Michael Douglas shared many secrets about his personal life in his memoir, One Helluva Ride. From his secret affairs to his failed first marriage and his second wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, the actor has been making headlines with his revelations. Michael also revealed how he fell in love with Kathleen Turner, a secret the duo continued to protect till October 2026.
After the actor’s first wife confronted Turner, Michael eventually fell for another co-star, Jeanne Tripplehorn. During that time, the actor was being linked to Sharon Stone, but in actuality, he was deeply in love with Jeanne, so much so that he was even ready to leave his first wife, Diandra, for her. The relationship and the actor’s first marriage both didn’t last long.
How did Jeanne Tripplehorn react to Michael Douglas revealing their secret from the past?
In his memoir, Michael Douglas talked about his affair with Jeanne. Recently, speaking to Page Six, Douglas shared Jeanne Tripplehorn’s reaction to him spilling past secrets. According to the actor, he conversed with Jeanne before writing about their affair, and she was ‘fine with it’. In the actor’s words:
“I talked to her before I put it in the book. She was fine with it.”
Michael Douglas and Jeanne Tripplehorn were having an affair during filming Basic Instinct, and during that time, rumors were rife that the actor was having an affair with Sharon Stone, which began due to their steamy scenes in the film.
However, Michael and Jeanne were the ones to form a romantic bond during the production, before they parted ways. During that time, Michael was married to his first wife, Diandra Luker. His feelings for Jeanne were so strong that he was even ready to leave his first wife for his co-star, who was 20 years younger than him. However, the actor felt that ending his marriage and jumping into another serious relationship would be the ‘worst thing’ for him, and thus, eventually, he moved on.
More about Michael Douglas’ first marriage to Diandra Luker
Speaking about his first wife, Michael was 32 years old when he met Diandra Luker, who was only 19 then. Only after two weeks of their meeting, the actor proposed marriage to Diandra. Six weeks later, in 1977, Michael and Diandra were married. The duo eventually welcomed their son, Cameron, into their lives. However, the couple ended their marriage in 1995, and the divorce was finalized in 2000.
Michael and Diandra’s divorce was one of Hollywood’s most expensive splits, with the settlement allegedly worth USD 20 million. Michael Douglas shared that in 1983, when he was filming Romancing the Stone, his marriage with Diandra was already facing several cracks, and both of them were having respective extramarital affairs. Michael and Diandra were separated (not on paper), and he formed a romantic bond with Kathleen Turner.
The duo had a secret affair; however, Diandra once walked onto the set with Cameron and suspected something was going on between Turner and Douglas. She confronted the actress and mentioned that she didn’t want her then-estranged husband to be single. This was the reason that Turner backed off from the relationship, as she didn’t wish to be the ‘other woman’.
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