- Ashton Kutcher explained why he and Reese Witherspoon look awkward in some red carpet photos.
- The pair star together in the new Netflix film "Your Place or Mine."
Ashton Kutcher addressed the awkward photos of him and "Your Place or Mine" costar Reese Witherspoon on the film's premiere red carpet, saying that he deliberately avoided getting too close to her to avoid rumors that they were having an affair.
Kutcher appeared on Wednesday's episode of the "Chicks in the Office" podcast, where he chatted about his new film in which he and Witherspoon play best friends who swap houses for a week. When hosts Maria "Ria" Ciuffo and Francesca "Fran" Mariano asked him if he had seen any memes about his appearance with Witherspoon, Kutcher had a clear explanation for the bizarre posing.
"Here's the thing. If I put my arm around her and was, like, all friendly with her, I'd be having an affair with her. The rumor would be that I'm having an affair with her," Kutcher said. "If I stand next to her and put my hands in my pockets so there's no chance that that could be the rumor, the rumor is we don't like each other.
"Reese and I really like each other!" Kutcher insisted.
Witherspoon previously addressed the awkward photos on "Today" on Monday, saying that Kutcher's wife Mila Kunis, with whom Witherspoon is friends, emailed the costars to give her opinion.
"She goes, 'You guys look so awkward on the red carpet together. Why are you just...'" Witherspoon said.
As Kutcher pointed out on the "Chicks in the Office" podcast, there are plenty of other photos of the pair that show them laughing or otherwise having a good time rather than looking stiff. He also highlighted the chaotic nature of red carpets, where there are "50 people in front of you" who are "all screaming" at actors for photos.
"If you're gonna tell me that in that entire 20-minute period that at one point, you're not gonna have an awkward face on, then you're better than I am, and I'm cool with that," Kutcher said.