Mila Kunis talks about Ashton Kutcher’s recovery after illness: ‘Lucky to have each other’

In August of this year, Ashton Kutcher spoke for the first time about his battle with vasculitis, an autoimmune disease that prevented him from seeing, hearing and walking for months. In a recent interview with ET Onlinethen the actress Mila Kuniswife of Kutcherrevealed what it was like to go through the process of recovery from the disease alongside the actor.

Vasculitis is the designation for a group of autoimmune diseases that cause inflammation of blood vessels (microscopic or even arteries and veins). The disease restricts blood flow, causing damage to the body’s organs and tissues.

In case of Ashton, the disease affected his senses and even his locomotion. It took months and months of recovery until the actor finally got better – all this after a long time without knowing if he would ever see, hear or walk again.

It all happened right before COVID, so it was three years ago,” he explained. kunisto ET. “You don’t have time to sit down and talk, so you kind of just go through the motions. You deal with whatever health issue comes your way, but you still have kids, you still have a family, you still have life to live.”

Still in the interview, the actress stated that she and Kutcher were very “lucky to have each other” throughout the actor’s recovery process. Together, according to the actress, they always did their best to Ashton recover and feel better.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis married in July 2015 and had two children — Wyatt8 years old, and Dimitriof 6. Having starred in the classic That ’70s Show side by side, the actors have new work coming, with kunis starring The luckiest girl in the worldwhich is due to premiere on September 30, and Kutcher as the protagonist of the romantic comedy In Your House, or Mine?which will be released on February 10, 2023, both on Netflix.