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From jealousy to health struggles, Ashton Kutcher and his twin brother Michael bore it all during their first-ever joint interview.
In an episode of Paramount Plus' The Checkup with Dr. David Agus, the Kutcher twins, both 44, held hands as they discussed several emotional moments in their past.
Ashton spoke candidly about his relationship with Michael, who has cerebral palsy. He told Agus — who CNN says is Ashton's doctor — about a moment when Michael nearly died as a 13-year-old after contracting viral myocarditis. The infection caused Michael's heart to become enlarged and fail.
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Ashton was misty-eyed as he told Agus that Michael flatlined while Ashton was visiting him in the hospital.
The That '70s Show actor said at the time he considered jumping off a balcony and ending his own life, since his heart would have been a match for Michael's life-saving transplant. (Michael was eventually paired with a donor within 24 hours of his heart failure.)
Two years later, when Michael underwent open heart surgery, doctors discovered a blood clot. Amid his brother's health scare, Ashton's own career was just starting to take off, something he said caused him to feel guilt.
"For my brother … to be born with cerebral palsy, then have a heart transplant, then have this random blood clot, these things that you're just like, 'Who has to go through that?'" Ashton said during the interview.
Ashton revealed that a heartfelt moment with his brother eventually eliminated any guilt he felt.
"He looked at me and he said, 'Every time you feel sorry for me, you make me less,'" Ashton said.
"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 again," he continued.
Michael added that he and Ashton had drifted apart for a period of time because of Michael's "jealousy."
Ashton Kutcher's twin brother Michael gets candid about his "jealousy" and how his brother's successful acting career pushed them apart. pic.twitter.com/X6jucfiTrT
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Though the brothers have an improved relationship now, Michael explained there was a time when things weren't as frictionless.
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"There was a moment when I viewed him as receiving more attention than I was and that kind of drove me down to a place where I was jealous," Michael said. "Here we are one and two for so many years and then he goes up the mountain to do immense things and become a household name and it really affected me in terms of my own self-worth."
After an open and honest conversation with his brother, Ashton said they "had this moment of reckoning and realization where we decided to tear down the walls that we had built."
"The world may view him differently, but I know him. He's still my brother and he hasn't changed, and he never will change. Once I took all of the fame and everything out of it, I was able to come back to him," Michael said.
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During the episode of The Checkup, Ashton also opened up about his vasculitis diagnosis, an autoimmune disorder.
Earlier this year, Ashton said he was "lucky to be alive" after the disease impaired his vision, hearing and balance.
Three years ago, Ashton Kutcher woke up and suddenly couldn't see or hear clearly. Now, in a new @paramountplus series, he's opening up about his vasculitis scare with his doctor @DavidAgus: "[It] knocked out my hearing, which threw off my equilibrium… and I couldn't walk." pic.twitter.com/WgjBjwHDDw
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 5, 2022
"I woke up one day and was having vision issues, could hardly see," he said. He claimed the disease also "knocked out my hearing, which threw off my equilibrium, my balance and I couldn't walk."
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After a year, Kutcher was able to recover from vasculitis.
Ashton said his wife Mila Kunis was a massive help during his recovery.
"I will say, your wife was amazing," Agus said. "Just curled up there by your side. It was a beautiful thing to watch."
Ashton's episode of The Checkup With Dr. David Agus premiered on Dec. 6.
Agus, who is a cancer specialist and CBS medical contributor, hosts vulnerable conversations about health with various celebrities on the show. Oprah Winfrey, Howie Mandel, Amy Schumer and Jane Fonda will be among the guests featured.
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Bail has been set at $300,000 for a former actor in the movie "Dances With Wolves" who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada as police in Canada say more complainants there have come forward.
Information from the North Las Vegas Court website says if Nathan Chasing Horse can post bail, he could be released on house arrest and would be electronically monitored. He cannot have contact with the complainants or any minors.
Under Nevada law, Chasing Horse would have to pay 15 per cent of the bail — about $45,000.
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The 46-year-old actor, who played young Sioux character Smiles a Lot in Kevin Costner's 1990 Oscar-winning film, was formally charged Monday in North Las Vegas with counts including sex trafficking, sexual assault against a child younger than 16 and child abuse.
Court documents said he was the leader of a cult-like group called "The Circle."
"Nathan Chasing Horse, by portraying himself as a 'Holy Man' or 'Medicine Man', has gained the trust of Indigenous families and their children," an arrest report filed in the U.S. said. "Upon earning this trust, Nathan Chasing Horse used his position to lure vulnerable young girls, often giving them a sense of belonging, to commit sexual assault."
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Chasing Horse is also facing a charge of sexual assault in British Columbia for allegations in the southern Interior village of Keremeos in September 2018.
The U.S. arrest report alleges the British Columbia woman was 13 years old when she met Chasing Horse while he was performing ceremonies in the province.
