Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis Reveal Why They Won't Be Leaving Any Money to Their Children

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’ stunning decision to block their two children from inheriting a slice of their estimated $386 million dollar fortune is going viral as the “nepo baby” debate continues to swirl. The A-list couple – who first met as co-stars on the set of That ’70s Show – married in July 2015 and now have two children, Wyatt Isabelle, 8, and Dimitri Portwood, 6.

Earlier this week comments Kutcher made about his and Kunis's decision not to set up trust funds for their children resurfaced on Twitter via pop culture account Pop Tingz, which has about 54,000 followers. “Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis reveal they will donate their $275 million fortune to charity and not leave anything for their children,” read the tweet, which has since received 108.9k likes and 26k retweets. “They say they don’t want their children to become spoiled and entitled, and want them to be motivated to work hard.”

The tweet reflects comments Kutcher made in an interview with Dax Shepard on the Armchair Expert podcast in 2018. “I’m not setting up a trust for them,” Kutcher revealed. “We’ll end up giving our money away to charity and to various things.” The 40-year-old actor said that his kids are already “living a really privileged life and they don’t even know it,” but that he and Kunis are doing what they can to keep them from growing up spoiled or entitled.

One thing he did say he would do, however, is to offer financial support if one of the kids came to him with a real business plan or had an idea that they are genuinely passionate about. “If my kids want to start a business, and they have a good business plan, I’ll invest in it. But they’re not getting trust,” he said.

Even though Kutcher made those comments before the 'nepo' baby phrase was even coined, social media users have still chimed in this week. One tweeted that Kutcher and Kunis decided not to leave their kids money because they'd seen the social media reaction to 'nepo' babies."They saw how you've been cooking 'nepo' babies on here," the user wrote.

Another tweeted: "Imagine being lucky enough to be born into wealth and your parents tell you 'WE'RE rich, not you.' lmao."

Singer-songwriter Chioma also tweeted in response, referencing Hollywood's nepotism debate: "Honestly that's so sad to be the only rich kids missing out on 'nepo' money."

Although Kunis has not directly spoken about her and Kutcher's plan, she made her own views on the topic of raising her children without spoiling them very clearly. According to Elle magazine, the "Bad Moms" actor told Entertainment Tonight in 2017 that she and Kutcher were determined not to "raise assholes. There are enough assholes in this world! We don't need to contribute. But, you know, there are some nice people."