Ashton Kutcheris reflecting on the complicated feelings he had surrounding his divorce fromDemi Moore.In a new digital cover interview forEsquire, the 44-year-oldYour Place or Mineactor recalls the “failure” he felt followinghis split from Moore, 60, in 2011, after eight years total togetherand six of marriage. (The twofinalized their divorce in 2013.)“Nothingmakes you feel like a failure like divorce,” Kutcher said. “Divorce feels like a wholesale f—ing failure. You failed atmarriage.“Addressing when their relationship became public in 2003, he told the outlet, “The moment that information broke, my life changed.“But, Kutcher allowed, “It’s stupid to complain about things that you’re contributing to,” referring to his own involvement in the social-media circus surrounding his and Moore’s romance.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Ashton Kutcher forEsquire.Billy KiddHe also remembers being 26 years old and “bearing the responsibility of an 8-year-old, a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old,” referring to Moore’s now-grown-up three daughters:Rumer Willis,Scout WillisandTallulah Willis.“That’s how some teen parents must experience their twenties,” Kutcher said.Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore in 2011.Amanda Edwards/WireImage/GettyTheRanchalum, who shares two children with now-wifeMila Kunis, also opened up aboutthe late-term pregnancy lossMoore suffered while they were together before going through even more challenges to try and conceive a child together, including in vitro fertilization.“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,” Kutcher toldEsquire.“Everyone deals with that in different ways.“Ashton Kutcher on the cover ofEsquire.Billy Kidd"I love kids,” he added. “I wouldn’t have gotten married to a woman that had three kids if I didn’t love kids. The idea of having another kid would have been incredible.“But “for whatever reason, I had to have that experience,” Kutcher said.As forhis marriage to Kunis, 39, he said, “The thing about Mila that made our relationship accelerate was that I had always admired her. Her talents, her skills, her gifts. But I knew that she didn’t need me. And she knew that I didn’t need her.““My wife is so much cooler than me,” Kutcher added.
Ashton Kutcheris reflecting on the complicated feelings he had surrounding his divorce fromDemi Moore.
In a new digital cover interview forEsquire, the 44-year-oldYour Place or Mineactor recalls the “failure” he felt followinghis split from Moore, 60, in 2011, after eight years total togetherand six of marriage. (The twofinalized their divorce in 2013.)
“Nothingmakes you feel like a failure like divorce,” Kutcher said. “Divorce feels like a wholesale f—ing failure. You failed atmarriage.”
Addressing when their relationship became public in 2003, he told the outlet, “The moment that information broke, my life changed.”
But, Kutcher allowed, “It’s stupid to complain about things that you’re contributing to,” referring to his own involvement in the social-media circus surrounding his and Moore’s romance.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.
Ashton Kutcher forEsquire.Billy Kidd
He also remembers being 26 years old and “bearing the responsibility of an 8-year-old, a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old,” referring to Moore’s now-grown-up three daughters:Rumer Willis,Scout WillisandTallulah Willis.
“That’s how some teen parents must experience their twenties,” Kutcher said.
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore in 2011.Amanda Edwards/WireImage/Getty
TheRanchalum, who shares two children with now-wifeMila Kunis, also opened up aboutthe late-term pregnancy lossMoore suffered while they were together before going through even more challenges to try and conceive a child together, including in vitro fertilization.
“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,” Kutcher toldEsquire.“Everyone deals with that in different ways.”
Ashton Kutcher on the cover ofEsquire.Billy Kidd
“I love kids,” he added. “I wouldn’t have gotten married to a woman that had three kids if I didn’t love kids. The idea of having another kid would have been incredible.”
But “for whatever reason, I had to have that experience,” Kutcher said.
As forhis marriage to Kunis, 39, he said, “The thing about Mila that made our relationship accelerate was that I had always admired her. Her talents, her skills, her gifts. But I knew that she didn’t need me. And she knew that I didn’t need her.”
“My wife is so much cooler than me,” Kutcher added.
source: people.com
