Ashton Kutcher recently spoke out about Tom Ford being fired from his job Gucci campaign.
The 47-year-old American actor and film producer recently gave an interview to at With him Beauty co-stars Anthony Ramos and Jeremy Pope.
during During the interview, they were asked if they had faced any struggles in their professional lives due to an unrealistic idea of perfection.
“It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like,” Kutcher admitted. We all have insecurities.
He revealed: “I started modeling when I was about 19, and I was hanging out with what I considered to be some of the most beautiful people in the world. What I quickly realized was that everyone was feeling insecure.”
star That ’70s Show He went on to recall his struggling modeling days when his body was not ready to work with Ford, one of the biggest names in the fashion industry.
“I remember I got an exclusive campaign for Gucci when Tom Ford was running it. And I showed up, and I flew to Italy for the runway show, and he put me in a pink Speedo. And I weighed about 178 pounds. — I know exactly how much I weighed — 178 pounds,” Kutcher shared.
“[Ford] He was like ‘He’s so fat.’ Then I was fired!” he stated.
Kutcher stressed this Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent The former creative director “had something specific he wanted to see,” but the harsh experience of being fired helped him learn that other people’s opinions of him shouldn’t matter.
It is worth noting, The Guardian The actor and Ford, who collaborated from 1994 to 2004, later found the situation funny and laughed it off.
“I’m laughing with him now, and he’s like, ‘I was so fat,'” he joked. I was like, “Dude, I was 178 pounds!” Like, what are you talking about?
“But he had something specific that he wanted, that he wanted to see, [which] In his eyes it was the right thing. “It doesn’t mean I was less than him, it just means I wasn’t to him in that moment.”