Michael Douglas is 82 years old and has decided to tell the whole truth in his new memoir“One Helluva Ride.”The book includes admissions that would dominate headlines if they came from a star half his age: smuggling marijuana in his twenties using suitcases his father Kirk gave him, taking LSD more than a hundred times in three years while at UC Santa Barbara, and affairs with Kathleen Turner and Jeanne Tripplehorn during his marriage to Diandra Luker.
The memoir also covers a drunken altercation with Julia Roberts at the 1990 Golden Globes, his 1992 rehab stint, and his time rooming with Danny DeVito. But the emotional core of the book is his 2010 throat cancer battle, which he calls a“rebirth”that made him a free man and shifted his priorities entirely. He writes openly about his marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones and his hopes for their future together.
Douglas’s willingness to name names and share numbers is rare for a Hollywood memoir. Most celebrities keep things vague. He’s giving specifics, owning the chaos, and showing how he came out the other side with a different perspective. The result is a book that’s equal parts scandalous and reflective. Whether you’re here for the drama or the redemption arc, there’s something in it for you.
What’s the one thing you’d want to know if your favorite celebrity wrote a totally honest memoir?
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