Michael Douglas admits he put his career ambitions over child-raising in his early days as a parent, after his son said his “dysfunctional upbringing” drove him to drugs.
In the April issue of Vanity Fair, Michael Douglas says his role in son Cameron‘s upbringing reflects how his father treated him as a child.
“My priorities were very similar (to my father Kirk’s),” he says about his son’s childhood. “Career first.”
Cameron, 31, is in jail awaiting April sentencing after pleading guilty in January to distributing a large quantity of crystal meth.
“Anybody who has a relative or child in substance abuse has some idea of what this feels like,” Douglas, 60, told the magazine. “It will ultimately be a painful lesson and very expensive as far as time is concerned. I don’t wish it on anybody, but then, you know, look, everybody’s got difficult things in life.”
The actor said that his relationship with his actor father was not close.
“He was a very intense, talented survivalist,” he explains. “He was consumed with clawing out and making something of himself, and he probably was a little early in his career to have children. Cwrtainly didn’t get a chance to enjoy them until later in life.”
Douglas said he is trying to change his ways as a father with Catherine Zeta-Jones, 45. The couple has two children: son Dylan, 9, and daughter Carys, 6.
Johnny Depp says he wishes he could pop down a rabbit hole as his character can in “Alice in Wonderland.”
He said there’s nothing he’d rather do than be able to take his children to Disney Land — anonymously, he tells the Chicago Sun-Times.
“If I could walk into anywhere without being noticed, I’d walk through Disneyland with my kids. That’s what I’d do,” Depp says.
“I’d go on every ride. Twice. Then I’d just walk with my kids and let them experience what they don’t get to do with Daddy. The truth is when Daddy walks through a crowded park with them, things get really weird.”
Things get plenty weird just working with his friend Tim Burton with whom he’s teamed up for the seventh time for the latest movies adaptation of the classic by Lewis Carroll.
Johnny Depp stars as The Mad Hatter in the film
Maddona‘s Brazilian model boyfriend has landed a record deal.
Jesus Luz has signed a record deal with the legendary singer’s record label, Warner Bros., and will release a single by this summer, according to UK’s Sun.
Jesus’ first song, “We Came From Light,” reportedly will hit airwaves in May.
It’s a boy for actor Gary Busey.
The actor became a father again at the age of 65 when his girlfriend, Steffanie Sampson, gave birth yesterday morning, reports In Touch Weekly.
The couple named their 6-pound, 7-ounce son Luke Sampson.
“This feels like a dream. We feel so blessed and are overwhelmed with happiness at Luke’s arrival,” they said in a statement. Little Luke is Gary’s third child — he has a son, Jake, and daughter, Alectra, from previous relationships.
