The “Beauty” actor has addressed rumors that he and Kunis don’t shower, following a 2021 appearance on Dax Shepard’s podcast.

Ashton Kutcher clarifies his and wife Mila Kunis’ showering habits: ‘Does he stink? Does he smell?’

The "Beauty" actor has addressed rumors that he and Kunis don't shower, following a 2021 appearance on Dax Shepard's podcast.

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Ashton Kutcher is freshening up some dirty rumors about his personal hygiene following a controversial 2021 podcast appearance with wife Mila Kunis.

After Kutcher, 47, and Kunis, 42, raised eyebrows over their admission about their family's showering habits (or speculated lack thereof) during a 2021 interview on Dax Shepard's *Armchair Expert* podcast, the actor cleared the air in a new interview with **'s sister publication, PEOPLE.

"It was the craziest thing of all time," the *Beauty* TV series actor said of backlash to the couple's prior comments.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis in April 2023.

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He added, "We made a comment at one point, and people were like, 'Does he stink? Does he smell?'"

Kutcher then turned toward his fellow *Beauty* actors Anthony Ramos and Jeremy Pope, and attempted to explain the situation to them.

"There was a comment on a podcast, so long ago… and people are like, 'They don't shower.' I'm like, 'I shower, I go to the gym, I shower,'" Kutcher told his costars.

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With a laugh, Ramos told the publication, "I can confirm my boy showers."

In the 2021 podcast episode, Kunis, who was born in the Soviet Union before moving to the U.S. at 7, admitted, "I didn't have hot water growing up as a child, so I didn't shower much anyway." Later, she added of the couple's children who were born in 2014 and 2016, "But when I had children, I also didn't wash them every day.... I wasn't that parent that bathed my newborns — ever."**

Ashton Kutcher on 'The Beauty'.

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Kutcher half-jokingly observed, "Now, here's the thing: If you can see the dirt on them, clean them. Otherwise, there's no point."

Kutcher has courted attention for several recent interviews during *The Beauty*'s press tour, for everything ranging from a rare comment about ex-wife Demi Moore to an allegation that designer Tom Ford once fired him from a Gucci modeling gig for looking "too fat" in a pink Speedo.

The *That '70s Show* alum praised Moore's work in the 2024 film *The Substance*, after many fans drew comparisons between the Oscar-winning project and Ryan Murphy's comic book adaptation *The Beauty*, as both revolve around people using mysterious substances in pursuit of physical perfection.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis in 2023.

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"One, Demi's performance in *The Substance*, obviously she got extraordinary accolades. I'm so proud of her, she killed it," Kutcher said, praising Moore.

*The Beauty* premieres Wednesday on Hulu on Disney+.

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