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Michael Douglas explains in his memoir "One Helluva Ride" that he stopped appearing on David Letterman’s show after feeling that Letterman went too far and had a nasty sense of humor during an appearance. This occurred when Letterman aired a commercial made by Douglas's mother without warning and then grilled him about it, making Douglas feel disrespected. As a result, Douglas refused further invitations to appear on the show for 18 years until he decided to reconcile with Letterman after his cancer diagnosis in 2010.
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Michael Douglas, aged 82, revealed in his memoir "One Helluva Ride" that he stopped appearing on David Letterman's Late Show after feeling the host went too far during an appearance years ago. During a segment where a commercial filmed by Douglas' late mother, Diana Dill, was aired without warning, Douglas felt Letterman grilled him and made fun of his mother. This incident left Douglas with the impression that Letterman had "a real nasty sense of humor," leading him to refuse further appearances for 18 straight years despite repeated requests from producers. While Letterman wrote personal apology letters, Douglas' feelings remained unchanged until he decided to bury their hatchet following his 2010 cancer diagnosis and after realizing life is too short for feuds.
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Michael Douglas revealed he eventually refused to appear on David Letterman’s late night talk show because he felt the host “went too far” with him at one point, and “had a real nasty sense of humor.”
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host → reveal → humor
“I had been a regular guest on Letterman’s show earlier in my career, but the last time I was on, I felt David went too far,” Douglas writes in his memoir, “One Helluva Ride,” per People.
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Douglas → feel → People
The “Wall Street” actor, 82, recalls Letterman airing a commercial filmed by Douglas’ late mother, Diana Dill, during a “Late Show” segment “without warning.”
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Letterman → recall → warning
The talk show host “started grilling” him about it, Douglas writes, adding, “It felt like he was making fun of my mother.”
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he → start → mother
The appearance left Douglas with a feeling that Letterman “had a real nasty sense of humor” and triggered Douglas to refuse further appearances on the popular variety hour, he writes.
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he → leave → hour
“After that, whenever the producers of the show requested to have me back on, I always refused,” the “Fatal Attraction” star writes.
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star → request → me
“I said no for 18 straight years.
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I → say → years
Dave wrote me personal letters to apologize, but my feelings didn’t change.
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feelings → write → letters
He had crossed a line.”
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He → cross → line
Douglas ultimately decided to “bury the hatchet” with Letterman, 79, following his 2010 cancer diagnosis — and the comedian was “respectful” while “asking sincere and sympathetic questions,” Douglas writes.
The “Ant-Man” actor writes in the memoir, “It felt so nice to clear the air with Dave, and for the first time I felt like life is too short to hold on to feuds.”
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life → decide → feuds
He continues, “Letting go felt like it was more of a favor to myself than to Dave.
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it → continue → Dave
Those grudges were a weight I carried, and I was done with revenge.”
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I → carry → revenge
Douglas and Zeta-Jones, 57, began dating in 1998 after meeting at Deaville American Film Festival.
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Douglas → begin → Festival
While the pair were having a drink together the night they met, Douglas, as he recalls in his books, famously told Zeta-Jones, “I’m going to be the father of your children.
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I → have → children
That turned Zeta-Jones off, and she walked out on the pair’s date, but the two eventually married two years later and now share a son and a daughter.
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two → turn → son
“One Helluva Ride” hit bookshelves on Tuesday.
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