Demi Moore last week, looking gaunt and holding an energy drink. (INFphoto.com)
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore in happier times, 2010. (AFP/Getty Images)
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher in happier times, 2004. (Getty Images)
Following Demi Moore’s announcement that she’s divorcing Ashton Kutcher, reports have surfaced that the two had an open marriage. Allegedly, the strain of letting others into their respective bedrooms exerted too much pressure on the relationship.
Star magazine reported that Kutcher and Moore’s alleged open relationship made both of them happy for years.
“Everyone in Hollywood knows about their arrangement, but they’ve managed to keep it a secret from the general public,” a source told the magazine. “Demi is attracted to women just as much as men … She was cool with Ashton having flirtatious relationships too. Somehow they made it work all these years. Both of them were respectful of each other. It was a lot of fun for them.”
But the magazine said things began to change when Ashton’s conquests leaked into the press last year. First, 22-year-old brunette Brittney Jones claimed that she had a fling with the “Two and a Half Men” star after meeting him at a bowling alley. Jones claimed that Kutcher was with Moore at the alley, but slipped her a napkin with his phone number on it. She claimed that she had sex with Kutcher on the couple’s couch while Moore was out of town. Jones also alleged that the May-December couple sometimes engaged in threesomes.
Jones still holds that she was telling the truth about her relationship with Kutcher. She spoke to TMZ today, saying, “Although divorce is sad, I do feel somewhat vindicated. For so long people have thought that I was dishonest or just making up my passionate nights with Ashton … Ashton told me that both he and Demi had an ‘open relationship’ and that he was not in fact cheating … Hopefully people will believe my side of the story.”
Last month, 22-year-old blonde Sara Leal claimed that she had unprotected sex with Kutcher in a San Diego hotel after jumping into a hot tub with him naked. “He was good. We weren’t like making love, but it wasn’t weird or perverted,” she said. The alleged tryst took place on Kutcher and Moore’s sixth wedding anniversary.
ASHTON AND DEMI REUNITE FOR CAMPING TRIP
After the Leal story broke, it appeared that Kutcher and Moore were trying to work things out. In mid-October, the two went on a camping trip at Cachuma Lake in Santa Barbara, Calif., with Kabbalah guru Yehuda Berg, presumably to reconnect and get some counseling. Moore even visited Kutcher on the set of “Two and a Half Men” a few weeks later.
But yesterday, Moore announced that she would be seeking a divorce after all. “It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton,” she said in a statement. “As a woman, a mother and a wife, there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life.”
Ashton followed up with a comment on Twitter. He said, “I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi. Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail.”
Kutcher was spotted yesterday hours after the announcement on the set of “Two and a Half Men.” The actor’s facial hair appeared extremely scruffy and his demeanor forlorn.
“Margin Call” actress Moore, who has appeared extremely gaunt in recent months, is reported to be optimistic. “She said [she] was going to change for the better,” a source told Us Weekly. “And that it was time for her to focus on herself again and her girls.”
It’s unclear whether she will change her Twitter handle from “@mrskutcher.”