Ashton Kutcher says health issues led him to the South Pole and a wildly romantic moment

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Ashton Kutcher has been open about the health issues he's battled for the past few years, but now he's revealing how those struggles led him to pushing himself at the South Pole. "I had a weird autoimmune disorder three years ago," he shared on "The Late Late Show with James Corden." "So last year, I was like, 'I am just going to push myself to the end of my physical capacity in every form.'" As part of this mission, he said, "I went to the South Pole, I ran a marathon, I went ‘Running Wild with Bear Grylls.’ I was just going to push it as far as I can just to get the self-confidence that I'm fully back, which I am." During the trip, Kutcher climbed a mountain and was given the opportunity to name it – and his mind instantly went to his wife Mila Kunis.

He explained that he went on the hike with a man he'd met on the trip. Kutcher said "We get to the top and he said, 'You're the first person that has ever climbed this mountain.

You get to name it.' I was like, 'Okay really? It's Mount Mila.'" Although it was a sweet gesture, he said the man told him "No, no, it's bad luck to name it after another person, so don't do that." Instead, he chose to name the mountain the Russian word for "awesome," which was another way to honor Kunis, who was born in Ukraine with her first language being Russian.

He called the whole experience "wild." Kutcher suffered from vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood vessels. For him, that meant starting to suddenly lose his sight and hearing a few years ago.