Clearing issues up. Ashton Kutcher reached out to his former That ‘70s Present costars who mistakenly mourned Tanya Roberts through social media.
Experiences that Roberts, who performed Midge, the mom of Laura Prepon‘s Donna on the sitcom, had died surfaced on Sunday, January 3, after she was hospitalized on Christmas Eve. The actress’ longtime publicist, Mike Pingel, even confirmed the information to TMZ. He instructed the outlet that Roberts’ companion, Lance O’Brien, instructed him that she handed after he mentioned goodbye on the hospital.
Topher Grace, who performed Eric Forman on the Fox comedy, took to Twitter to pay tribute to his castmate.
“I used to be so unhappy to listen to that Tanya Roberts has handed away. She was a Bond lady, certainly one of Charlie’s Angels, and actually a pleasant particular person to work with,” the actor wrote on Monday. “I had by no means acted earlier than and, to be trustworthy, a bit nervous round her. However she couldn’t have been kinder. We’ll miss you Midge.”
Later that day, information broke that Roberts was certainly alive. O’Brien was being interviewed by Inside Edition when he received the decision from Cedars Sinai Medical Middle that his longtime girlfriend wasn’t truly lifeless.
Kutcher, who performed Michael Kelso, subsequently replied to Grace’s tweet, writing, “Yo bro she’s not lifeless.”
The Win a Date with Tad Hamilton actor responded with a GIF of Kelso cheering.
The previous Punk’d host then needed to break the information to Debra Jo Rupp, who performed Eric’s mother Kitty Forman.
“Tanya had an enormous deep hearty chuckle. She was all intuition and sweetness,” Rupp tweeted on Monday. “Within the first season of 70’s we had a scene within the kitchen, consuming cocktails and laughing collectively. She laughed, spit her drink in my face, apologized profusely and did it 3 extra occasions. I beloved her. RIP magnificence.”
Kutcher despatched an analogous message, tweeting, “dj she’s nonetheless alive.”
The actress shared the identical GIF from the sequence as Grace, including, “To cite @TopherGrace :).”
That ‘70s Present, which aired for eight seasons from 1998 to 2006, additionally starred Mila Kunis (who married Kutcher in 2015), Danny Masterson, Prepon, Wilmer Valderrama and Kurtwood Smith.
