Michael Douglas is not holding back on the details about his life as a movie star.In his latest memoir, the actor opened up about several relationships and affairs from his past, and even recalled his wife catching him in bed wih another woman. While the actor managed to keep his romances under wraps for years, he is now telling all about what secretly went on behind closed doors.
Michael Douglas admits romance with Kathleen Turner
Douglas set tongues wagging last week, by sharing details about his romance with his co-sar Kathleen Turner, while shootig for the film ‘Romancing the Stone’. Now, in some surprisin new revelations, the actor spilled all the juicy secrets from his past, including his multiple affairs and even being caught by his wife, while with another woman.
Michael Douglas on affair with ‘Basic Instinct ‘ co-star
In an escerpt making waves online, Douglas opened up about his affair with his ‘Basic Instinct’ co-star. Contrary to buzz that he was allegedly dating Sharon Stone at the time, the actor revealed that the woman was Jeanne Tripplehorn, who played his character’s former romantic interest.Douglas said he “fell very hard” for Tripplehorn, who was nearly 20 years his junior. “[The press] were so focused on a possible relationship between Sharon and me, they missed the real relationship happening between me and Jeanne,” Douglas wrote. “I was crazy about her. But I was also just self-aware enough to know that the worst thing I could do at that moment after nearly 20 years of marriage was jump right into another serious relationship. My relationship with Jeanne lasted through production, then we went our separate ways.”Douglas was married to Diandra Luker at the time.
Michael Douglas recalls wife catching him red handed
The actor also recounted an incident in which Luker caught him in bed with another woman. Recalling the moment in his memoir, Douglas describes hearing “the door handle turn” before seeing his wife “standing in the doorway, staring at us.” He speculated that Luker may have had him being watched by a private investigator.According to Douglas, Luker subsequently gave him an ultimatum: “rehab or divorce”. He chose rehabilitation.Michael Douglas is known for his turns in ‘Fatal Attraction’, ‘Behind the Candelabra’ and others. He has won one Oscar for acting and one for producing, he took home the trophy for best actor in a leading role in 1988 for ‘Wall Street’ and best picture in 1976 as a co-producer of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’.
