Addicted To Ashton

Demi Moore reveals that her obsession with her ex was all-consuming and drove a wedge between her and her daughters

- Nici De Wet

SHE’S lived the life of a quintessential Hollywood star, equal parts glitz and glamour and drama and despair.

Parental neglect, sexual abuse, drugs, booze, three­ somes, a destructive mar­riage – Demi Moore has been there, done that and lived to tell the tale, which she unpacks in jaw­dropping detail in her explosive new bestselling memoir, Inside Out.

But perhaps most heartbreaking of all is the effect her trauma had on her three daughters, Rumer (31), Scout (28) and Tallulah (25).

During a recent candid discussion on web series Red Table Talk, hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, Demi’s eldest and young­ est kids become emotional as they reveal how they often felt their mom wasn’t there for them, especially during her third marriage to actor Ashton Kutcher.

“So much of that time, especially with Ashton, I was so angry because I felt like something that was mine had been taken away,” says Rumer, who’s also an actress and appeared in the recent Tarantino movie Once upon a Time in Hollywood.

Tallulah agrees, saying seeing her mom with the Two and a Half Men star made her feel unloved.

“Watching the behaviour with Ashton during those years . . . everyone had left the house and it was just me living there and I felt very forgotten.

“I feel like I developed and nurtured a narrative where she didn’t love me and I truly believed it. I know that she does, 100%, but in that moment you’re hurt.”

Demi (57) acknowledges this, calling her marriage to Ashton – who was 15 years her junior – an addiction.

“It was probably more dev­ astating [than drugs or alcohol] because it took me seriously away, emotionally,” she tells the table, which includes Jada’s mom, Adrienne Banfield­ Jones, and daughter, Willow Smith.