Kathleen Turner responds to Michael Douglas confirming their secret love affair
Actors Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas have publicly confirmed a secret romantic relationship that occurred during the filming of 'Romancing the Stone' in 1984. The pair had previously denied the affair for four decades to protect Douglas's family.
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This provides closure to a long-standing Hollywood rumor and highlights the personal lives of iconic film stars.
Michael Douglas (left) and Kathleen Turner at an event in 2012 in New York. Photo / Getty Images
Kathleen Turner has responded to Michael Douglas finally confirming their secret love affair.
The 82-year-old actor revealed in his upcoming memoir, One Helluva Ride , that the pair fell head over heels for each other when they shot the 1984 adventure-comedy film, Romancing the Stone , in Mexico while he was separated from his then-wife Diandra Douglas, with whom he has 47-year-old son, Cameron.
Turner, 72, told People : “Good heavens, what a fuss about something 40 years ago!
“I love Michael and I look forward to enjoying the book.”
In an extract from his memoir One Helluva Ride shared by People magazine, the two-time Oscar winner admitted that he and Turner had lied about the truth of their love affair for the last 40 years.
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