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Michael Douglas says he understands why Catherine Zeta-Jones will skip his memoir
Michael Douglas says he is fine with his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, choosing not to read his new memoir, One Helluva Ride.
Zeta-Jones said she has no intention of reading about her husband when she is tired, though she encouraged other people to read the book.
Douglas discussed her decision on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
He said their 25-year age gap means he had a life before they met, and that she may not want to read about it.
The memoir describes his affair with actor Kathleen Turner while they filmed the 1984 movie Romancing the Stone.
Douglas was married to his first wife, Diandra Luker, at the time, and he says he and Turner denied the relationship for decades.
He also writes about an affair with Jeanne Tripplehorn and a brief split from Zeta-Jones in 2013.
Zeta-Jones and Douglas married in 2000, and she has said she does not plan to read the memoir.
Michael Douglas said he understands why his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, does not plan to read his memoir.
He explained that their 25-year age difference means he had a life before they met.
The memoir, One Helluva Ride, describes his affair with Kathleen Turner while filming Romancing the Stone.
Zeta-Jones said she has little time and does not want to read about her husband when she is tired.
She encouraged others to read the book.
- Who
- Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
- What
- Douglas said he understands why Zeta-Jones will skip his memoir, One Helluva Ride.
- When
- Douglas discussed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
- Where
- On Jimmy Kimmel Live!; Zeta-Jones discussed the book on the Today show.
- Why
- Zeta-Jones said she has little time and no intention of reading about her husband when she is tired. Douglas said their age difference means he had a life before she knew him.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Oh, yeah.
As much as I love my husband, when I’m tired at night, I have no intention of reading about him — at all.
Everyone else should.
The truth is that during the production of Romancing the Stone, Kathleen and I fell hard for each other and began a relationship.
Douglas and Turner began a relationship while filming Romancing the Stone, according to Douglas’s memoir.
Zeta-Jones said on Today that she did not plan to read the memoir.
Douglas said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that he understood her decision.
- Memoir
- One Helluva Ride
- Author
- Michael Douglas
- Wife
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Age difference
- 25 years, according to Douglas
- Film
- Romancing the Stone
- Affair partner
- Kathleen Turner
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