Was Ashton Kutcher cancelled? 2023 backlash against actor and wife Mila Kunis explained as couple spotted at Backstreet Boys concert in rare outing

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher were spotted packing on the PDA at a Backstreet Boys concert in a rare romantic outing.

The pair was spotted grooving at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday, August 2, and in videos going viral, Kutcher, 47, and Kunis, 41, can be seen dancing to the band's hit song, I Want It That Way. They also sported matching ensembles, complete with a white t-shirt and blue jeans.

They met on the set of That 70’s Show, though it would be years before they reconnected and eventually tied the knot. They have since welcomed two kids, Wyatt and Dimitri.

However, the video also has some eagle-eyed fans reminiscing about Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis's scandal last year, which nearly got the pair cancelled.

Early in 2024, the couple was subjected to an intense wave of backlash after the letter they wrote in support of Danny Masterson during his rape trial came to light. Their That ’70s Show co-star was eventually convicted of r*pe, and the debacle prompted Ashton Kutcher to step down from his role as chairman of the non-profit he had co-founded in a bid to tackle child s*xual exploitation.

The Black Swan actress and No Strings Attached actor also issued an apology, though they chose to remain out of the spotlight since then. An insider told In Touch Weekly at the time:

"Mila and Ashton used to be a genuinely liked and well-respected pair, so this has been a huge wake-up call for them. They are shocked to the core and are doing their best to lay low, hoping it doesn't jeopardize their careers in the long-term."

The insider also said that the parents of two believed that their friend, Masterson, would be acquitted:

"The idea that one of their closest friends could be capable of something so heinous just didn't seem to register."

The insider continued:

"They see now it was ultimately a calamitous decision that's totally backfired and blown up in their faces. All the reasoning in the world doesn't detract from the fact that they went to bat for a convicted r*pist. It's a horrific look no matter how they spin it."

A quick look at Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher's romantic history: From co-stars to parents of two

As reported by Brides, Mila Kunis was just 14 years old when she met Ashton Kutcher, who was then 19. They played Jackie and Kelso, respectively, on the Fox show, who were an on-again-off-again couple. Unbeknownst to him at the time, Kutcher was Mila's first kiss. He told People Magazine in 2001:

"I'm the first guy she kissed? Oh my god, I had no idea."

He added:

"I'm so glad I didn't know that or it would've been too much pressure."

Ashton Kutcher eventually married Demi Moore, who was 15 years his senior, while Mila Kunis dated former child star Macaulay Culkin. However, both of them called it quits with their respective partners in 2011. By the following year, they ran into each other at the 69th Golden Globes and reconnected.

In 2018, Mila told Marc Maron on his podcast:

"I was looking around, and there was a really beautiful man from the back.""I was literally like, 'Oh, he's kinda hot.'...And then he turned around, and I was like, 'Oh, my God, it's Kutch.'"

She went on:

"I thought it was the weirdest thing that I was checking this guy out, and it was someone that I had known forever."

The pair eventually got engaged in February 2014, though by May that year, Kunis broke the news that she was pregnant. They welcomed their daughter by October. Parenthood is “the greatest thing on earth," Kutcher told Conan O'Brien at the time, adding:

"We're really privileged that we have time and can afford to take time. So we don't have a nanny or a night nurse or any of that stuff. It's just the two of us."

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis decided to tie the knot in July 2015, after three years of dating. By the following year, their family expanded by one more when they welcomed their son, Dimitri Portwood Kutcher.

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Just days ago, the two were spotted walking around in a relaxed family outing, as reported by the Daily Mail. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis both had on casuals and were smiling ear-to-ear as they sauntered around Beverly Glen Center in Bel Air, LA.

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