been such an awkward public statement by A-list stars. Now is the turn of actors Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher over the weekend. In the minute-long video, they half-apologise for their statements of support for their erstwhile That 70s Show co-star Danny Masterson, who has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being convicted of raping two women.

These eulogies to Masterson’s character – which were supplied to the Los Angeles judge who nevertheless gave him the maximum permissible sentence – saw Kutcher suggest that the rapist was ‘an extraordinarily honest and intentional human being’ who ‘set an extraordinary standard around how you treat other people’.

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