Film star Catherine makes me so proud
Michael Douglas has revealed the effect his fight against cancer had on actress wife Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Douglas, who has been given the all- clear, said: “I know she felt pretty helpless but she was as stoic as she could be.
“We had a commitment to go and play golf in China. Well, that was out of the quest ion for me but I encouraged her to go.
“There was nothing to be gained for her staying at home so, in the end, she took her parents and brother.”
The 72-year-old star said he is also proud of how his wife, 47, handled her own health issues when she was diagnosed as bipolar in 2011 and later won praise after going public with her illness.
He added: “Catherine was extraordinary. She really took hold of the issue in a way, with due respect, that is not always true of the Brits.”
Dismissing the couple’s 25-year age gap, he said: “I don’t think ‘ difficult’ is the word.
“But if I forget a name or a date, she’ll look me in the eye and I’ll say, ‘ Yes, dear, I know.’
“We joke about when I reach my 80s and she’s wheeling me around and I’m saying, ‘ Whoa! Where are we going?’
“And she’ll say, ‘Cartier, darling, it’s your favourite store. Remember?’
“It’s important to keep a sense of humour about these things.”