Michael Douglas reveals secret Kathleen Turner affair after 40 years

Michael Douglas reveals secret Kathleen Turner affair after 40 years.

Key points

• The "Ant-Man" actor wrote he withheld the truth from the world regarding his romance with Turner for 40 years to "protect my wife and son."
• "Good heavens what a fuss about something 40 years ago!" Turner informed Residents in an official note.
• While Bob and Danny had no clue regarding my affair with Kathleen, Diandra grew suspicious.
• Michael Douglas has dropped a bombshell revelation regarding his history with Kathleen Turner.
• The truth is that during the production of 'Romancing the Stone, ' Kathleen and I fell hard for each other and began a relationship.

For context, the "Fatal Attraction" actor, 82, and his "Romancing the Stone" costar had a private romance despite denying theories for decades, Douglas made public in his upcoming memoir "One Helluva Ride, " out Oct. 6, according to Individuals.

"Kathleen was smart, funny, and sexy with a deep, sultry voice that became her signature. I instantly liked her, and we were immediately attracted to each other, " Douglas wrote in the book, Individuals noted.

Douglas remarked their relationship became intimate after they worked together in Mexico on the 1984 romantic comedy "Romancing the Stone." He additionally noted Turner consented to his sharing details of their relationship in the memoir.

In practice, the actors had previously denied speculation regarding a romance. They went on to reunite for "The Jewel of the Nile, " "The War of the Roses" and "The Kominsky Method."

Their on-screen chemistry had translated into the real world around the time his former marriage with his then-wife Diandra Douglas was "in a bad place." He wrote that he and his ex were both having extramarital affairs while their son Cameron, now 46, was just 5 at the time. When Douglas flew to Mexico for production, they were separated at the time.

"The chemistry I had with Kathleen Turner was so strong, audiences have been certain for years that we were in a relationship together while making the film, " he wrote.

"The official story went as follows: Yes, we confessed, we had amazing chemistry. As Kathleen remarked, 'terrible flirts, ' and yes, we were both tempted, but nothing ever happened between us, yes, we were both. That was a lie." USA TODAY has reached out to Turner's representative for comment.

"Good heavens what a fuss about something 40 years ago!" Turner informed Residents in an official note. "I love Michael and I look forward to enjoying the book."

Michael Douglas notes he kept Kathleen Turner romance secret to protect family.

Notably, the "Ant-Man" actor wrote he withheld the truth from the world regarding his romance with Turner for 40 years to "protect my wife and son."

"The truth is that during the production of 'Romancing the Stone, ' Kathleen and I fell hard for each other and began a relationship. It wasn't a fly-by night affair; it grew naturally from how closely we were working together, how much pressure we were under, how much we respected and cared for one another, and how attracted we were to each other, " he wrote in his book. "Like every other guy in the world at the time, I was knocked sideways by Kathleen."

Douglas wrote that he and Turner "never hit a rough spot, " adding that they first discovered each other as friends, then co-stars and "finally as lovers." He went on that director Bob Zemeckis and their co-star Danny DeVito had no clue.

"After an exhausting day of shooting in the jungle, we'd go out and have a meal, or head out with the group and afterward I would sneak into her hotel room after everybody was asleep. There were no cameras in elevators, no assistants using cell phones to take pictures, " he wrote. "As Jack and Joan were falling in love, Kathleen and I were keeping the chemistry alive. We kept our involvement hidden." Michael Douglas notes 'magic spell' broke after wife arrived.

Douglas explained that the "magic spell of the set" broke once Diandra Douglas brought their son to Mexico during production.

"While Bob and Danny had no clue regarding my affair with Kathleen, Diandra grew suspicious. A woman's intuition, I suppose. At some point, she was alone with Kathleen and created it clear to her that we were still married. Her view of the terms of our separation was different from mine. This offered Kathleen pause. She didn't want to interfere, " Douglas wrote.

Despite "enormous problems" in their marriage, they decided to stay together for their son. The actor wrote that he was around Cameron's age when his parents split. And so after his wife and son's visit, he went back to Diandra Douglas, writing "but we shouldn't have gotten back together. After that first split it was never the same between us ever again."

Douglas and Turner reunited professionally for the 1985 sequel "The Jewel of the Nile." After reading the script, they agreed it needed work and collaborated on revisions, an experience Douglas described as an opportunity to repair their relationship.

"And as we sat throughout from each other, rebuilding the movie, it felt a little like we were additionally repairing things between us, finally getting over everything that had come before. Trading pages back and forth, negotiating over lines, laughing at scenes and picturing our characters going at each other in every way imaginable, " he wrote. "It felt good knowing we were back on solid ground."

In 2000, Douglas married Catherine Zeta-Jones. He and Turner have remained friends. SMS Facebook Twitter Email. Share your feedback to support improve our site! Share your feedback to support improve our site!

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