Ashton Kutcher Says He Kept Distance From Reese Witherspoon To Avoid Affair Rumors

The Ranch alum Ashton Kutcher, 45, has acceptable the grounds consecutive connected wherefore helium posed successful an “awkward” manner alongside his Your Place oregon Mine co-star Reese Witherspoon, 46, during an occurrence of the podcast Chicks successful the Office on Feb. 6. “Here’s the thing: If I enactment my limb astir her and was, like, each affable with her, I’d beryllium having an matter with her. The rumor would beryllium that I’m having an matter with her,” Ashton began during the clip. “If I basal adjacent to her and I enactment my hands successful my pockets, truthful there’s nary accidental that, like, that could beryllium the rumor, the rumor is we don’t similar each other.” At the extremity of his clarification, the 45-year-old Hollywood hunk noted, “Reese and I are truly bully friends!”

Ashton went connected to stock that helium and the Legally Blonde star are “really close” and that helium “doesn’t person to support that.” The arrogant father-of-two noted that since helium is hard of hearing, it tin effect successful immoderate “awkward” reddish carpet moments. “I don’t cognize who’s yelling my name, but I cognize there’s a batch of radical yelling, ‘Reese, Ashton, implicit present …’ and, astatine a definite point, you’re looking like, ‘God, this is truly something’ … for similar 20 minutes,” helium continued. “If you’re going to archer maine successful that full 20 minutes, astatine 1 point, you’re not going to person an awkward look on, past you’re amended than I americium and I’m chill with that.”

Earlier successful the interview, the That ’70s Show alum revealed however his wife, Mila Kunis, 39, texted him and Reese astir their poses connected the reddish carpet. “My woman called me, she texted Reese and I unneurotic and she’s like, ‘guys you gotta enactment similar you similar each other!'”, helium said during the podcast. Ironically, the 46-year-old appeared connected the TODAY show connected Monday and recalled a akin story. “She [Mila] adjacent emailed america past nighttime and goes, ‘you guys look truthful awkward connected the carpet together!'”, Reese quipped during the interview. The mom-of-three adjacent shared however she and Ashton didn’t cognize each different good anterior to filming their caller rom-com, arsenic she was friends with Mila first.

Ashton Kutcher & Reese Witherspoon astatine the premiere of ‘Your Place oregon Mine’. (Rob Latour/Shutterstock)

Now, 1 time aft the reddish carpet jokes, Reese took to her Instagram to privation Ashton a blessed birthday. “Happy Birthday @aplusk!! Thanks for ever making maine laughter and retrieve however amusive Rom-Coms are !”, she captioned the sweet selfie of them connected acceptable of a property interrogation connected Feb 7. Of course, galore of the Oscar-winner’s followers took to the comments to respond to the selfie, and immoderate inactive couldn’t fto the “awkward” commentary go. “All those carpet pics….1st clip I ever felt awkward successful some of your awkwardness with each other,” 1 instrumentality wrote. Meanwhile, a abstracted admirer penned however large it is to spot them together. “Two VERY likable people!”, the instrumentality commented.

The duo’s highly-anticipated movie, Your Place oregon Mine is acceptable to deed Netflix connected Feb. 10, conscionable days up of the Valentine’s Day holiday. Reese archetypal shared a glimpse astatine the movie connected Dec. 15, with a snapshot of her and Ashton successful furniture together. “Anyone inquire for a rom-com??? Your archetypal look astatine #YourPlaceOrMine is here! Coming to @Netflix connected February 10 @aplusk,” she captioned the post. Reese and Ashton prima successful the Aline Brosh McKenna directed task alongside comedian Tig Notaro, Grey’s Anatomy alum Jesse Williams, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend‘s Rachel Bloom.

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