FOX Tells Ashton No To A Millionaire Appearance

Posted Monday, April 2, 2001 at 10:47 AM Central

by Heather Koehler

"That 70' Show" star Ashton Kutcher wanted to play a few rounds with Regis, but FOX said no sir. Studio executives were afraid if Kelso, the dopey and dingy kid from Wisconsin won money, it would change Kelso in the minds of fans forever. The Dude, Where's My Car king wanted to play for the Patient Transplant Support Fund at University Hospitals in Iowa City, where his brother underwent a heart transplant. So, to compensate for any possible missing dollars to the hospital, FOX donated $32,000, the minimum Ashton could have taken home. Sources say though, that the pretty boy probably could have earned an extra zero or two. Ashton is a "fact king" along with quite a bit of intelligence. He was majoring in biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa before he dropped out to pursue his modeling career, after all, Kelso is the best looking guy in the world.