Ashton Kutcher Reflects on Running NYC Marathon Amid Life-Threatening Health Scare, Shares How Mila Kunis Helped Him

06.12.2022 - 23:11 / usmagazine.com

Sharing his story. Ashton Kutcher is opening up about overcoming a life-threatening health scare in 2019 which resulted in him suddenly losing the ability to walk, hear or see.

“I woke up one day and was having vision issues, could hardly see. Knocked out my hearing, which threw off my equilibrium, my balance and I couldn’t walk. I had vasculitis,” Kutcher, 44, shared during the Tuesday, December 6, premiere episode of Paramount+’s health series The Checkup With Dr. David Agus.

The condition occurs when swelling affects the walls of blood vessels and can lead to serious problems including organ damage and aneurysms.

During his sit-down with Dr. David Agus, 57, who is also his physician, the That ‘70s Show alum spoke about his journey to regain his past abilities.

“Part of it is this mental thing I have around achieving a full comeback from waking up at the hospital. I was unable to walk, and I was like, ‘Wait a second, if I can go from not being able to walk to running a marathon in a three-year span, then I can let that be a part of the past and be like, I’m back. I’m good,’” the Iowa native explained, referring to the New York City Marathon run he completed last month.

The Dude, Where’s My Car? actor used his marathon participation to raise funds for his nonprofit, Thorn, which seeks to eliminate online child sexual abuse.

“My work here is done. Thank you to everyone that supported this effort. We hit our goals on all front and will use this momentum to generate progress in the fight for kids. #thorn,” he captioned an Instagram photo showing his stats from the race.

During the Checkup premiere, Kutcher stated that he’s “close to normal” with his eyesight while Agus commented on his “impressive” improvements. “I will say your