Michael Douglas has used his new memoir, One Helluva Ride, to admit to past romantic entanglements with co-stars Kathleen Turner and Jeanne Tripplehorn. The 82-year-old actor maintains these affairs occurred before his marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones.
The 40-year secret of Romancing the Stone
Michael Douglas has officially confirmed that he and Kathleen Turner, now 72, engaged in a romantic relationship in 1983 while filming the movie Romancing the Stone. According to the report, this revelation ends more than four decades of public denials, including claims made years later when the two reunited for The Kominsky Method. Douglas wrote in his memoir that the relationship was not a "fly-by-night affair" but grew naturally from the pressure of their professional collaboration.
At the time of the affair, Michael Douglas was legally married to Diandra Luker, though he specifies in the book that they were separated when production began. The report says that Douglas and Turner eventually ended their romance after Luker visited the film set with their son, Cameron, making it clear that the marriage was still intact. Kathleen Turner responded to the disclosure with a statement to People, dismissing the revelation as a "fuss about something 40 years ago."
Jeanne Tripplehorn and the 1992 Basic Instinct romance
Beyond his time with Turner, Michael Douglas disclosed a significant affair with Jeanne Tripplehorn, 63, during the production of the 1992 film Basic Instinct. Douglas describes falling "very hard" for Tripplehorn despite a nearly 20-year age difference, admitting in the memoir that he was prepared to officially leave his wife for her.
While the relationship lasted through the production of the film, Michael Douglas and Jeanne Tripplehorn went their separate ways once filming concluded . As the report says, Douglas maintains that he and Diandra Luker were still separated during this period, though their divorce was not finalized until 2000. This pattern of overlapping separations and new romances suggests a tumultuous transition period in the actor's personal life during the late 80s and early 90s.
Catherine Zeta-Jones and the 'B.C.' timeline
To navigate the potential tension of these revelations, Michael Douglas has categorized his past indiscretions as "B.C.," or "Before Catherine." During an appearance on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, Douglas stated that he does not feel bad about Catherine Zeta-Jones reading the memoir because he believes she understands the timeline of his life prior to their marriage in 2000.
Catherine Zeta-Jones, 57, has yet to provide a detailed reaction to the contents of One Helluva Ride. During an October 8 appearance on Today, she joked that her exhausting work schedule—which included seven months filming the third season of Wednesday in Dublin and work on the Prime Video series Kill Jackie in London—left her with no intention of reading about her husband at night.
Jeanne Tripplehorn's silence on the memoir
While Kathleen Turner has publicly brushed off the revelations,Jeanne Tripplehorn has not yet issued a public comment regarding her mentioned role in Michael Douglas's life. although Douglas previously claimed that Tripplehorn approved of the inclusion of their relationship in the book,her silence leaves a gap in the narrative regarding how she views the 1992 romance today.
Furthermore,it remains unclear exactly when Catherine Zeta-Jones will move from promoting the book to actually reading it. while Michael Douglas told podcast host Josh Horowitz that his wife had just received the book, the public is still waiting to see if the "B.C." framing is sufficient to keep the peace in a marriage that has lasted over two decades.
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