# Who got the better deal? Bruce or Demi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478 "2009-03-23T17:51:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/1 "2009-03-23T17:51:20Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090323/ap\_en\_tv/people\_bruce\_willis](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090323/ap_en_tv/people_bruce_willis) I’m going with Bruce! But I still think Ashton wins! ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/2 "2009-03-23T18:12:18Z")
When the hell did Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore get married? And What the hell is up with those names? Scout, Rumer and Tallulah Belle? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/3 "2009-03-23T18:21:47Z")
Well, they could have imitated Frank Zappa. IMDB says [24 September 2005](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000193/bio) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/4 "2009-03-23T18:48:59Z")
I give the Blessed Union 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/5 "2009-03-23T19:07:47Z")
Bruce definitely got the better deal. I can’t stand Ashton Kutcher. Bruce’s new wife looks a little like Demi. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Batman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/6 "2009-03-23T19:11:53Z")
They won’t last a year. Something tells me that she, for some reason, would only put out with a ring on her finger so he married for a little while. ---
**Author:** ![davekhps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@davekhps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davekhps)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/7 "2009-03-23T19:14:22Z")
Demi. Because if they ever get divorced, Ashton Kutcher isn’t getting a dime. Of course, I’m sure Bruce Willis has got the best pre-nup in the world. Still, the world works the way it works, and in a divorce, his ex-wife will do well. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/8 "2009-03-23T19:51:54Z")
> [@Tijuana\_Golds](#): > > They won’t last a year. Something tells me that she, for some reason, would only put out with a ring on her finger so he married for a little while. This reminds me of the quote attributed to Sinatra that compared Marilyn to Liz Taylor and how you didn’t have to marry Marilyn to sample her wares. May have been in the Rat Pack movie with Ray Liotta as Frank. May be apocryphal. I only found one reference online and that was in another message board. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/9 "2009-03-23T20:00:26Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > When the hell did Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore get married? And What the hell is up with those names? Scout, Rumer and Tallulah Belle? The names are unusual, certainly, but they make sense if Demi or Bruce is of a literary bent. Scout was the little girl/protagonist in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” And Rumer Godden was a British novelist. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/10 "2009-03-23T20:50:52Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The names are unusual, certainly, but they make sense if Demi or Bruce is of a literary bent. > > Scout was the little girl/protagonist in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” > > And Rumer Godden was a British novelist. Bingo, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/11 "2009-03-23T20:51:53Z")
> [@Tijuana\_Golds](#): > > They won’t last a year. Something tells me that she, for some reason, would only put out with a ring on her finger so he married for a little while. Really? Do you think that Bruce Willis has that hard of a time getting laid? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/12 "2009-03-23T20:55:34Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > This reminds me of the quote attributed to Sinatra that compared Marilyn to Liz Taylor and how you didn’t have to marry Marilyn to sample her wares. May have been in the Rat Pack movie with Ray Liotta as Frank. May be apocryphal. I only found one reference online and that was in another message board. It’s a reference to Judy Campbell who is a look-alike for Liz Taylor. The quote is roughly, “She looks like Liz [Taylor], but you don’t gotta marry her to fuck her!” Said to both JFK and Momo Giancana, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/13 "2009-03-23T21:34:33Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > It’s a reference to Judy Campbell who is a look-alike for Liz Taylor. The quote is roughly, “She looks like Liz [Taylor], but you don’t gotta marry her to fuck her!” Said to both JFK and Momo Giancana, IIRC. Well told! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/14 "2009-03-23T22:14:06Z")
If both of them are happy then I’ll call it a tie. If one is happy and the other isn’t, then whichever is happy. If neither of them are happy then I’ll say Bruce Willis because the gossip lovely lowest common denominator didn’t go haywire over the relationship. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Batman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/15 "2009-03-23T23:59:33Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Really? Do you think that Bruce Willis has that hard of a time getting laid? [/QUOTE] Maybe he likes a challenge, maybe he thinks it will give him bragging rights with his buds. “I married a broad just to nail her! Beat that, chump!” Or maybe not, but I’ll tell you one thing: He sure as hell didn’t just find his soulmate in a model/actress/whatever 24 years younger than him. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/16 "2009-03-24T00:10:14Z")
This is what Demi has to [put up with](http://twitpic.com/2bj58). Arguably NSFW, but not really. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/17 "2009-03-28T06:49:14Z")
Holy cow, going from the pictures from GuanoLad: yeah, maybe Ashton is annoying, part of the twitterverse, but dang, Demi looks great. And Bruce Willis has been what he is and making money (see the Nic Cage thread) and happy enough. I remember some kerfluffle in the news when they broke up, but, considering that Jennifer Aniston is still mooing quarterly over Brad Pitt and they didn’t even have kids, I think they both won. In the whole semi-normal American divorce, date, marry someone younger scheme of things. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/18 "2009-03-28T16:28:54Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The names are unusual, certainly, but they make sense if Demi or Bruce is of a literary bent. > > Scout was the little girl/protagonist in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” > > And Rumer Godden was a British novelist. The only Tallulah I can think of is Tallulah Bankhead, a rather…shall we say colorful actress from the 20s-60’s. An interesting choice if that’s who the third child was named for. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/19 "2019-09-29T14:19:14Z")
Bumping it up because Ms. Moore wrote a tell-all, ‘Inside Out’. Wherein she reveals she and hubby Ashton Kutcher had threesomes because she wanted to be ‘the perfect wife’. I never knew this was a requirement for perfection:confused:, it should be more well known. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478/20 "2019-09-29T15:49:33Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Bumping it up because Ms. Moore wrote a tell-all, ‘Inside Out’. Wherein she reveals she and hubby Ashton Kutcher had threesomes because she wanted to be ‘the perfect wife’. I never knew this was a requirement for perfection:confused:, it should be more well known. In a NYT interview, she said that her and Ashton conceived a child, but Demi miscarried six months in, blaming her drinking! She drank during her pregnancy? WTF is wrong with her? She goes on to say she started abusing Vicodin, and later suffered a seizure while smoking synthetic pot with her daughter Rumor. :eek: Quite the trainwreck. Ten years later, I suspect Bruce got the better deal. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-got-the-better-deal-bruce-or-demi/490478.md?page=2)