Her family sent her to stay with the actor because she was sick and soon she began travelling with him to ceremonies, the report said. She alleges he began to have sex with her when she was 17.
In 2018, after they ended the relationship, she alleges he sexually assaulted her while he was in Canada for a show put on by the Lower Similkameen Indian Band.
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The woman reported it to authorities and RCMP contacted Las Vegas police, which prompted the investigation that led to his arrest.
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Police in Alberta said they are also in the process of applying for two warrants for formal charges against Chasing Horse in that province.
Sgt. Nancy Farmer with the Tsuut'ina police, which serves the First Nation west of Calgary, said even more charges could be coming.
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"We have received several Crime Stoppers tips," Farmer said Wednesday.
"We've spoken to several victims and several witnesses have come forward in relation to the actions of Mr. Chasing Horse."
U.S. arrest documents detailed how the Alberta police service received a complaint earlier this year from a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted as a 15-year-old and taken to the United States as one of Chasing Horse's multiple wives.
The woman said she also met Chasing Horse when he came to her community to do ceremonies. Documents say Chasing Horse allegedly had sex with the teenager multiple times while she was still in Canada.
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In 2009, she flew to the U.S. and, not long after when she was 17 years old, he gave her a ring.
"He said it was like a promise ring and I think that was his way of marrying me," the woman said in the court documents.
That woman eventually returned to Canada because she could no longer take the physical and emotional abuse, the documents said.
The report alleges that Chasing Horse made his wives have sex with other men and take "phoenix tears," a highly concentrated form of cannabis.
The documents detail how Chasing Horse had all his wives get spider tattoos to represent Iktomi, a trickster spirit in Lakota culture, and a tattoo of his traditional name.
The women were taught to use firearms and, court documents allege, he told the wives about "suicide pills" they'd have to take if he were apprehended by police or died.
Police in the United States said they have identified at least six victims, including one who said she was offered to Chasing Horse as a "gift" when she was 15.
Chasing Horse had already been banned from Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana on the grounds of human trafficking in 2015. The same year, the Tsuut'ina band council passed a resolution banning him from all community events in the Alberta community.
Last week, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, which represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan, also banned Chasing Horse.
–with files from Colette Derworiz in Calgary and The Associated Press
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Netflix has announced a set of new features to be rolled out in Canada and other countries to help clear the confusion about when and how a member can share their account access with others.
The new features are aimed to give members "greater control over who can access their account," Netflix said in a statement Wednesday.
"A Netflix account is intended for one household and members can choose from a range of plans with different features," the company said. One of these features will allow members to set a primary location ensuring that anyone who lives in their household can use their Netflix account, they added.
There will also be another feature that will allow members the ability to manage who has access to their account from the company's new Manage Access and Devices page.
Netflix said the new features will be rolled out more broadly in the coming months, starting Wednesday in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain.
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In a profile with the Los Angeles Times, Applegate said that the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Awards will be her "last awards show as an actor probably, so it's kind of a big deal."
Applegate is nominated for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series for her role as Jen Harding in the dark Netflix show Dead to Me.
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MS is a degenerative disease that attacks the central nervous system. It can affect vision, memory, balance and mobility and common symptoms include muscle stiffness, vertigo and cognitive impairment. Currently, there is no cure, according to the MS Society of Canada.
Applegate told the LA Times that she plans to continue working on producing and developing, but acting on-set may be out of the question given her current condition.
"Right now, I couldn't imagine getting up at 5 a.m. and spending 12 to 14 hours on a set; I don't have that in me at this moment," she said, though Applegate does plan on "doing a sh-t ton of voice-overs to make some cash to make sure that my daughter's fed and we're homed."
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I have a very important ceremony coming up. This will be my first time out since diagnosed with MS. Walking sticks are now part of my new normal. Thank you @neowalksticks for these beauties. Stay tuned to see which ones make the cut for a week of stuff. pic.twitter.com/O543p1G4vS
— christina applegate (@1capplegate) October 27, 2022
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The actor insisted on returning to finish the season, even as the disease progressed, which proved to be a vulnerable experience.
"I was a wreck every day, but most of that wreck would take place in my trailer by myself," Applegate said. "But there were times I'd break down on set and be like, 'I can't, we have to take a break, I need a half-hour,' and everyone was so loving that it was OK."
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"Everyone kind of disappeared, and it was the two of us as best friends, supporting each other, loving each other and saying goodbye to each other. I'd like to say there was skill involved, but really, Linda and I just disappeared."
The final season of Dead to Me aired in November 2022, but Applegate said it took her "months" before she was able to watch it.
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"I don't like seeing myself struggling," she told the LA Times. "Also, I gained 40 pounds because of inactivity and medications, and I didn't look like myself, and I didn't feel like myself."
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