{"id":875539,"date":"2026-10-08T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875539\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T20:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T20:50:08","slug":"michael-douglas-reveals-how-ex-jeanne-tripplehorn-reacted-to-his-affair-bombshell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875539\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas reveals how ex Jeanne Tripplehorn reacted to his affair bombshell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Douglas got Jeanne Tripplehorn\u2019s approval before he wrote about their affair<\/a> in his explosive new memoir.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talked to her before I put it in the book,\u201d he told Page Six in an exclusive interview, before assuring that \u201cshe was fine\u201d with it.<\/p>\n

In \u201cOne Helluva Ride,\u201d<\/a> the actor revealed he had conducted a torrid fling with Tripplehorn, 63, while filming \u201cBasic Instinct.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his new memoir, Michael Douglas revealed an on-set affair with Jeanne Tripplehorn on the set of \u201cBasic Instinct.\u201d \u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

The movie also starred Sharon Stone. WireImage<\/p>\n

At the time of the film\u2019s release, many assumed that Douglas was having an affair with another female co-star, Sharon Stone, due to their steamy scenes together.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is, I fell very hard for Jeanne despite our nearly 20-year age difference,\u201d the Oscar winner \u2014who was married to his first wife, Diandra Luker, at the time \u2014 shared in the book.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, I was ready to officially leave my wife for Jeanne. I was crazy about her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas, seen here in 2026, told Page Six he spoke to Tripplehorn while writing the book. AP Photo\/Taylor Jewell<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is, I fell very hard for Jeanne,\u201d he wrote. Everett Collection \/ Everett Col<\/p>\n

The \u201cWall Street\u201d star noted, however, that he knew ditching nearly two decades of marriage and jumping right into another serious relationship would be the \u201cworst thing\u201d for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy relationship with Jeanne lasted through production, then we went our separate ways,\u201d the 82-year-old wrote in the book.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I will always think of her as an amazing actress and a truly terrific woman that I was very fortunate to spend time with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas eventually divorced Luker, and he\u2019s been married to Catherine Zeta-Jones, 57, since 2000. Tripplehorn went on to marry actor Leland Orser, 66, in 2000.<\/p>\n

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Douglas revealed he was ready to leave his wife for Tripplehorn (seen here). \u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

\u201cOne Helluva Ride\u201d is out now. Grand Central Publishing via AP<\/p>\n

The Oscar winner also told Page Six that he hasn\u2019t seen Tripplehorn \u201cin years\u201d but called it an \u201cimportant\u201d relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese things are not just simply about having affairs. They\u2019re important friendships and working together. She was fine. She\u2019s been married for a long time,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

The tome also includes tales of Douglas\u2019 affair with Kathleen Turner<\/a> while filming \u201cRomancing the Stone,\u201d his cocaine addiction,<\/a> his marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones<\/a> and bout with cancer.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas got Jeanne Tripplehorn\u2019s approval before he wrote about their affair in his explosive new memoir. \u201cI…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[17509,2865,23485,91,88,186,44415,206],"class_list":["post-875539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-affairs","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-memoirs","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-michael-douglas","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875539","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=875539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}