Actor Ashton Kutcher told Conan O’Brien he was inspired to wear hats by yarmulke-wearing Jews. On “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” early last Friday morning, the star of “That ’70s Show” and “The Butterfly Effect” said he began wearing hats after his spiritual adviser told him that Jews’ yarmulkes represent a “restriction” between positive and negative.
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