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Ashton Kutcher claimed throughout his days as a mannequin, he was fired by Gucci for being obese.
In a brand new interview with Entertainment Tonight, “The Magnificence” star recalled reserving a marketing campaign with the luxurious design home — run by Tom Ford on the time — and jetting to Italy for the accompanying shoot.
“And I confirmed up, I flew to Italy for the runway present, and he places me in, like, a pink Speedo,” the “That ’70s Present” alum instructed the outlet, noting that he weighed “precisely” 178 kilos on the time.
Ford, he recalled, “was like, ‘He’s too fats.’ After which I acquired fired.”
Kutcher, now 47, confessed that he and the long-lasting designer look again on the incident with amusement.
“I giggle with him about it now, and he’s like, ‘You have been too fats.’ I used to be like, ‘Dude, I used to be 178 lbs! Like, what are you speaking about?’” Kutcher laughed.
He then went on to defend Ford’s choice to chop him from the style marketing campaign.
“He had a selected factor that he needed, that he needed to see, in his eye was the suitable factor,” the actor defined.
“It didn’t imply I used to be much less, nevertheless it simply meant that I wasn’t that for him for that second.”
A rep for Gucci didn’t instantly return Web page Six’s request for remark.
Kutcher, who famous that he started modeling across the age of 19, additionally defined that even “a number of the most stunning folks on the planet” expertise insecurity.
“What I spotted actually shortly was that everyone had an insecurity,” he stated of working as knowledgeable mannequin.
“Everyone. When you look within the mirror lengthy sufficient, you’ll discover one thing you don’t like, or that you simply suppose may very well be higher, or that you simply suppose may very well be completely different.”
Final yr, Kutcher additionally admitted that his mannequin seems to be had generally truly hurt his acting career.
“There are roles that I’ve gotten due to the way in which I look and there are roles that I haven’t gotten due to the way in which I look,” he stated throughout a New York Comic Con panel in October. “Generally it’s irritating.”
“The Magnificence” — which is about to drop on FX on Jan. 21 — revolves round an STD that causes aesthetic enhancements, however finally proves deadly, begging the query of what one would possibly do to realize bodily perfection.
Whereas addressing the present’s potential similarities to Demi Moore’s “The Substance,” Kutcher praised his ex-wife’s performance within the extremely acclaimed physique horror film.
“I imply, one, Demi’s efficiency in ‘The Substance,’ — clearly she acquired extraordinary accolades,” he famous, referencing Moore’s Oscar nomination for the position.
“I’m so pleased with her, she killed it.”