Michael Douglas reveals 40-year secret affair with Kathleen Turner
Douglas confirms in his memoir that he and Turner had a secret affair while filming Romancing the Stone in 1984.
Michael Douglas has ended four decades of denial. In his new memoir One Helluva Ride, he reveals he and Kathleen Turner had a secret romance while filming Romancing the Stone.
Douglas was separated from his then-wife Diandra but still married. Both were having affairs at the time.
Michael Douglas describes the attraction as immediate and strong. He writes they found each other as friends, co-stars, then lovers.
Douglas and Turner kept their romance hidden from everyone on set. Most notably, they hid it from co-star Danny DeVito.
The relationship ended when Diandra visited the set. She confronted Turner.
She made it clear Douglas was still married. Turner, 72, brushed off the news on Saturday: "Good heavens, what a fuss about something 40 years ago!"
She said she loved Douglas. She looked forward to reading the book.
- 82
- Douglas's age
- 72
- Turner's age
- 40 years
- Secret kept for
- Romancing the Stone
- Affair during filming of
Why it mattersThe confession closes a Hollywood secret that shaped decades of interviews and public denials. It reveals how the pair managed one of cinema's most famous on-screen chemistries.
AustraliaNo direct Australian impact, though Romancing the Stone remains widely watched in Australia and the pair's story has long been the subject of local media and viewer speculation.
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