Mila Kunis once said Danny Masterson bet Ashton Kutcher $10 to 'French kiss' her on 'That 70s Show' when she was only 14
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- On Thursday, "That 70s Show" actor Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.
- Since then, an interview his former co-stars Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher has resurfaced.
- In the clip, Kunis said Masterson bet Kutcher $10 to "French kiss" her on the show when she was 14.
Danny Masterson once bet Ashton Kutcher $10 to "French kiss" Mila Kunis on the set of "That 70s Show" when she said she was just a "14 year old little girl."
The admission was made during Kunis and Kutcher's 2002 appearance on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," which has been recirculating on X, formerly known as Twitter, after Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison on Thursday. He was found guilty of two counts of rape in May.
In the interview, Kutcher tells O'Donnell he was 19 and Kunis was 14 when they started playing characters Michael Kelso and Jackie Burkhart, a couple, on "That 70s Show" in 1998.
Early on, Kutcher said they were told they'd be "making out" in certain scenes. "And I'm like thinking this is slightly illegal, right," Kutcher said, referring to the fact that Kunis was underage.
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Kunis then revealed that he and Masterson had a $10 bet regarding the on-screen kiss, which she said was her first ever.
"It was like the first week," Kunis said. "I was a 14-year-old little girl and I was extremely scared for my life."
"Danny goes, 'Dude, I'll give you $10 if you French kiss her,'" she said, to which Kutcher promptly interjected to say that Kunis made it sound worse than it was.
He said Masterson bet him $20 that he "wouldn't do it," to which Kutcher said he told him he would of course, shrugging like it wasn't a big deal.
Kunis said Kutcher never succeeded in his attempt to French kiss her because she didn't "let him," even though he claimed that he did.
"He never got his tongue in my mouth," she said, after O'Donnell asked if she used her teeth to "block" Kutcher's tongue.
Representatives for Kunis and Kutcher did not immediately respond to requests for comment, made outside normal working hours.
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Social media users re-sharing the interview clip on social media this week have expressed disgust about the bet and the fact it happened when Kunis was underage.
"Ashton kutcher & danny masterson betting $10 for a grown man to stick his tongue in a child's mouth knowing it was first kiss & she had to do it for the show … literally so disgusting," one user wrote in a post that's had half a million views.
"Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis on their on-screen relationship in "That 70s Show" which started when he was 19 and she was 14. They had an on-screen kiss, and Danny Masterson bet Kutcher $20 to surprise French kiss her. Producers should have been arrested," another wrote.
"idk all im saying is, how would ashton kutcher feel if a 20yo man made a bet to french kiss his 14yo daughter," another commentator wrote.
Renewed attention for the interview come as Kunis and Kutcher, who married in 2015, received vehement backlash for writing letters to the court in support of Masterson and asking for leniency in his sentencing.
On Saturday, the couple posted an apology video where Kutcher said their letters were not intended to "undermine the testimony of the victims or retraumatize them in any way."
"Our heart goes out to every single person who's ever been a victim of sexual assault, sexual abuse, or rape," Kunis added.