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Oscar winner, Michael Douglas and wifey Catherine Zeta Jones were spotted leaving their hotel in Miami, Florida on December 1, 2011.
Photos: Fame
Oh man! This makes me so stinking sad! What – cancer wasn’t enough to scare you away from smoking!? What’s wrong with people!
Michael Douglas‘ battle with stage IV throat cancer played out publicly at the end of 2010 and into 2011. The actor wasn’t shy about discussing his diagnosis and then treatment and recovery. But in an interview with Matt Lauer on TODAY in January, Douglas said some of his story — specifically the story painted by portraits snapped by paparazzi — had been documented without his permission, and he resented that. New photos in Star magazine won’t help.
Douglas is seen on the cover of the magazine and in photos inside smoking while traveling with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones on a yacht to Porto Venere, Italy, on July 21.
The 66-year-old Hollywood icon was a longtime smoker before his cancer battle.
Perhaps getting caught is more troubling for Douglas than the post-cancer puff. From that January interview on TODAY: “With the amount of paparazzi that they have and these video cameras, you know, you just can’t do anything … There was sort of a macabre enjoyment out of sort of watching me go down there for a while, I felt, by the paparazzi.”
I hope he quits! That poor wife of his – I would just kill my husband if he started smoking after going through throat cancer!
She looks amazing, he looks amazing! So happy to see them look so healthy!
Photos: Fame
Demi Lovato continues to open up about her personal struggles, three months after leaving a treatment program for anorexia, bulimia and cutting. Lovato now tells People that she was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder during her three-month stay.
“I never found out until I went into treatment that I was bipolar,” Lovato told People. “Looking back it makes sense. There were times when I was so manic, I was writing seven songs in one night and I’d be up until 5:30 in the morning.”
The actress told the magazine that things are now under better control. “I feel like I am in control now, where my whole life I wasn’t in control … What’s important to me now is to help others.”
Demi has good company, this morning Catherine Zeta Jones also opened up about her struggle with bipolar disorder.
Catherine Zeta-Jones is getting back to work — and made her first appearance on a film set yesterday since she announced she entered treatment for bi-polar II disorder.
Looking gorgeous while getting her make-up done in Shreveport, Louisiana, Catherine was photographed getting ready to shoot scenes for “Playing the Field” — an upcoming romantic comedy.
When Catherine Zeta-Jones received a recent diagnosis of bipolar II disorder, a mental illness marked by prolonged periods of depression alternating with episodes of mild mania, she didn’t hesitate to step forward with the news.
“This is a disorder that affects millions of people and I am one of them,” the actress, 41, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive statement in this week’s cover story. “If my revelation of having bipolar II has encouraged one person to seek help, then it is worth it. There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help.”
In early April, the Oscar-winning wife of actor Michael Douglas, 66, and mom to son Dylan, 10, and daughter Carys, 8, checked in to Silver Hill Hospital, a mental-health facility in New Canaan, Conn.
Shaken by Douglas’s battle with throat cancer, Zeta-Jones was privately struggling, a friend says. As Douglas recovered, Zeta-Jones didn’t – and with her new movie, the romantic comedy Playing the Field, slated to start shooting in Louisiana, the actress realized she needed help in the face of mounting depression.
“The simple things would just seem overwhelming, like going out to dinner,” says the close friend. “There was just a little piece of her chipped away. It was hard to watch because I knew how hard she was trying.”
Do you ever get the feeling like you’ve got a little of everything? I swear – if the definition of being bipolar is “prolonged periods of depression alternating with episodes of mild mania” then I’ve definitely got it! Who doesn’t? I also think I may have ADHD as well, because I also have “a problem with inattentiveness, over-activity, impulsivity, or a combination”. Do you think our society is quick to “diagnose”!? I mean everyone I know has a bit of the crazies. Doesn’t everyone have bouts of depression? If you don’t, lie to me.
Either way – good for Catherine coming forward and admitting she’s struggling with bipolar disorder. After dealing with the cancer of her husband, it makes perfect sense. I think anyone would struggle with all that stress!
Catherine had checked herself into a mental health facility, and apparently she stayed less than a week (that’s all it takes?).
Several reports online today report that Catherine Zeta Jones has checked herself into Silver Hill Hospital near New Canaan, Connecticut (pictured below).
With her husband, Michael Douglas, now cancer free, the ‘Zorro’ actress checked herself into the mental health facility on April 6th for undisclosed reasons.
Sources say Catherine’s problems came around the same time as it was confirmed the actress quit as a patron of a South Wales film festival amid being criticized by visitors.
The Hollywood star’s decision to disassociate herself from the Swansea Bay Film Festival follows the resignation of actor Michael Sheen.
He resigned as vice president of the festival last month.
Festival organizers declined to comment on Zeta Jones’s withdrawal of her patronage.
Unhappiness with the event surfaced after one festival-goer, American filmmaker Steve Rosen, made a documentary about the festival, describing it as “unquestionably the worst event of its kind.”
Zeta Jones’s American representation has now announced that the Swansea-born actress is no longer associated with the festival, and her image has been removed from their website. More at the source
Whatever’s going on with Catherine – I hope she gets better soon!
UPDATE: People now confirms the report – Catherine is being treated for bipolar disorder!
Catherine Zeta-Jones, who has been by husband Michael Douglas’s side during his cancer fight, has sought mental health treatment for herself, her rep says.“After dealing with the stress of the past year, Catherine made the decision to check in to a mental health facility for a brief stay to treat her Bipolar II Disorder,” the rep says in a statement. “She’s feeling great and looking forward to starting work this week this week on her two upcoming films.”
