Demi Moore's ex 'awkwardness'

Jan 17, 2008, 11:30 GMT

Ashton Kutcher (L) and Demi Moore (R) attend the Detroit Pistons at Los Angeles Lakers game in Los Angeles, California USA 16 November 2007. The Lakers beat the Pistons 103-91. EPA/PAUL BUCK

Demi Moore says there was an "enduring awkwardness" between her ex-husband Bruce Willis and new spouse Ashton Kutcher.

The 45-year-old actress - who has remained good friends with Bruce, the father of her three children, Rumer, 19, Scout, 16, and Tallulah Belle, 13 - admits it wasn't "easy" when she started dating Ashton, who is 15 years her junior, in 2003.

Demi - who married Ashton in September 2005 - said: "It wasn't a piece of cake. It wasn't automatic or easy. It took diligence and effort and even enduring awkwardness, and a lot of general giving on my part and Bruce's part. And really, tremendously, on Ashton's part. Coming into my life, Ashton just wasn't meeting somebody that had baggage. You know, I had trunks!"

Demi also insists there are no hard feelings between her and Bruce - whose 13-year-old marriage ended in 2000 - and they just want each other to be happy.

She added to V magazine: "It's far more exhausting to be angry and blaming. You can dig deep within yourself and really have a desire for someone else's happiness, which I feel I do have for Bruce and he has for me. He has a joy and appreciation for what Ashton and I share, and for how Ashton is with the girls."

The 'Ghost' star also claims she is a typical mother who takes her children to school and insists on her family having dinner together every night.

She said: "My normal day is, I get up with the kids, take them to school, a few days a week I might do Pilates, reading, meetings, and then we always do family dinner at 6.30."

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