Demi Moore has been a Hollywood actress for decades, ever since becoming a member of the so-called “Brat Pack” in the 1980s. During that time, she worked in notable ensemble films such as “St. Elmo’s Fire” and “About Last Night…”, among others. But it was not until 1990 that she enjoyed great success as a leading actress, thanks to her role in “Ghost”, a film in which she starred with Patrick Swayze. Her role earned her many accolades, including a Golden Globe nomination.
Since then, she’s dominated the big screen, appearing in films like ‘A Few Good Men’, ‘Striptease’ and ‘GI Jane’. At one point in the late 1990s, she was Hollywood’s highest-paid actress. She later enjoyed a resurgence with supporting roles, in films like “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” and “Rough Night.”
In recent years, the actress has diversified her work. In 2019, she published a memoir titled Inside Out. She’s never been afraid of the camera and now she’s also started working more as a model, including on editorial shoots, like the swimsuit campaign she did for Andie’s brand. She has previously walked for various brands, including Fendi and Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty lingerie line.
Demi Moore has also been candid about the personal struggles she has faced, particularly after her divorce. She was married to musician Freddy Moore and actors Bruce Willis and Ashton Kutcher. Moore’s marriage to Kutcher was highly toxic, but it seems to have taught her many valuable lessons.
Over the years, Demi Moore has had a few relationships that have gone public, particularly with Bruce Willis and Ashton Kutcher. She married Willis in November 1987, after just four months of dating, according to Good Morning America. She with him, she had three daughters: Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. They then divorced in the year 2000.
However, the couple were determined to put their daughters first, despite all their turmoil. “I think we did a wonderful job of making sure our daughters understood that we loved them very much,” the actress said. Moore also told PEOPLE magazine that she was “proud” of how she and Willis handled her divorce.
But sadly, her marriage to Kutcher didn’t have such an orderly end. The two met when Moore was 40 and he was 25. According to Good Morning America, Moore felt like a woman “in charge of her own life” for her, and she felt Kutcher offered her a “safe” space. .
They began dating in 2003 and did not marry until September 2005. When Moore was 42, she found out she was pregnant, but miscarried six months into the pregnancy. She and Kutcher tried to have a child through IVF, but their efforts were unsuccessful. At the time, Moore said she felt “lost, empty, hopeless…confused.” In the end, all this emotional weight was too much for her and she ended up spiraling into drug addiction.
Good Morning America reported that Moore later discovered that Kutcher had been unfaithful. “In fact, I know that the end of this relationship caused me a level of devastation that had nothing to do with the relationship itself,” confessed the actress. “It actually had to do with my life as a whole.” The performer admitted that she didn’t feel like anyone could really love her.
When asked about her marriage to Kutcher, Moore described it thus: “I got lost. I think if I looked back I would say I got blindsided and lost myself.” After being separated for over a year, Kutcher filed for divorce from her in December 2012. Moore filed papers on her in March of the following year, and his divorce from her was finalized in November 2013.
In 2019, following the release of her memoir Inside Out, Moore opened up about her relationships and the adversities she had to overcome. She also talked about the many lessons she learned along the way. She made an appearance on Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk” talk show alongside her daughters Rumer and Tallulah. According to Marie Claire, Moore broke her 20 years of sobriety when she started dating Kutcher.
“I think the addiction and the codependency, and my addiction to Ashton, was maybe almost more devastating because she tore me so emotionally,” the actress revealed. She continued: “Ashton said, ‘I don’t know if alcoholism is a problem. I think it’s about drinking in moderation. “However, Moore clarified that Kutcher was not the cause of her break with her sobriety, as she “wanted to be something other than who I am,” she revealed.
Speaking to Sirius XM, Moore opened up about how she overcame the feeling of losing herself, until she finally found herself, after her latest divorce. She said:
“I don’t want it to sound like a cliché, but I really think it’s a learning process, you have to learn to love yourself. You have to accept yourself for who you are.”
Noting that it was important to honor the love that first brought her together with each of her partners, the actress added, “But you can’t do this without loving and accepting each other.”
