Michael Douglas reveals that 40 years ago he had a secret relationship with Kathleen Turner

BarcelonaThe American actor Michael Douglas has revealed, through his first autobiography, that he had a romantic relationship with Kathleen Turner. The actress was his co-star in the film Romancing the Stone (1984). According to the magazine People quoting fragments from the book, Douglas and Turner decided to keep the relationship a secret. The actor's autobiography is titled One Helluva Ride and goes on sale on October 6th.

Douglas, 82, relates that he met Turner during the filming of the movie in Mexico and asserts that they were "immediately" attracted to each other. "The chemistry I had with Kathleen Turner was so strong that, for years, the public was convinced that we were in a romantic relationship while we were filming the movie. We both denied it," the actor says in the book. At that time, Douglas was separating from his first wife, Diandra Douglas. Although they were still married when he left for Mexico, the couple maintained separate romantic lives, the actor explains.

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner worked together again in The Jewel of the Nile (1985), The War of the Roses (1989) and in the series The Kominsky Method (2018). "Every time they asked us if we were together, we denied it –relates Douglas–. The official version was the following: yes, we had incredible chemistry; yes, we were both, as Kathleen said, 'very flirtatious', and yes, we were both tempted, but nothing ever happened between us. It was a lie to protect my wife and my son. A lie that we told everyone for 40 years", writes the actor.