While Ashton Kutcher has the full beam of the celebrity press' spotlight on him at the moment following his takeover from Charlie Sheen as lead role in hit US TV comedy 'Two And A Half Men,' it appears that, in the shadows, his wife Demi Moore is faring somewhat worse.

The Sunday Mirror reports that times have been tough for the married couple since SARA LEAL sold her story of a one-night stand with 33 year-old Kutcher, claiming that she spent his and Moore's wedding anniversary with him when he told her he'd separated from his wife. In the pair's first public appearance together since those allegations, pictures showed the 48 year-old actress looking frail and gaunt following a Kabbalah session in Beverly Hills, the Jewish sect which the distraught star has turned to for help in saving her marriage.

The photographer who snapped the couple stated, "I have been photographing Demi for many years and I have never seen her looking so weak and thin. She was getting thinner before this scandal broke, but in the past two weeks her weight has plummeted."

For Kutcher's part, The Daily Mail reported that the actor had posted a bizarre video on social networking site Chime.In making a plea for "greater honesty" in the press; unfortunately for him, what came across as a considered series of thoughts on truth in the media has grabbed more attention for the fact it's the first time the star's been seen without his wedding ring on since Leal's story broke.