Old comments from Ashton Kutcher about Hilary Duff, who was 15 at the time, are being talked about again because of recent news about Danny Masterson.

Masterson, who is 47, acted in comedy shows like Ranch and That '70s Show. He worked with Kutcher and Kutcher's wife, Mila Kunis, on those shows.

Masterson was just given a 30-year prison sentence for being guilty of assaulting two women.

It's now known that Kutcher and Kunis, along with 50 other people, sent letters to the judge saying good things about Masterson.

In the letters, they called him 'an outstanding role model and friend' as well as an 'exceptional older brother figure'.

After getting a lot of negative reactions, the couple said sorry on Instagram.

In the video, the star of Two And A Half Men stated: "We are aware of the pain that has been caused by the character letters that we wrote on behalf of Danny Masterson."

"A couple of months ago, Danny's family reached out to us, and they asked us to write character letters to represent the person that we knew for 25 years so that the judge could take that into full consideration relative to the sentencing."

"They were intended for the judge to read and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or re-traumatise them in any way."

"We would never want to do that and we're sorry if that has taken place."

Kunis added: "We support victims. We have done this historically through our work and will continue to do so in the future…"

"The letters were not written to question the legitimacy of the judicial system, or the validity of the jury's ruling."

"Our heart goes out to every single person who's ever been a victim of s**ual assault, s**ual abuse or r***."

Even after their apology, the public remains upset with the couple. An old comment from Kutcher about Duff, made 20 years ago on his show Punk'd, is drawing even more attention.

They both acted in the 2003 movie Cheaper By The Dozen, when Duff was just 15.

On his MTV show Punk'd, Kutcher used to trick famous people, and Duff was once the target of such a prank.

Leading up to that episode's joke, Kutcher mentioned in a video clip: "Hilary Duff is in Lizzie McGuire, she also has an album out. She's going to be in a movie called Cheaper by the Dozen – and she's one of the girls that we're all waiting for to turn 18. Along with the Olsen twins."

The video has been posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) and has received 21.4 million views.

"I'd never seen that before. It's soo creepy," one viewer writes.

Another user comments: "Within 18hrs I have learnt Ashton Kutcher is a terrible person."

A third shares: "'She's going to be in a movie called Cheaper By The Dozen' – WHICH HE WAS ALSO IN. HE'S SAYING THESE THINGS ABOUT HIS TEENAGE COWORKER."

"If she were to say he was a creep to her while filming I would instantly believe her."

"The way my eyebrows shot up," someone else chimes in.