Why Mila Kunis Was Nervous Around Ashton Kutcher Behind The Scenes Of That ’70s Show

“I was like, ‘Oh, he’s so cute, it’s the Calvin Klein model!’” she explained to People. “Then I was like, ‘I have to kiss him?’ I was so nervous and uncomfortable. I had the biggest crush on him.” Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’ That ’70s Show characters, Jackie and Kelso are in an on/off relationship throughout the show.

In real life, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher wed in 2015 and now share two children together. Kutcher also admitted his on-set anxiety but had no idea Kunis felt the same. “I was so nervous. She acted so cool. She seemed as if she’d done it a thousand times,” he said. “I was the one with the butterflies in my stomach. I mean, here’s this little girl, and I have to kiss her. It was nerve-racking.”

In the following, we take a look at what happened between Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher on the set of That ’70s Show and why they didn’t have a romantic connection at the time. We also reveal how the That ’70s Show couple began dating in real life and what reviving their That ’70s Show characters for That ’90s Show was like for the couple.

Why Mila Kunis And Ashton Kutcher Never Dated During That ’70s Show

Mila Kunis was just 14 years old when she met 20-year-old Ashton Kutcher on the set of That ’70s Show. Although the show aired from August 1998 to May 2006, the pair were never anything more than just friends during the production of That ’70s Show.

Kunis admits the thought of a romantic relationship with Kutcher felt inappropriate “on all levels,” back then. During an appearance on The Late Late Show in 2016, the Bad Moms star admitted she and Kutcher had more of a “brother-sister” relationship on set. “Like, Ashton did my chemistry homework for me.”

“It was really awkward because I’m like a 19-year-old kid,” Ashton Kutcher explained to Howard Stern. “She was 14! She was like my little sister. I wanted to make sure she was okay.”

On a recent appearance on The One Show, Kutcher confirmed, due to Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’ 5-year age difference, there were zero romantic connections between he and Kunis during the show’s production, despite their on-screen relationship. “And then to go back and have it be this new shared experience was really wild and nostalgic.”

Mila Kunis lied about her age to land the role in the hit comedy. “I told them I was gonna be 18, which, you know — I’ve said this story before — it’s not technically a lie, cause at one point— given all things went right — I was gonna be 18,” she explained.

Mila Kunis And Ashton Kutcher Started Dating After That ’70s Show

Despite Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis meeting on That ’70s Show, they didn’t start dating until years later. Both actors were in serious relationships with other people before they fell in love in 2012.

The pair kept in touch over the years, even after Ashton Kutcher left the show early during season eight. “When we first ran into each other, we’d always kept in touch on like AIM … ” Mila Kunis shared. “So we always kept in touch since after ’70s.'”

At the time, Mila Kunis was in a long-term relationship with Macaulay Culkin, and Ashton Kutcher was in a high-profile marriage with Demi Moore. Kunis and Kutcher were both single when they reconnected at the 69th annual Golden Globes in 2012.

“I was looking around, and there was a really beautiful man from the back,” Mila told Marc Maron on his podcast in 2018. “I was literally like, ‘Oh, he’s kinda hot.’ … And then he turned around, and I was like, ‘Oh, my God, it’s Kutch.'”

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

She admitted Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis started hooking up in 2012 but moved in together after three months. Controversially, they moved on before Ashton Kutcher’s divorce was finalized. “It was the first time ever that I ever slept over at a guy’s house since becoming single …” she said. “When I was single, I was so adamant about never staying at a guy’s house, that I was like peacing out. And he was like, ‘You’re not leaving.’ And that was the first time [I didn’t.]”

What Making That ’90s Show Was Like For Ashton Kutcher And Mila Kunis

Since they met filming That ’70s Show, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have wed and share two children. When they returned to Netflix’s That ’90s Show, reviving their characters of Jackie Burkhart and Michael Kelso, the couple admitted it felt “trippy.” Kunis explained that appearing on-screen with her real-life husband made her “uncomfortable.”

“It was weird to shoot together, I will tell you,” Kunis told Access Hollywood. “It made me super nervous. Oh, my God, I was more nervous doing that than anything else in my career — was to shoot with my husband on the set of ”’70s Show.’ Because the set is exactly the same minus a couple of paint jobs.”

“I would look at my husband while we were doing a scene or rehearsing and I’d be like, ‘Oh, my God, that’s what you look like when you act,'” she added.

Ashton Kutcher felt a little more positive about the experience. “Any day I get to go to work with my wife is the best day of the year,” he said during an appearance on The One Show, in the UK.

In the Netflix revival, Jackie and Michael are married with children. Although this does happen in real life, the Black Swan actress is skeptical the That ’70s Show characters would actually get together on the show. “You know what? I called BS. I was like, ‘My character would be with Fez,'” she said, referring to Wilmer Valderrama’s character.