Ashton Kutcher paid a beautifully emotional tribute to his wife Mila Kunis, as he accepted Robert D. Ray Pillar of Character Award.
This award is given to individuals who demonstrate good character as a role model.
The actor began his tribute to Mila with, “This award is for you. It is for my family, it’s for all four of my parents, it’s for my wife, who kicks my ass on character every day.
“I’m telling you, this morning, I woke up and she kicked my ass on character. I thought I was awesome because I got up early and helped with the kids before she woke up and I let her sleep a little bit and then she’s like, ‘Well, now you’re gonna act tired? I do it every day.’ But it was a character moment, right? Because she’s right!”
Character: Ashton says that his wife ‘kicks his ass on character’ | FOX
The No Strings Attached star said that his kids have been his “greatest lesson in character in my life.”
“When I had these kids, my wife and I had these kids and we got to share that amazing, amazing, amazing honor, my first response was, I wanted to call my parents and say, ‘I’m sorry, because I never knew how much you loved me,'” he said.
After giving a shout-out to his parents, who divorced when he was 16, he referenced his own 2013 divorce from Demi Moore.
“I had the great fortune of getting a divorce because I felt the impact of it and I felt how much loss is in there and how much love is in there and that it’s not neat or clean or messy,” he said. “And I understood, finally, my parents’ divorce in a whole different way.”
