{"id":874043,"date":"2026-10-07T14:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/874043\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:58:15","slug":"michael-douglas-reveals-father-kirks-physical-abuse-he-was-of-a-generation-that-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/874043\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas Reveals Father Kirk\u2019s Physical Abuse: \u2018He Was of a Generation That Hit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Michael Douglas recounts alleged physical abuse by his father, Kirk Douglas, in a memoir and explains why he waited to address it publicly.In One Helluva Ride, the 82-year-old actor details childhood incidents and their long-term impact, according to an Associated Press report published Monday, October 5. The Associated Press interview notes the Michael Douglas memoir could not have been written while Kirk was alive.He cites era norms around discipline, says the experiences complicated their relationship, and later describes forgiveness over time. The account includes reflections on Kirk&#8217;s stature, Michael&#8217;s doubts, shared traits such as ambition and temper, and a quip after Michael&#8217;s Wall Street Oscar win. Additional passages discuss family legacy and a relationship with Kathleen Turner during Romancing the Stone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas recounts alleged physical abuse by his father, Kirk Douglas, in a memoir and explains why he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-874043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}