When Reddit user TheOvercookedFlyer started a thread to discuss Danny Masterson’s case and the fact that his “That 70’s Show” co-star Topher Grace didn’t write a letter to help him, Redditors shared their thoughts on the situation.
The thread ‘Tophy for the win’ has over 2,000 comments and is still active. The discussion started with a screenshot of a photo of Grace with the caption: “For years, Topher Grace was portrayed as being a stuck-up asshole for not being best friends with the rest of the cast of ‘That 70’s Show,’ but guess who has not written a letter in defense of a rapist this year.”
A great actor
“And Topher Grace is actually a much better actor than most of them, too. I remember watching the movie Traffic and thinking he would just be a sweet, smart guy like Foreman. Oh, how wrong I was.”
~ dude_soy
“Awful”
![Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher](https://d3stcg8iy7fvse.cloudfront.net/2023/09/09181448/MEGA969710_009-scaled.jpg)
“It is disheartening that a couple who have been influential in the fight against child trafficking wrote letters of support about a rapist. Awful.”
~Thrashstronaut
30 years
“And I just want to say one thing about that rape case. He got 30 damn years for rape. That should give you an idea of how horrible the rape was. Because motherfuckers kill people and only get 25 years. So writing a letter in defense of someone who committed the worst possible rape, there is no excuse for that.”
~Gus_Superlab
Very disappointed
“I am very disappointed in Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher for writing those letters asking for leniency.
Mila just starred in a movie (Luckiest Girl Alive) about getting justice years later after being raped as a teenager.
I know you have to separate the actor and the art, but damn, that doesn’t look good.
~FlatCardio
Don’t forget Laura Prepon
![Laura Prepon](https://d3stcg8iy7fvse.cloudfront.net/2021/08/laura.jpg)
‘Laura Prepon didn’t write a letter either. Let’s not overlook that.”
~deja_geek
Wouldn’t defend him
“I discovered that my former roommate and one of my best friends was a serial rapist. That guy can burn in hell and I would never defend him. I hope he never sees freedom. Like… duh.”
~Strong_Awareness6088
No more “That 70s Show.”
![Danny Masterson](https://d3stcg8iy7fvse.cloudfront.net/2023/09/09181542/MEGA970090_003.jpg)
“All this has completely ruined the show for me for life.”
~LTPRWSG420
Maybe he knew something
“I started to get the feeling that Topher knew something at the time that we didn’t know at the time…”
~Slim706
There will be a backlash…
“I don’t understand how it was worth it for Ashton and Mila. Their friend would leave for 30 to life. No letter you can write will have any significant impact on that. But they certainly damaged their own careers with that move.
It would have been so much easier to just stay quiet, but they went out of their way to help him. I think they will be surprised at how bad the reaction is.”
~elmariachi304
“Unhinged Scientologist”
![Danny Masterson's rape trial has ended in a mistrial](https://d3stcg8iy7fvse.cloudfront.net/2022/12/mega634729_001-scaled.jpg)
“Given that a large portion of the cast were Scientologists or rose to prominence for the wrong reasons (Valderra), I completely understand why Topher would want to remain professional. I am incredibly disappointed in the four who wrote letters. Masterson always struck me as an out-of-control Scientologist. I’m really glad he was decent on set and the cast didn’t faint. But many people can compartmentalize many things in their lives, and being decent in some cases doesn’t mean drugging and raping people.”
~Snooty monkey
Why not the whole cast?
“Nor do Laura Prepon and Wilmer Valderrama. You’d think that if he was such an upstanding person that he’d be worthy of the support of a full-time advocate for sex trafficking victims and his wife, the entire cast would agree, right?’
~Adventurous-Brain-36
Combating human trafficking for this?
“How do you go from being one of the most well-known heroes in the fight against human trafficking to defending Danny F***ing Masterson?
We contain masses, I think.’
~CharizardEi
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