Ever wonder how many Hollywood leading ladies fell for Michael Douglas before Catherine Zeta-Jones finally tamed the beast?
Honey, grab your martini because the tea is piping hot. According to his memoir “One Helluva Ride,” the “Basic Instinct” stud had a little black book that would make Warren Beatty blush. We’re talking a veritable who’s who of 70s and 80s starlets — and some names will genuinely shock you. Before he put a ring on it with the Welsh goddess in 2000, Douglas was the ultimate Tinseltown playboy, racking up high-profile romances faster than box office receipts.
First up, there was Brenda Vaccaro, his “Jagged Edge” co-star who reportedly couldn’t resist that Kirk Douglas DNA. Then came a string of models and actresses including the stunning Susan George and the legendary Marthe Keller. But the real jaw-dropper? A brief, steamy fling with none other than Linda Evans during her “Dynasty” prime. Alexis Carrington would have had a field day! And let’s not forget his nine-year marriage to Diandra Luker, which produced son Cameron and ended in a $45 million divorce settlement that still makes lawyers weep.
Fans are losing it on X, with one user posting: “Michael Douglas was the original Hollywood bad boy before it was cool. Catherine didn’t just marry him, she survived him!” Another chimed in: “The audacity to write it all down in a memoir! The disrespect to Diandra… but also, icon behavior.” Sources close to the Zeta-Jones-Douglas household say Catherine “laughs it off” but friends whisper she’s “heard every story a thousand times.”
What do you think? A) Catherine deserves sainthood for taming this legend B) Michael’s memoir is just honest storytelling, not kiss-and-tell