{"id":267583,"date":"2026-10-08T14:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/catherine-zeta-jones-explains-why-she-has-no-intention-to-read-husband-michael-douglas-book\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T14:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:45:06","slug":"catherine-zeta-jones-explains-why-she-has-no-intention-to-read-husband-michael-douglas-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/catherine-zeta-jones-explains-why-she-has-no-intention-to-read-husband-michael-douglas-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Zeta-Jones Explains Why She Has \u2018No Intention\u2019 to Read Husband Michael Douglas\u2019 Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/catherine-zeta-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Catherine Zeta-Jones <\/b><\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/michael-douglas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Michael Douglas <\/b><\/a>have been married for 25 years \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t mean the Welsh actress is combing through his new memoir, <i>One Helluva Ride<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLook, I\u2019ve just finished <i>Wednesday<\/i> season 3,\u201d Zeta-Jones, 57, said on the Thursday, October 8, episode of <i>Today<\/i>, revealing that she has yet to read Douglas\u2019 book, which was released earlier this week. \u201cWe shot in Dublin for seven months and then I literally got on a RyanAir plane and landed in London, did all of the <i>Kill Jackie <\/i>stuff. Then, I went to Spain and now I\u2019m here talking to you, <b>Willie [Geist]<\/b>,<b> <\/b>on the fabulous <i>Today<\/i> show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Due to her busy work schedule, Zeta-Jones noted that she has \u201cno intention\u201d to even skim through her husband\u2019s memoir.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs much as I love my husband, when I\u2019m tired at night, I have no intention of reading about him \u2014 at all,\u201d she quipped. \u201cEveryone else should. The book is called <i>One Helluva Ride<\/i>, and I think everyone should hold onto their cowboy hats because I think it is [a ride].\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/michael-douglas-relationship-history-through-the-years\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/michael-douglas-relationship-history-through-the-years\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Michael Douglas&#8217; Star-Studded Relationship History Through the Years<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMichael Douglas\u2018 romantic history spans four decades of Hollywood, from his first marriage to Diandra Luker and quietly conducted relationships with high-profile costars to his enduring union with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Among the women tied to Douglas over the years are Romancing the Stone costar Kathleen Turner and Basic Instinct castmate Jeanne Tripplehorn \u2014 two relationships [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">In <i>One Helluva Ride<\/i>, Douglas, 82, chronicled his decades in the spotlight and his various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/michael-douglas-relationship-history-through-the-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">star-studded relationships<\/span><\/a>. The MCU star revealed that while separated from first wife <b>Diandra Luker, <\/b>he secretly dated costars <b>Kathleen Turner <\/b>and <b>Jeanne Tripplehorn<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cKathleen was smart, funny and sexy with a deep, sultry voice that became her signature,\u201d he wrote of Turner, 72, and their experience filming 1984\u2019s <i>Romancing the Stone<\/i>. \u201cI instantly liked her, and we were immediately attracted to each other. \u2026 We found each other first as friends, then as costars, and finally, as lovers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While Douglas and Turner had long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/michael-douglas-reveals-secret-romance-with-kathleen-turner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">hid their brief romance<\/span><\/a>, he noted in the book that the fling came to an end when Luker brought son Cameron, then 5, to visit his dad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAfter that visit, Kathleen and I ended things, and I went back to Diandra,\u201d he recalled in a passage. \u201cI did it for Cameron, but we shouldn\u2019t have gotten back together. After that first split, it was never the same between us ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Eight years later, Douglas romanced Tripplehorn, 63, when they costared in 1992\u2019s <i>Basic Instinct<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe truth is, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/michael-douglas-reveals-jeanne-tripplehorn-age-gap-affair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">I fell very hard for Jeanne<\/span><\/a> despite our nearly 20-year age difference,\u201d he wrote in another chapter. \u201cIn fact, I was ready to officially leave my wife for Jeanne. I was crazy about her. My relationship with Jeanne lasted through production, then we went our separate ways. I will always think of her as an amazing actress and a truly terrific woman that I was very fortunate to spend time with.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Douglas had received blessings from his exes to share their history prior to publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI didn\u2019t name anybody for the sake of notches on your holster or something like that,\u201d D<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/michael-douglas-cowriter-reveals-if-actor-called-exes-about-memoir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">ouglas told <i>People <\/i>in a profile<\/span><\/a> earlier this month. \u201cThese are people that I\u2019ve had relationships with in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>One Helluva Ride <\/i>is out now.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/catherine-zeta-jones-wont-read-michael-douglas-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas have been married for 25 years \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t mean the Welsh actress is combing through his new memoir, One Helluva Ride. \u201cLook, I\u2019ve just finished Wednesday season 3,\u201d Zeta-Jones, 57, said on the Thursday, October 8, episode of Today, revealing that she has yet to read Douglas\u2019 book, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":267584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-267583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}