Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have one of the longest-running marriages in Hollywood, but it almost didn’t make it. The couple separated in 2013, and everyone assumed it was over. A year later, they were back together. Now, while promoting his new memoir“One Helluva Ride,”Douglas is telling People what actually kept them going: a good sense of humor, talking things out, and putting yourself in your partner’s position.
The most striking part of his comments is that Douglas never gave up hope during the separation. He described the break as mutual, and said their problems never erased the love they had for each other. That kind of patience doesn’t get talked about much when famous couples split.
Douglas also revealed in the memoir that his infatuation with Zeta-Jones started after he saw an early screening of“The Mask of Zorro.”They married on November 18, 2000, and now share two actor children, Dylan, 26, and Carys, 23.
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