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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have two children: Wyatt Isabelle, 8, and Dimitri Portwood, 6.
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In 2018, Kutcher said he and Kunis had no intention of leaving any money to their children.
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His comments resurfaced on Twitter this week, dividing opinion and reigniting the fake baby debate.
Amid the ongoing nepo debate, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’ plan to leave nothing to their children has resurfaced and is causing an uproar online.
Interest in nepo babies surged in December 2022 after a story in a New York magazine about nepotism in Hollywood went viral, prompting many other relatives of famous people to speak up on the subject. While celebs like Jamie Lee Kurtis and Kate Hudson have weighed in, Kutcher and Kunis have largely stayed out of the limelight — until now.
Earlier this week, comments Kutcher made about his and Kunis’s decision not to set up trust funds for their children resurfaced on Twitter via a pop culture account Pop Tingzwhich has about 54,000 followers.
The original tweet said the couple “don’t want their kids to be spoiled and entitled, and want them motivated to work hard.”
The tweet echoes comments Kutcher made in an interview with Dax Shepard on the Armchair Expert podcast in 2018. As Insider reported at the time, the “No Strings Attached” actor said he and Kunis plan to raise their reported combined net worth of about $ 275 million to give. way to a good cause instead of their children.
The couple, who married in 2015, have two children: Wyatt Isabelle, 8, and Dimitri Portwood, 6.
“I’m not going to set up a trust for them,” Kutcher said. “Ultimately, we will give our money away to charities and to various things.”
He went on to say that his kids already “live a really privileged life and they don’t even know it,” and that he and Kunis will do what they can to avoid growing up spoiled or entitled.
His only concession is that he said they would financially support his children if they wanted to start a business.
“If my kids want to start a business and they have a good business plan, I’ll invest in it. But they don’t get confidence,” Kutcher said.
Even though Kutcher made those comments before the fake baby phrase was even conceived, social media users still chimed in this week.
One tweeted that Kutcher and Kunis decided not to leave money to their kids because they saw the social media backlash against fake babies.
“They watched you cook nepo babies here,” the deputy said user wrote.
Another tweet: “Imagine being lucky enough to be born rich and your parents say, ‘WE are rich, not you.’ nice.”
Singer songwriter Chioma also tweeted in response, referring to the favoritism debate in Hollywood: “Honestly, it’s so sad to be the only rich kids missing out on fake money.”
Some users called on Kutcher and Kunis to consider leaving some money to their children. “Coming from someone whose family has no money to pass on and I go to the raw dog life in THIS economy… at least save them 10,000 or something damn,” a user wrote.
While Kunis hasn’t spoken directly about her and Kutcher’s plan, she made her own mind up about raising her kids without spoiling them very clearly before her husband did.
According to Elle magazine, the “Bad Moms” actor told Entertainment Tonight in 2017 that she and Kutcher were determined not to “raise assholes.” There are enough assholes in this world! We don’t have to contribute. nice people.”
Read the original article on Insider
