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Highlights

• Demi Moore's intense devotion to Ashton Kutcher led to a strained relationship with her children post-divorce.
• The dynamic between Moore and Kutcher drove a wedge between her daughters, causing feelings of neglect.
• Moore's addiction to Kutcher worsened her relationships with her kids, resulting in a prolonged estrangement.

For a time, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were the picture of marital bliss. Despite widespread criticism about their 15-year age gap, the two remained blissfully in love for years, seemingly intent on defying all the skeptics.

So, when the two abruptly split after six years, with rumors abounding that Kutcher had been unfaithful, fans were shocked. But the divorce was just the tip of the iceberg. As it turned out, Moore’s intense devotion to Kutcher had driven a massive wedge between her and her kids, sparking years of estrangement post-split.

In this article, we’ll take a look at Demi Moore’s addictive relationship with Ashton Kutcher and its devastating impact on her relationships with her three kids.

Demi Moore’s Addictive Relationship With Ashton Kutcher Took A Toll On Her Relationships With Her Kids

After two years of dating and a stunning private ceremony in Beverly Hills, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher appeared poised to build a picture-perfect marriage. However, as Moore later revealed in her 2019 memoir, 'Inside Out', reality fell short of expectations.

For one, Moore's devotion to Kutcher ended up eclipsing everything else in her life, including her relationships with her three daughters; Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah Willis.

“I went into contortions to try to fit the mold of the woman he wanted his wife to be. I put him first. He didn’t ask me to do that. It’s just what I did—what I’d learned to do from my mother, and her mother before her. I wanted this marriage to work, and I was willing to do whatever it took, to jump through any hoop.”

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Predictably, Moore's intense devotion to Kutcher drove a deep wedge between her and her children. In a 2019 interview on Red Table Talk, Tallulah Willis, the only one of the Ghost star's children still residing with her at the time, admitted that Moore and Kutcher’s dynamic gradually damaged her relationship with her mom.

“Watching the behavior with Ashton, those years, because everyone had left the house and it was just me living there. I felt very forgotten, and I feel like I developed and nurtured a narrative where she didn’t love me and I truly believed it. I know that she does [love me], one hundred percent, but in that moment, you're hurt, and you can't fathom that someone that loves you would do that to you, and would choose others more than you."

Demi Moore’s Daughters Cut Ties With Her After Her Divorce From Ashton Kutcher

Demi Moore's relationships with her kids continued on a downward spiral throughout her six-year marriage to Ashton Kutcher. Matters came to a head when Tallulah was arrested for underage drinking shortly after her seventeenth birthday. In the aftermath, both Tallulah and her older sister, Scout, chose to sever ties with their mother.

Moore’s sole consolation was her eldest daughter Rumer, with whom she formed a tight bond in the wake of her divorce from Kutcher. However, their relationship suffered a brutal blow when Moore suffered convulsions from inhaling nitrous and smoking synthetic marijuana while hosting a party in her Los Angeles home.

“I scared Rumer so badly when she saw me there, semiconscious on the floor; she thought I might die in front of her. She was completely freaked out, and after that night she joined her younger sisters in refusing to speak to me.”

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Subsequently, Moore began to understand just how deeply her flawed dynamic with Kutcher had damaged her relationships with her kids.

“I think the part that was real was that the girls were angry I’d become so dependent on Ashton—I was addicted to him, is the best way I can put it. And I did all the things that addicts do. I prioritized my addiction over my needs and the needs of my family. I made strange, unconvincing justifications for my behavior—and his. I had held the family together as a pillar, and the pillar was crumbling.”

Demi Moore Was Estranged From Her Kids For Years After Her Divorce From Ashton Kutcher

Even as her divorce from Kutcher pushed her into a life-threatening downward spiral, Moore found little solace or support from her kids.

“I felt villainized by my family. I was angry that my girls weren’t showing me any compassion and that Bruce refused to intercede,” she shared in her 2019 memoir.

“They all wanted me to go to rehab, which just seemed nuts to me: I’m going to show up at rehab and say, “My name is Demi and I don’t drink and once I did a whip-it”? I knew that the real problem wasn’t drugs or alcohol.”

Despite her initial reservations, Moore eventually caved and entered rehab. Sadly, the move did very little to mend her fractured relationships with her kids.

“I went [to rehab], and they still didn’t show up for me. I told them how important it was for them to attend family week—not just for me, but for all of us. But they refused. After I completed the program, I reached out repeatedly, offering to meet wherever it would be comfortable—with a therapist, whatever. I was rebuffed or ignored.”

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Though the Ghost star and her kids have since patched things up, Moore had to endure years of physical and emotional turmoil without her family's support.

“That feeling of not being anchored by all of these people’s needs and my role as their nurturer was unbearable. Not a lot was going on in my career, and even if there had been, I was too sick to work. I had no choice but just to be with myself, and I hated it.”

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