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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Christie D’Zurilla

Ashton Kutcher and twin Michael reveal the ‘jealousy’ that almost took them down

Ashton Kutcher’s fame almost changed everything between him and his brother, Michael. It wasn’t until the twins faced the elephants in the room — separation and jealousy — that they came back together as they had been when they were younger.

It started when Ashton moved from Iowa to New York to pursue a career as a model and actor.

“That’s a part of being a twin,” Michael Kutcher said on “The Checkup With Dr. David Agus,” a new six-part docuseries that looks at the health struggles of famous people. “Until he went out to New York, when we were in our 20s, I always felt like we were one. I wrote him a letter and I was like, ‘I feel like a piece of me just went away.’ So I really struggled for a lot of my early adulthood, trying to figure out who Michael was.”

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