Ashton Kutcher: I Couldn't Be With a Woman Who 'Needed to Change Me'

Isn't it ironic?

Before wife Demi Moore announced she was ending their six-year marriage, Ashton Kutcher posed for the December cover of Men's Health magazine, and gave a quick, prescient interview with sister mag Women's Health.

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Kutcher, 33, might look back on a few of his comments with a bit of regret.

"I'm relatively scared of failure," he told Men's Health. "But I just don't see it as something that's inevitable."

His comments to Women's Health, however, truly belie some of the marital issues that likely led Moore, 49, to end their union.

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When asked about the best relationship advice he's ever received, "I think it’s all about working on the relationship and making it better...when it’s good. Don't wait for a problem to work on things. The goal is not to get into a relationship; the goal is to be in a relationship."

(On Thursday, nearly two months after Us accused Kutcher of cheating on Moore with 22-year-old Sara Leal, Moore said in a statement that she had decided to end their marriage.)

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When asked to finish the sentence "I could never be with a woman who..." Kutcher's reply was also intriguing: "Wow, that’s tough. I could never be with a woman who felt like she needed to change me."

He adds, "I would just like a woman someday, somewhere, at some point in my life to say to me, 'You're a great listener.' Haven't heard it yet, and that's a superior compliment to get from a woman. But I'm going to work on it."

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