Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas have been married for 22 years, but apparently the Hollywood actress didn’t expect to be married to the Fatal Attraction star for so long.
The 53-year-old, who last starred as Morticia Addams in gothic Netflix series Wednesday starring Jenna Ortega, appeared on Wednesday’s episode of Good Morning America and was asked by host Robin Roberts who the better gift giver is or be 78 years old. year old Douglas.
In a response that sent Roberts and fellow GMAs Michael Strahan and George Stephanopoulos into hysterics, Zeta-Jones admitted it was Douglas and joked that she peaked fairly early.
“I think it must be Michael. My peak was around year eight,” she quipped.
Catherine Zeta-Jones jokingly admitted that she didn’t think her marriage to Michael Douglas would last 22 years or that she “held back” on gift giving
The Hollywood couple married in 2000. They are pictured here in 2021
“I did, if I had known I was going to be married for so long I would have held it back. I wasn’t imagining a 22-year-old. This is Hollywood, man.”
Zeta-Jones, who was there to promote her new Disney+ show – National Treasure: Edge of History – further revealed the gift she had achieved.
“I bought him a hot rod…a 1930’s coupe, Michael, I misunderstand, sorry, it looks like a Bugsy Malone car, it’s really great, and then I hit the peak . It’s been socks ever since,” she said.
The Welsh actress added that Douglas is good at gift giving, which “was something I really loved and cherished and the sentimental value of which is obvious”.
Catherine Zeta-Jones says husband Michael Douglas is better at gift-handling than she is: “I peaked about eight years old. If I had known I was going to be married this long, I would have held back a bit… It’s Hollywood, man!” 💝 pic.twitter.com/10sxdNLHEI
— Good Morning America (@GMA) December 7, 2022
When asked which of the two (pictured in 2008) was the better gift giver, 53-year-old Zeta-Jones joked she’d hit her peak in the eighth year of her marriage
Douglas and Zeta-Jones again in 2008, this time in New York City
The Welsh actress, 53, added Douglas, 78 (pictured in 2020), is good at gift giving
“I wasn’t imagining a 22-year-old. This is Hollywood man,” she said jokingly, getting a laugh from the GMA presenters. The couple pictured left in 2003 and right in 2001
In a recent interview with Britain’s The Telegraph, Zeta-Jones – who briefly split with Douglas in 2013 before reconciliation – said it was “impossible that there aren’t ups and downs when you live with the same person and always wake up with them Day’.
“I’ve been waking up with Mike for almost 25 years. I love being married but it’s a crazy thing when you really think about it,” she said.
Earlier this week, Zeta-Jones gushed that her family life with Douglas and their two children is getting “better and better” every year.
Zeta-Jones said she bought him “a hot rod … a 1930’s coupe” “about the” eighth year of their marriage.” The glamorous couple is pictured on the left in 2003 and again on the right in 2019
She told People at the National Treasure: Edge of History premiere in Hollywood on Monday night that being able to spend time with her family is “just the best thing.”
Accompanied by her son Dylan, Zeta-Jones said, “I’m enjoying every minute with this guy. Well he’s a good son. It’s just the best.
“I mean every year gets better and better and having such good friends I think in our family which is great.”
Douglas shared a photo from their first meeting in 1998 in this sweet birthday message on Instagram
family portrait! Zeta-Jones and Douglas with their children Dylan and Carys
She also told People that her family would spend the holidays together.
“Having our little core back together is always the best thing,” said the 53-year-old.
The couple, who shared the same birthday but were 25 years apart, got engaged in 1999 when he proposed during a New Year’s Eve trip in Aspen and welcomed their first child, Dylan, the next year before wedding three months later.
In 2003, they welcomed a baby girl, Carys.
But things haven’t always been smooth sailing for the Hollywood power couple, as Douglas was diagnosed with cancer and the brief split.
The couple briefly split in 2013, but reconciled shortly thereafter
After their reconciliation, Douglas said the couple (pictured right in 2000) are stronger than ever. Pictured at right is Zeta-Jones with her son last month at Wednesday’s premiere
Commenting on the couple’s 2013 split, Douglas told The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2015, “It can’t be a two-way street.
“But I’m crazy about her. And yes, I think every couple has their difficult times. The only problem is, as you know, we’re all in the public eye, and it tends to be a bit more exposed than most.
“But we’re back stronger than ever.”
Douglas also has another son, Cameron, from a previous marriage.