Ashton tells Demi: You have to let me go

With marriage to Mila on the horizon, the actor begs his ex for a divorce.

It was the conversation with Demi Moore that Ashton Kutcher couldn’t put off any longer, even though he knew it would break his fragile estranged wife’s heart all over again. As the actor’s relationship with Mila Kunis heats up, those close to Ashton – who was busted cheating on Demi with a 22-year-old on their sixth wedding anniversary last year – say he’s planning to propose to his new love at Christmas.

But first he has to finalise his divorce from Demi who, despite their rocky relationship, was said to be still desperately in love with Ashton and clinging to the hope they’ll one day reconcile. “Ashton has been trying to take things slowly with Demi because he’s mindful of the state she’s in,” a source tells Woman’s Day exclusively.

“It has been difficult for him because he still cares deeply about her and feels terrible about what happened. But it’s time to move on with his life – he’s a changed man with Mila and is crazy in love with her.” According to Heat magazine, Ashton, 34, is preparing to whisk Mila to Bali, where they holidayed earlier this year, and pop the question. The proposal won’t come a moment too soon for his former That ’70s Show co-star.

“They’re moving fast, but neither of them has ever been so happy,” a source tells Heat. “Mila says she’s been waiting for a man like Ashton all her life and wants nothing more than to marry him.” And it appears Demi has finally accepted that there’s nothing she can do to win back her husband, agreeing in an emotional heart-to-heart to divorce Ashton and leave him free to marry 29-year-old Mila.