Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis—who starred in That 70s Show alongside Masterson—were among those who wrote character letters to a judge after Masterson’s conviction and ahead of his sentencing.
But amid a subsequent online storm of backlash after their letters were made public, the now-married couple apologized for their actions. They clarified Masterson’s family reached out to them and asked them to “write character letters to represent the person that we knew for 25 years so that the judge could take that into full consideration, relative to the sentencing.”
“We are aware of the pain that has been caused by the character letters that we wrote on behalf of Danny Masterson,” Kutcher said in the clip, while Kunis, sitting beside him, then added, “We support victims. We have done this historically through our work and will continue to do so in the future.”
Kunis continued, “Our heart goes out to every single person who’s ever been a victim of sexual assault, sexual abuse or rape,” then stopped the recording.