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Michael Douglas, In Taormina To Receive Career Honor, Apologizes For U.S. Role In Ongoing Global Conflicts: “This Is The Worst Time That I Can Ever Remember”
Michael Douglas helped kick off the 2025 Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, saying he is sorry and "embarrassed" for the U.S. role in global unrest.
While he was in Taormina on Tuesday to reflect on his career and celebrate the 50th anniversary of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a question inevitably was posed to him about the state of the world today amid ongoing global conflicts. Said Douglas, “Since this is a film festival and since it’s very difficult to spend five minutes not mentioning ‘the big T,’ I prefer not to get into this.” However, he continued, “I was born at the end of World War II, but in my lifetime, this is the worst time that I can ever remember. As the local audience responded with applause, Douglas added: “I realize that my country bears a lot of the responsibility to the chaos that exists in the world.
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