Demi Moore's autobiography, Inside Out, was released on Tuesday and in it, readers will find an abundance of interesting anecdotes.
In addition to admitting she cheated on her first husband, Freddy Moore (whose last name she kept after their divorce), the night before their wedding, she writes a number of revealing tidbits about her third husband, Ashton Kutcher.
Most interesting is that she blames her alcohol relapse on him. She'd been sober for "nearly two decades" when Ashton, who was 27 when they married in 2005, commented, "I don’t know if alcoholism is a real thing — I think it’s all about moderation."
Demi, who was 43 when she married Ashton, writes, "I wanted to be that girl. The girl who could have a glass of wine at dinner, or do a tequila shot at a party. In my mind, Ashton wanted that, too. So I tried to become that: a fun, normal girl."
Now 56, she continues, "I didn’t think, 'This is a kid in his twenties who has no idea what he’s talking about....' Instead, I cast about for justifications." She had a beer and spiraled back into addiction, and didn't stop when she realized she was expecting. She blamed herself for the miscarriage of her daughter with Ashton when she was six months pregnant. She then began drinking even more heavily, which caused Ashton to become "furious."
She details in the book: "Ashton had encouraged me to go in this direction. When I went too far, though, he let me know how he felt by showing a picture he’d taken of me resting my head on the toilet the night before. It seemed like a good-natured joke at the time. But it was really just shaming."
Demi and Ashton separated in 2011 after Ashton was caught cheating on her. Their divorced was finalized in 2013.
Demi's second husband, Bruce Willis, and their three daughters showed up to support her at the book launch of Inside Out on September 23 in Los Angeles. ~Alexandra Heilbron
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