{"id":875701,"date":"2026-10-08T23:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T23:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875701\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T23:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T23:58:12","slug":"catherine-zeta-jones-shocks-with-sassy-response-for-not-having-read-husband-michael-douglass-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875701\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Zeta-Jones shocks with sassy response for not having read husband Michael Douglas&#8217;s book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Catherine Zeta-Jones;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/catherine-zeta-jones\/\" class=\"hm-link he-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine Zeta-Jones<\/a>recently shared what she really thinks of her husband <a data-ylk=\"slk:Michael Douglas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/michael-douglas\/\" class=\"hm-link he-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Douglas<\/a>&#8216; new memoir titled One Helluva Ride, which was released on October 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actress visited <a data-ylk=\"slk:Today;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/today-show\/\" class=\"hm-link he-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Today<\/a>on October 8, where she got candid about the book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Willie Geist;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/us\/893314\/meet-today-willie-geist-childhood-sweetheart-wife-family\/\" class=\"hm-link he-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Willie Geist<\/a> inquired: &#8220;I&#8217;ve gotta ask you, because I was just telling you, I interviewed your husband Michael Douglas yesterday. He&#8217;s got a memoir out. He told me, and I&#8217;m curious if this is true, that you have not read the book yet?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones in evening wear on the red carpet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"833\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hello_us_861\/f7c43671810f02bdaaec76a0ae428038.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Michael and Catherine have been married since 2000 (@ Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Catherine admitted: &#8220;It&#8217;s true.&#8221; She explained: &#8220;Look, I&#8217;ve just finished [shooting] Wednesday [for] season three. We shot in Dublin for seven months, and then I just literally got on a Ryanair plane and landed in London \u2013 did all of the Kill Jackie\u00a0stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The movie star continued: &#8220;Then I went to Bilbao, Spain, and now I&#8217;m here talking to you Willie on the fabulous Today\u00a0show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aside from sharing her packed itinerary, she joked: &#8220;And as much as I love my husband, when I&#8217;m tired at night, I have no intention of reading about him\u2026at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Regardless of the fact that she didn&#8217;t read the book yet, she advertised: &#8220;But everyone else should. The book is called One Helluva Ride, and I think everyone should hold onto their cowboy hats, because I think it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Being that that memoir goes into depth about not only Michael&#8217;s successful career, but his marriage with the actress, Willie teased what Michael told him in his recent Today interview.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Michael Douglas in suit and Catherine Zeta-Jones in blue dress\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hello_us_861\/7ff09ee05a794c20c8487f55d612458a.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Catherine opened up about her husband&#8217;s memoir (@ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Willie recalled: &#8220;He told me that he came home the other night, sort of peeked around the corner, and you didn&#8217;t seem upset, so he thought, &#8216;Okay, we&#8217;re in good shape.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Catherine charmingly replied: &#8220;He caught me in a good time,&#8221; as she laughed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The couple, who have been married since 2000, know a thing or two about longevity, and it&#8217;s apparent that humor is a huge part of their personal secrets to success.<\/p>\n<p>You may also like<img alt=\"The celebrity couple live primarily in New York\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hello_us_861\/9f2b2bad967a9deed3f653da8541ee0d.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Catherine admitted that she hasn&#8217;t read the memoir (@ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Michael shared his insight with <a data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/michael-douglas-shares-the-secret-of-his-marriage-to-catherine-zeta-jones-exclusive-12160083\" class=\"hm-link he-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a> on what makes a marriage work long-term, confirming: &#8220;A good sense of humor doesn&#8217;t hurt, number one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He continued: &#8220;And talking things out. Never using the words &#8216;never&#8217; or &#8216;always&#8217; when you get angry with each other. And putting yourself in the other person&#8217;s position before you make your value judgment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas sitting at a table in evening wear smiling for a selfie\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"951\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hello_us_861\/3319b44928e798a5b6d50332cdb7f937.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Catherine added that she has &#8220;no intention&#8221; to (@ Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Overall it comes down to enjoying each other&#8217;s company and sharing hobbies together as a form of bonding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Michael continued: &#8220;But you gotta have fun. When I first met her, I said, &#8216;Do you like golf?&#8217; She said, &#8216;I love golf.&#8217; Well, I melted.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Catherine Zeta-Jonesrecently shared what she really thinks of her husband Michael Douglas&#8216; new memoir titled One Helluva Ride,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-875701","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\/875701","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=875701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}