Ashton Kutcher looked tense as he hiked in LA this week after a tough few months which saw divorce rumors swirl amid his friendship with disgraced rapper Diddy.
The actor, 46, who shares two children with wife Mila Kunis, 41, was somber as he chatted with a friend in an intense conversation in the Hollywood Hills.
Ashton wore a grey tee, blue jeans and a baseball cap for his outing, paired with shades.
The outing comes two months after rumors began spreading online that he and Kunis were set to split following Diddy’s arrest – which a source branded ‘ridiculous and false’ to People.
In the aftermath of Diddy’s arrest, footage of Ashton talking about Diddy parties resurfaced along with older images of the duo together, raising scrutiny into the actor’s relationship with the mogul.
A second source told the site: ‘Ashton has no involvement in any of this. He doesn’t belong in this conversation about Diddy. Ashton has only seen Diddy in a handful of social and business events, all of which have been documented by the media.’
Ashton Kutcher looked tense as he hiked in LA this week after a tough few months which saw divorce rumors swirl amid his friendship with disgraced rapper Diddy
Diddy, 55, was arrested and indicted in September in Manhattan for sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Kutcher and Kunis have been married since 2015 and share two children together – daughter Wyatt, 10, and son Dimitri, eight.
They met as co-stars on the hit sitcom That 70’s Show, where they played Michael Kelso and Jackie Burkhart from 1998 to 2006.
Prior to their romance, Kutcher was married to Demi Moore and had just ended six years of marriage. They finalized their divorce in November 2013.
Combs allegedly held ‘Freak Off’ sessions in which he coerced women to have sex with male prostitutes while he masturbated.
Authorities allege he often recorded the sessions, luring women in by pretending to start a romantic relationship with them.
They allegedly lasted for days on end, and police claim Combs provided drugs to ‘keep the victims obedient.’
Kutcher’s longtime friendship with Diddy recently came under scrutiny after a questionable clip resurfaced.
The actor, 46, who shares two children with wife Mila Kunis, 41, was somber as he chatted with a friend in an intense conversation in the Hollywood Hills
The outing comes two months after rumors began spreading online that he and Kunis were set to split following Diddy’s arrest – which a source branded ‘ridiculous and false’ to People; pictured 2021
Kutcher’s longtime friendship with Diddy recently came under scrutiny after a questionable clip from the actor’s 2019 appearance on Hot Ones resurfaced; the duo seen in 2007
The video showed Kutcher in a Hot Ones segment in 2019 when he was asked to shed light on his friend’s infamous parties.
‘I’ve got a lot I can’t tell,’ Kutcher said while laughing and as a knowing smirk spread across his face.
Kutcher spent a split second considering his words, before adding: ‘Can’t tell that one either… I’m cycling through them.’
Combs was known to throw elaborate parties often attended by his elite Hollywood friends.
Kutcher co-hosted a White Party with Combs in 2009 but it’s unclear what other parties he attended. There is no indication Kutcher was involved in any wrongdoing.
During his Hot Ones segment, he described the parties as ‘weird’.
‘Diddy party stories… weird man,’ he said. The footage resurfaced this week, prompting a wave of scrutiny and criticism demanding Kutcher speak up.
‘He’s probably not laughing now,’ one user on social media wrote in response to the clip.
‘Please tell, Ashton,’ another replied.
Others questioned whether Kutcher – or other celebrities who have publicly said they’ve attended Diddy’s parties – would be subpoenaed or asked to take the stand in a future trial.
Kutcher and Diddy pictured in 2003
Kutcher went on to say that his long friendship with Diddy started back in 2003 during his time hosting the MTV show Punk’d.
‘We just became fast friends, and we used to just hang out and watch football together,’ Kutcher said.
‘He just can’t lose.’
Ashton reportedly ‘regrets’ his ties with the troubled star, who has been federally charged with sex trafficking and racketeering as he awaits trial behind bars in New York.
Kutcher and Kunis also faced fierce backlash last year over their support of convicted rapist Danny Masterson, 48.
Ashton and Mila were close friends of Masterson’s and all three of them previously starred together on the hit TV sitcom, That ’70s Show, back in the early 2000s.
After Masterson was found guilty in 2023 of raping two women and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison, it was learned that Ashton and Mila had penned character letters on their friend’s behalf asking for leniency.
Kutcher and Kunis starred alongside each other in the sitcom That ’70s Show and began dating after they met on the long-running show
Fans of the couple were outraged, which prompted them to upload a poorly received ‘apology’ video to Instagram just days after their letters were revealed.
In it, they stressed that they wrote the letters at the request of Masterson’s family and that they ‘were intended for the judge to read and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or re-traumatize them in any way.
‘We would never want to do that. And we’re sorry if that has taken place.’
Ashton concluded the somber video with: ‘Our heart goes out to every single person who’s ever been a victim of sexual assault, sexual abuse, or rape.
