Ashton Kutcher’s Twin Brother Michael Confesses ‘Jealousy’ Caused Them to Drift Apart, Details Where They Stand Now

05.12.2022 - 23:01 / usmagazine.com

Getting real. Ashton Kutcher and his twin brother, Michael Kutcher, opened up about their ups and downs in their first joint interview — and revealed why they previously drifted apart.

“Jealousy for sure, at least on my part,” Michael, 44, confessed during a sneak peek of an upcoming episode of The Checkup With Dr. David Agnus about why they weren’t close in the past.

The That ‘70s Show alum, for his part, recalled having guilt when his career took off and Michael, who was born with cerebral palsy and had a heart transplant, continued to have health setbacks.

“How do I get to be this lucky? And for my brother to be born with cerebral palsy, then have a heart transplant, then have this random blood clot,” Ashton, also 44, explained in the teaser clip via Entertainment Tonight. “These things where you’re like, ‘Who has to go through that? How do I get to be this lucky?'”

The Dude Where’s My Car? Star remembered having a lightbulb moment when Michael finally told him how his worries were negatively affecting his own progress.

“There was a moment in all of this where I moved to New York and was starting to get some traction with my career and Mike came out to visit and stay and he looked at me and he said, ‘Every time you feel sorry for me, you make me less,'” Ashton recalled. “He said, ‘This is the only life I’ve ever known, so stop feeling sorry for the only thing I have.’ And that then created an entire shift back to where I think we are today, which is straight up equals. That’s it.”

The Ranch alum, who got emotional during the siblings’ sit-down with Dr. David Agnus, previously spoke out about Michael’s cerebral palsy diagnosis in 2003. At the time, Michael was upset that his brother shared his story with the public.

“I was