Michael Douglas Talks Affair with Kathleen Turner, Growing up in His Dad's Shadow
Douglas says the relationship grew from strong on-screen chemistry and was hidden for 40 years to protect his wife and son.
- In his new memoir One Helluva Ride, released October 2026, 82-year-old actor Michael Douglas details secret affairs with co-stars, heavy cocaine use, and a credible threat at the Academy Awards.
- Douglas reveals a 40-year-old secret affair with Romancing the Stone co-star Kathleen Turner, which he and Turner concealed in press interviews for decades to protect his family.
- The actor also admits to an affair with Basic Instinct co-star Jeanne Tripplehorn, writing that press focused on his chemistry with Sharon Stone and "missed the real relationship happening between me and Jeanne."
- After meeting Catherine Zeta-Jones at France's Deauville American Film Festival in 1998, Douglas wed her in 2000, and the couple now share two children, Dylan and Carys.
- Now 82, Douglas characterizes his life as an "eight-decade long adventure" and says he is consumed with being a father and husband, finding strength in his extended family.
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The 82-year-old actor recounts life and career in the autobiography "One Helluva Ride" between secret reports on set, alcohol abuse and cocaine
In One Helluva Ride, Michael Douglas Reveals the Wild Life of Affairs and Addiction
Tilt Magazine In One Helluva Ride, Michael Douglas Reveals the Wild Life of Affairs and Addiction Michael Douglas: ‘It’s Time To Tell My Real Story’ It’s not only the fact that Michael Douglas parents were two of the most recognizable film stars and a movie career that has brought him fame over the last 200 years, but these things, coupled with a long life as well, have provided him with a […]
Michael Douglas’ New Memoir Reveals Shocking Hollywood Secrets, From Kathleen Turner Affair to Drug Use
Alexandria Wyckoff originally posted Michael Douglas’ New Memoir Reveals Shocking Hollywood Secrets, From Kathleen Turner Affair to Drug Use on TheMix.net it is syndicated here with permission.
Kathleen Turner is surprised people care about her 80s affair with Michael Douglas
Romancing the Stone was an HBO staple in the 80s and I watched it at least a dozen times. (That was just one of the typically inappropriate shows in my Gen X media diet.) Leads Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas were 30 and 40 when the film came out in 1984. They had a smoldering […] Source
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