Ashton And Demi Might Be Splitting -- Or They Might Be Using Twitter To Pull A Publicity Stunt

Business Insider ^ | 09/29/2011 | Megan Angelo

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Dominating the rumor mill this week: the alleged impending divorce of Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher. The tabloid tale has played out in the typical way: things were jumpstarted by a screaming Star cover (Star has long been on Kutcher's tail), TMZ dug up some relevant pics, and the Internet at large jumped on the bandwagon.

The classic age-gap couple has been plagued by this kind of stuff before.

At this round's outset, there was no reason to believe Moore or Kutcher were planting or fueling the rumor. And maybe they aren't.

But for whatever reason, they're now deliberately keeping it alive.

There are ways to squash the gossip. When Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony split earlier this year, they got out ahead of the news cycle by issuing a statement. Conversely, when Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith had the spotlight turned on them, they quickly denied the claims and headed outside to be photographed holding hands.

And Kutcher himself has had his rep step in on cheating accusations before.

There's been no word from the rep this week.

What there has been is cryptic tweets from both Moore and Kutcher, who both have a notoriously large legion of followers.

Moore went with a proverb on anger on Tuesday. Kutcher allowed his Spotify to do the talking for him — "Don't Believe The Hype" — this morning.

So they're not shielding themselves from the story — they're adding plot twists to it.

Kutcher doesn't need any help when it comes to "Two and a Half Men" press — but we doubt you would have heard about the Lifetime film Moore directed without this.

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Bruce Willis?

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That’s him. Any time I see him in a movie, I think, “Why is Jerry Doyle using that flat voice and blank expression?”

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Jerry Doyle was married to fellow Babylon 5 star Andrea Thompson (1995-1997). As far as Demi Moore goes, her biggest mistake was dumping Bruce Willis. For Bruce, it was a good move.