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Michael Douglas says it is ‘joyous’ to have kids late in life but teachers thought he was a granddad


The actor said he regrets missing out on his eldest Cameron’s childhood with ex-wife Diandra Luker because he was ‘overloaded’ by Hollywood

The actor has been married to Catherine-Zeta Jones for 25 years Credit: Getty Images Europe But Douglas said that he regrets missing out on his eldest son Cameron’s childhood with ex-wife Diandra Luker because he was “overloaded” by Hollywood. The couple share Dylan, 23, and Carys, 20, who have both flown the nest Credit: Kent Phillips/Walt Disney World/Getty Images North America Speaking to CBS, Douglas said that grew up in a broken home after his father, Kirk Douglas, divorced his mother, leaving him in New York while his father worked in Los Angeles. “And I think so many times we hear about these wicked stepmothers and stepfathers, when the reality is that there’s a lot of wonderful stepparents out there who out of their love for their partner except these children from another marriage.

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