Michael Douglas' Memoir - why?

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Cringe and why?!

One of the original nepo babies is trying to pretend he is relevant

He was a leading man throughout the 90s where hollywood was at its peak in terms of entertainment and beauty. Im not suprised he lived it uo during that time, as they all did. I like MD. I also like that hes not trying to look like a saint. He lived a wild life and then met the love of his life and settled down. I hope his bio does well.

I remember reading that Catherine Zeta Jones insisted on a prenup that said if he cheated on her he would have to pay her a million dollars. It was intended to give him pause for thought if the shag he was planning would be worth a million dollars.

He believes he’s had an interesting life. He’s about 82 years old. He doesn’t always portray himself in a flattering light. Maybe he wants to tell the truth about some things. Maybe he wants to share the story of life with his family and friends. Maybe it was fun to write.
I won’t be reading it, but there’s no reason for him to NOT write it.

It’s just a book. You don’t have to read it.

Exactly.

Why not?

I think his father Kirk Douglas wrote a book about his own life, The Rag Man’s son. I Douglas’s father was a Jewish Russian immigrant from Russia.

I have to say that a lot of men are only as faithful as their options allow.
It's certainly not always an indicator of moral character.

Steve with his middle-of-the-road job etc hasn't got the options.

So what if Douglas put it about. Who cares? It's no reflection on his character. He was a film star in a promiscuous age.

He was a nepo baby but very talented in his own right.

And he's right about the throat cancer link.

As if any of the posters here would have turned him down back when he was a younger man. As if.

Isn’t Stallone’s book out, too?
He’s about the same age as MD.

Suppose you can tell your own story.
They would sit with a writer & talk?

They had to put off their engagement party because his divorce hadn’t gone through in time. She knows now and she knew then.

Gross.
She’s still with him no?

Yes his early life must have been interesting, knowing all those old school Hollywood stars

Who knew Mike was a Mumsnetter?

This.
But no idea about what your acronym means.

Most celeb books contain cheating accounts. Along with sports books, royal books etc etc

Luckily, no one has to buy them. 👍

Of course.
He's worth a sack load of 'Not my Nigels', no?

It was the way he did it. I remember seeing an interview on a talk show and he disnt do it in a 'this is way i have learnt and i want to pass my knowledge to you' way. It was a definite 'wayhey, how sexy and amazimg am i for having so much sex'. It felt disrespectful to his family.

It was the way he did it. I remember seeing an interview on a talk show and he disnt do it in a 'this is way i have learnt and i want to pass my knowledge to you' way. It was a definite 'wayhey, how sexy and amazimg am i for having so much sex'. It felt disrespectful to his family.

They are still together? She hasn't left him

Roll/ing on the floor laughing

Haven't seen it since the days of MSN messenger

It’s for the usual reasons thousands of other celebrities write memoirs, I think - keeps their names in the public eye and a nice payday.

Really looking forward to reading the book, his upbringing alone must be interesting reading, also his relationship with his son Cameron.

Rolling On the Floor Laughing

I've just read Mark Steel's very witty and very moving book about his experience of throat cancer and he also mentioned the link with oral sex.

It had honestly never crossed my mind that there was a link before I read the book and I agree that it in no way suggests "blaming" the nost recent partner.

I think it reflects the prevalence of HPV during the 1970s and 1980s when lots of people were having sex with more than one person.

Prior to then, sex was largely within marriage and often focused on male pleasure. Who else remembers the shock of the oral sex episode in The Women's Room?

As someone who grew up in that era, the focus of sexual health information was all around PIV sex or, following the AIDS panic, anything involving semen. I don't remember anything about the risk of cunnilingus except possibly a reference to dental dams in something linked to women's prisons i vaguely remember watching.

I guess the HPV vaccination program has presumably reduced the risk of genital warts leading to oral cancer in later life for younger people now. But I don't see anything wrong in those of us who are now later in life reflecting on the consequences of choices we made back then when we knew less.

Poor Catherine Zeta! She knew exactly what she was getting herself in to. Safe your pity for women who need it.