Ashton Kutcher has this week made a plea to the media to stop publishing photographs of his children online.
He and Mila Kunis have two children under the age of three, and they don’t want them to be under the public’s watchful eye.
“l continue to kindly ask, please don't post/publish photos of our kids. They haven't chosen life in the public eye,” he said.
The actor took to Twitter to politely ask the media to leave his kids out of the spotlight.
The That 70’s Show alumn made the plea after the press took pictures of them at a diving competition in Budapest, Hungary. The family are visiting Budapest while Mila is filming her upcoming movie, The Spy Who Dumped Me.
l continue to kindly ask, Please don't post/publish photos of our kids. They haven't chosen life in the public eye.
— ashton kutcher (@aplusk) July 17, 2017
The plea comes after photos of his children - daughter Wyatt, two, and six-month-old son Dimitri - were published online this weekend.
“Yes, we took them to a public place (we like sharing life with our kids). No, that doesn't mean we are OK with their photos being published. Please,” he tweeted.
“Why is it so hard for publications to respect that I would like the identity of my child kept private for safety reasons? Please honour that.”
In America, most respectable media publications adhere to the 'No Kids Policy'. Under this policy, the media are required to agree to not publish pictures of celebrities’ kids. The only exception is if a famous parent puts their child out there for the specific purpose of being photographed, for example, attending a red-carpet event.
The policy was championed by Kristen Bell and her husband Dax Shepard back in 2014, and has since been in practice by most major media outlets.
Yes we took them to a public place (we like sharing life with our kids) no that doesn't mean we are ok with their photos being published
— ashton kutcher (@aplusk) July 17, 2017
Ashton and Mila first met on the set of That 70’s Show, in 1998, and played the onscreen sweethearts Michael Kelso and Jackie Burkhart. They became a real-life couple in 2014, and married in 2015.
They welcomed their first child, daughter Wyatt, into the world in 2016.
Ashton was previously married to Hollywood veteran Demi Moore for eight years. Mila dated Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin for almost 10 years.
The Punked alumnus also took to Twitter recently to call out a tabloid magazine that accused him of having an affair with another woman. In reality, the woman in question was Ashton’s cousin.
You should have heard how upset Mila was that I spent the day with our cousin. Sorry aunt Jodie these magazines lack integrity. pic.twitter.com/tvKdGoqRnx
— ashton kutcher (@aplusk) July 9, 2017
“You should have heard how upset Mila was that I spent the day with our cousin. Sorry Aunt Jodie, these magazines lack integrity,” he tweeted.
We at MummyPages agree with Aston for wanting to protect his kids from the public eye.
