Moore: 'Willis struggled to adjust to Kutcher'

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Demi Moore has revealed that her friendship with ex Bruce Willis was tested when she began dating new husband Ashton Kutcher.

The actress has remained close to Willis - with whom she has children Rumer, 19, Scout, 16, and 13-year-old Tallulah Belle - since they split in 2000 after 13 years of marriage.

She met Kutcher, 15 years her junior, in 2003 and the couple tied the knot in a Kaballah ceremony two years later.

However, the 45-year-old confessed that both she and Willis had struggled to adjust to the new situation, telling V magazine: "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!"

She added that she harboured no bitterness towards her ex following their split, saying: "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."

A New York bar owner recently criticised Moore and Kutcher for being "up their own arses".