Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones demonstrated that age is not a determining factor in the success of any love relationship.
The pair met for the first time in August 1996 at the Deauville Film Festival in France, where they were introduced by mutual friend Antonio Banderas. Michael Douglas claims that he told Catherine he was going to be the father of her children half an hour after they met and sought to sit next to her at the party.
Michael was immediately drawn to her and tried his hardest to be close to her, but she didn't believe he was serious, so she said goodbye and went. Douglas thought he'd made a mistake and sent her a bunch of flowers along with an apologetic letter.
relationship evolution.
Catherine Zeta-Jones decided to give Michael Douglas a chance after he apologized to her, and the two went out and talked on the phone for hours, and Catherine noticed that they were having fun with one other, so why hadn't their relationship developed more since then?
The age difference between them.
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones were born on the same day, September 25, with a 25-year age difference between them.
Catherine claims that men's relationships with women younger than them are quite natural, and when my mother spoke to me about the relationship between a man and a woman, she didn't mention the existence of a certain age difference standard, so my family didn't notice.
Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones were born on the same day, September 25, with a 25-year age difference between them.
Catherine claims that men's relationships with women younger than them are quite natural, and when my mother spoke to me about the relationship between a man and a woman, she didn't mention the existence of a certain age difference standard, so my family didn't notice
pregnant and then they got engaged.
Michael Douglas confirmed his girlfriend's pregnancy in November 1998, and a month later, on New Year's Eve 1999, he proposed to her with a ring that included a 10-carat diamond from the Fred Leighton brand, valued at almost one million dollars.
Douglas' first son "Dylan," born in August 2000, was Douglas' second kid, following his first son Cameron, born in 1978 from his first marriage.
Marriage
One year after their engagement and after Douglas concluded the legal divorce proceedings from his first wife, Diandra Locker, the couple married in a fancy hotel in New York in October 2000.
The wedding was said to have cost the couple roughly a million and a half dollars and was attended by a number of celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Tom Hanks.
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Within the seventy-fifth session of the Academy Awards, Catherine Zeta-Jones received the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her part in the film "Chicago," and Catherine revealed that she was pregnant with their second child.
Karis, the couple's daughter, was born in April 2003.
Michael Douglas' son arrested
The following year, he was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to distribute drugs and possessing heroin.
Michael Douglas admitted to being a "poor father" in an interview with Today in March 2010.
Cameron's sentence was doubled in December 2011 after he was discovered distributing drugs to other convicts.