{"id":267209,"date":"2026-10-06T16:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/michael-douglas-admits-to-drunkenly-threatening-julia-roberts\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T16:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:59:06","slug":"michael-douglas-admits-to-drunkenly-threatening-julia-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/michael-douglas-admits-to-drunkenly-threatening-julia-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas Admits to Drunkenly Threatening Julia Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Michael Douglas has a new memoir out this week.<\/p>\n<p>And it contains some anecdotes that don\u2019t exactly portray the screen legend in a positive light.<\/p>\n<p>At one point in <em>One Helluva Ride<\/em>, the 82-year-old recalls getting into a heated confrontation with Julia Roberts at a Golden Globes party in 1990.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2212992522-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Douglas attends the F1 Academy x American Express Screening of F1: The Academy with Hello Sunshine and Netflix at The Fillmore Miami Beach on May 01, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida. \" class=\"wp-image-564324 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2212992522-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2212992522-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2212992522-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2212992522-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2212992522-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2212992522-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2212992522-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2212992522-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Douglas attends the F1 Academy x American Express Screening of F1: The Academy with Hello Sunshine and Netflix at The Fillmore Miami Beach on May 01, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Mireya Acierto\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And considering Roberts was one of the biggest young stars in Hollywood at the time, Douglas probably should have thought twice before picking a fight.<\/p>\n<p>According to Douglas, he was attending the party after being nominated for his work in <em>Wall Street<\/em>. He had also brought his then-13-year-old son, Cameron, as his date.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts was there with her then-fianc\u00e9, Kiefer Sutherland. The pair were working with Douglas on <em>Flatliners<\/em>, the supernatural thriller that Douglas produced.<\/p>\n<p>At one point during the party, Douglas spotted Roberts with her arm around Cameron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were at the bar, and Julia had her arm around my son, kind of nuzzling him,\u201d Douglas writes in the memoir. \u201cTo me, in that moment, he looked stunned\u2026 but I was pretty drunk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Douglas says he confronted Roberts and told her: \u201cTake your hands off my son and take that Golden Globe and stick it where the sun don\u2019t shine.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DeKB8Oxlqyn\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Needless to say, this was not exactly the best way to handle a potentially uncomfortable situation.<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, Douglas got a call from his producing partner, Rick Bieber, who apparently had some explaining to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d crossed a line with the most in-demand young actress in Hollywood,\u201d Douglas acknowledges.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas quickly realized he had made a serious mistake. He sent Roberts flowers along with a note and later apologized to both Roberts and Sutherland in person at the <em>Flatliners<\/em> production office.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the apology was apparently enough to keep the movie from becoming a complete disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuckily, they forgave me enough to get through that and finish the picture,\u201d Douglas writes.<\/p>\n<p>But there was a catch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remained friends with Kiefer. Julia, not so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Douglas is refreshingly candid about everything from his brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/michael-douglas-divorce-catherine-zeta-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">separation from Catherine Zeta-Jones<\/a> to his substance abuse struggles in <em>One Helluva Ride<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And he admits to years of heavy drinking and cocaine use.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back decades later, it seems the actor has little trouble identifying that particular Golden Globes incident as one of the moments when his behavior got the better of him.<\/p>\n<p>And while the apology may have saved <em>Flatliners<\/em>, it apparently wasn\u2019t enough to restore his friendship with Roberts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"thg-endcard\" hidden=\"\" aria-label=\"Get the Hollywood Gossip app\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"thg-endcard-title\">Get the app \u2014 celeb news first<\/span><span class=\"thg-endcard-sub\">Push alerts the second a story breaks \u00b7 4.8\u2605 \u00b7 Free<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"thg-endcard-get\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/apple-store\/id372387225?pt=367523&amp;ct=web-endcard-cta&amp;mt=8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get the App<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/10\/michael-douglas-admits-to-drunkenly-threatening-julia-roberts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Michael Douglas has a new memoir out this week. 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