{"id":918439,"date":"2026-10-03T00:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T00:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/918439\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T00:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T00:26:14","slug":"kathleen-turner-reacts-to-michael-douglas-confirming-romancing-the-stone-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/918439\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen Turner reacts to Michael Douglas confirming ‘Romancing the Stone’ affair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kathleen Turner is brushing off the \u201cfuss\u201d over Michael Douglas confirming that the \u201cRomancing the Stone\u201d co-stars had an affair<\/a> they kept under wraps for decades.<\/p>\n

Turner, 72, addressed the revelation Friday in a brief, nonchalant statement to People<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood heavens, what a fuss about something [that happened] 40 years ago!\u201d she quipped. \u201cI love Michael, and I look forward to enjoying the book.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kathleen Turner (pictured above with Michael Douglas at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: A Tribute to Michael Douglas event in 2009) brushed off the \u201cfuss\u201d over Douglas confirming they had an affair. Getty Images for AFI<\/p>\n

\u201cGood heavens, what a fuss about something [that happened] 40 years ago! I love Michael, and I look forward to enjoying the book,\u201d Turner (seen above with Douglas promoting \u201cRomancing the Stone\u201d in 1983) said in a statement to People. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Douglas, 82, revealed the secret relationship<\/a> in his upcoming memoir, \u201cOne Helluva Ride,\u201d<\/a> ending four decades of denials that he and Turner were romantically involved.<\/p>\n

At the time, the \u201cWall Street\u201d actor was married to Diandra Luker \u2014 with whom he shares son Cameron \u2014 though the two were separated and, according to Douglas, both involved in \u201cextramarital affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

He writes that he had a fling with \u201cRomancing the Stone\u201d screenwriter Diane Thomas before meeting Turner, whom he described as \u201csmart, funny and sexy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas revealed that he and Turner had a secret relationship in his upcoming memoir, \u201cOne Helluva Ride,\u201d after denying it for four decades. (The cover of his memoir is pictured above.)<\/p>\n

Douglas writes that he and his then-wife, Diandra Luker, were separated when he met Turner, whom he described as \u201csmart, funny and sexy.\u201d Getty Images for AFI<\/p>\n

Douglas says they were \u201cimmediately attracted to each other\u201d and \u201cfell hard,\u201d but kept their romance hidden from everyone on set, most notably their co-star Danny DeVito.<\/p>\n

He describes their relationship as more than a \u201cfly-by-night affair,\u201d writing, \u201cWe found each other first as friends, then as co-stars and finally as lovers. Following an exhausting day of shooting in the jungle \u2026 I would sneak into her hotel room after everybody was asleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cFatal Attraction\u201d star\u2019s liaison came to an end when Luker and Cameron visited Douglas on set and she confronted Turner, making it clear that she and Douglas were still married.<\/p>\n

Douglas says they were \u201cimmediately attracted to each other\u201d but kept their romance hidden from everyone on set, including their co-star Danny DeVito. (Turner, DeVito and Douglas are seen above together at the \u201cWar of the Rose\u201d Los Angeles premiere. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Douglas describes his and Turner\u2019s relationship as more than a \u201cfly-by-night affair,\u201d adding that he would \u201csneak into her hotel room after everybody was asleep.\u201d (Douglas and Turner are pictured above in character for \u201cRomancing the Stone.\u201d) \u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

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Turner \u201cdidn\u2019t want to interfere,\u201d so the pair \u201cended things.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI went back to Diandra,\u201d Douglas writes. \u201cI did it for Cameron, but we shouldn\u2019t have gotten back together. After that first split, it was never the same between us ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas and Luker eventually divorced in 1995 before he went on to marry Catherine Zeta-Jones<\/a>, with whom he shares son Dylan, 26, and daughter Carys, 23.<\/p>\n

Douglas and Turner \u201cended things\u201d when Luker visited Douglas on set and confronted Turner. (Douglas and Turner are seen above together at the 27th annual Chefs\u2019 Tribute to Citymeals on Wheels benefit in 2012.) Getty Images<\/p>\n

Turner offered a few hints over the years but continued to deny that she and Douglas had an affair. (They are pictured above together in 1984.) Adam Scull \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Turner, meanwhile, was married to Jay Weiss from 1984 to 2007, and they share daughter Rachel, who was born in 1987.<\/p>\n

The \u201cWho Framed Roger Rabbit\u201d actress offered a few hints over the years, but continued to deny<\/a> that she and Douglas had an affair.<\/p>\n

In 2021, she told the Los Angeles Times she had \u201ccertainly had a crush\u201d on Douglas and later told People, \u201cOh, I was yearning, babe, but he was still married,\u201d while describing their \u201cwonderful sexual tension.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most recently, in 2023, when asked how close they actually got while filming \u201cRomancing the Stone,\u201d Turner simply replied, \u201cNone of your business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kathleen Turner is brushing off the \u201cfuss\u201d over Michael Douglas confirming that the \u201cRomancing the Stone\u201d co-stars had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":918440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12374,12726,49,48,12727,362,75,56543,32299,337],"class_list":["post-918439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-actors","tag-affairs","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrity-memoirs","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-kathleen-turner","tag-michael-douglas","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}