Ashton Kutcher has been called out for comments he made about Hilary Duff before she turned 18 (Picture: Getty)
An old clip of Ashton Kutcher making an inappropriate remark about Hilary Duff has resurfaced following his and Mila Kunis’ support of Danny Masterson.
The What Happened In Vegas actor, 45, and his wife Mila, 40 have been under fire for writing letters of support for Masterson during his rape retrial.
The disgraced actor was found guilty of two counts of forcible rape in May, while the jury was unable to reach a verdict on a third count.
On Thursday [September 7], the 47-year-old was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison over the charges, and will not be eligible for parole until he is 77.
In the wake of the backlash, the A-list couple apologised for sending letters of support in Masterson’s rape trial.
But that hasn’t stopped people digging around for old clips of the That 70s Show cast, and one particular video doing the rounds comes from a 2003 episode of MTV’s Punk’d – which was hosted by Ashton.
The Killers star made a comment about his then Cheaper by the Dozen co-star in
Ashton, 25 at the time, said: ‘Hilary Duff is in Lizzie McGuire, she also has an album out. She’s going to be in a movie called Cheaper by the Dozen, and she’s one of the girls that we’re all waiting for to turn 18. Along with the Olsen twins.’
This didn’t sit well with people online, with one person writing: ‘And fyi he’s a decade older than her, so he was 25 and she was 15…’
Another added: ‘Absolutely insane how the 90s and 2000s were so open about this.’
Hilary and Ashton both starred in the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen (Picture: Getty Images North America)
In the wake of the backlash, the A-list couple apologised for sending letters of support in Masterson’s rape trial (Picture: Instagram/aplusk)
This comes after Mila claimed Masterson offered to pay Ashton money to ‘French kiss her’ on the set of That 70s Show in a former interview.
Mila was just 14 when filming the scene in question and claimed that Masterson told her now husband: ‘Dude, I’ll give you $10 if you French kiss her.’
She added: ‘I never kissed a guy… I was a 14-year-old little girl and I was extremely scared for my life.’
Ashton could be heard saying: ‘You’re making it sound like it was really bad. We [him and Masterson] had a little side bet going.’
He added: ‘We’re kissing on the show, we’re boyfriend and girlfriend, we would use tongue, right Rosie?’
Host Rosie O’Donnell fired back: ‘It depends what kind of an actor you are.’
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Ashton Kutcher and Hilary Duff’s reps for comment.
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Ashton and Mila faced intense backlash following the trial letters.