{"id":13742,"date":"2026-07-22T17:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=13742"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:12:44","slug":"mila-kunis-and-more-stars-who-have-tried-friends-with-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=13742","title":{"rendered":"Mila Kunis and More Stars Who Have Tried Friends With Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>&#8220;I was like, you know what, &#8216;I actually care about you. I don&#8217;t want to mess anything up so I&#8217;m just going to walk away before it becomes too much,'&#8221; she explained during a 2018 appearance on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtfpod.com\/podcast\/episode-937-mila-kunis-iliza-shlesinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><em>WTF with Marc Maron<\/em><\/a> podcast. &#8220;And he was like, &#8216;Got it.&#8217; And the next day, he showed up to my house and he was like, &#8216;Move in with me&#8217; and I said, &#8216;Okay.'&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not that that every sealed-with-a-handshake pact ends with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/947900\/mila-kunis-and-ashton-kutcher-might-just-have-the-sweetest-love-story-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">11-years-and-counting marriage<\/a> and a couple of kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Long before he was giving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/gigi_hadid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gigi Hadid<\/strong><\/a> a second look, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/bradley_cooper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bradley Cooper<\/strong><\/a> was keeping things shallow with a high school BFF.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because we are both seniors, I realize that we might as well just enjoy the time we have left before we go to college,&#8221; the then-intern wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/908616\/teenage-bradley-cooper-once-wrote-an-article-about-hooking-up-with-his-female-bff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">in a 1993 op-ed for the <em>Philadelphia Daily News<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;Because once college hits our relationship will definitely return to &#8216;best friendship.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not that there&#8217;s an age limit on casual situationships. <strong>Dyan Cannon<\/strong> revealed last year that she&#8217;s been seeing &#8220;several&#8221; special partners. As she put it to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/dyan-cannon-reveals-she-has-several-friends-with-benefits-at-88-exclusive-11710897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><em>People<\/em><\/a>, &#8220;I have friends with benefits, yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And if you ask stars like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/fran_drescher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Fran Drescher<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/sonja_morgan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sonja Morgan<\/strong><\/a> and <em>The Brady Bunch<\/em>&#8216;s <strong>Florence Henderson<\/strong>, there are plenty of upsides to that sort of arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how they play the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I was like, you know what, &#8216;I actually care about you. 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