Michael Douglas Admits He Put Career Before Son

By PopEater Staff Posted Mar 1st 2010 12:31PM

In the wake of his son's arrest and pending prison sentence, Michael Douglas, 65, opened up to Vanity Fair about his family's tendency for strained father-son relationships. "The history of second-generation actors isn't great in our industry," he said. "It's kind of a tragic road, actually." No one would know this better than Douglas, who is both the son of a actor and the father of one.

Michael's son, Cameron Douglas, a 31-year-old D.J. and aspiring actor, faces a minimum 10-year prison term for dealing methamphetamine and cocaine. Like his father Kirk, Michael was absent during much of Cameron's childhood, and he fears that this may have played a role in his fate. "My priorities were very similar [to my father's]," Michael said. "Career first."

Michael also struggled with addiction, and went to rehab in 1992 to manage his excessive drinking.

"Anybody who has a relative or child in substance abuse has some idea of what this feels like," he continued. "This is one of those worst-case scenarios. It will ultimately be a painful lesson and very expensive as far as time is concerned. I don't wish it on anybody, but then, you know, look, everybody's got difficult things in life."

Despite the rough patches in his life, Michael has made peace with his own father, and is determined to be more involved in the lives of his two younger children, Carys and Dylan. His wife Catherine Zeta-Jones has witnessed him doing just that. "I'm sure if he could breast-feed, he would have," she said.

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Monday 01 March

By Lori

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Ya think? DUH.........

By april gosa

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michael may not have been perfect but cameron is 30 years old he knows right from wrong he knew better than to deal drugs if he was just an addict is one thing but he was dealing them too

By Beenie

"Despite the rough patches in his life, Michael has made peace with his own father, and is determined to be more involved in the lives of his two younger children, Carys and Dylan." Don't write this child off Michael - he still needs you.

Tuesday 02 March

By rex

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sounds like your an excuse maker. your advise should be to let
his kid stand on his own two feet. its people like you that this country is in as bad as shape as it is. nobody wants their child to take responibility for their actions when they screw up when cameron goes to jail michael might want to go visit. not use his money an influence to get him off so he can go sell drugs to kids who can lose their souls

hes 31 years old. michael may not have been the best father
but he is 31 years old and capable of making his own decisions.
he has had every advantage in the world. there are kids who have grown up in homes with no father mothers that are drug addicts who are now good responsible people
save your sympathy for people who deserve it
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By ANNETTE

yeah, he makes it sound its okay to make mistakes and ignore ur first borns and then make it right with the younger ones and everything will be okay, maybe for him but not for his son. Man up and take the blame, u sucked as a father, now ur just older and need to make amends so he thinks by being there for the younger ones life is A O K!!!!

By spikecogan

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Sarah Palin and Michael Douglas are retarded.

By soldag

Nothing Michael can't buy himself out of. Cameron will probably end up in a redo of "Jewel of the Nile" in 2020. This is a joke.

Rex - did I say anything about Michael making excuses for his son? Where do you get off thinking that? Did I say that Cameron shouldn't be made to take responsibility for his mistake? I didn't. My remark was only that Michael shouldn't right the boy off just because he is going to prison. I have two boys myself - the oldest is away at college. One of the things I stressed to him when I sent him off was that if he ever got in any trouble - it would be a day or two before I'd show up to bail him out! I am not soft on my boys and luckily no one has screwed up yet. I also didn't choose my profession over them.

Thursday 08 April

By A Mom

No, he did the crime so do the time

By LARO711

It's really immaterial whether he is a celebrity or non-celebrity's son. It is just sad that so many persons can't seem to stay away from drugs. Nobody really knows how Mr. Douglas really feels - it would be hard for any parent to see a child fall prey to drugs; and imagine is even harder when you are in the spotlight receiving criticism from people who can only speculate, and having the tabloids say nasty things about you. Adiction is a social disease that can affect anybody.

Tuesday 20 April

By lin

Its too late Michael..all you liberal guys in Hollywood think you know it all, but don't know how to parent..and now you make all your excuses and apologies...you sow what you reap

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