Known as Sex Addict, Michael Douglas Admits His Libido

KOMPAS.com - He was a renowned Hollywood ladies’ man dogged by rumours he was a sex addict. Now, however, Michael Douglas has told how his infamous ‘libido’ has finally calmed down following his marriage to Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and the passing of time.

The 65-year-old actor’s first marriage to actress Diandra Lucker broke up because, she insisted, of his womanising ways. But Oscar-winning actor Douglas says he has been tamed by growing older and his contented family life with Miss Zeta-Jones, who is 25 years his junior.

He admitted: ‘I’m probably more comfortable with myself now, probably not leading with my libido quite as strongly, which comes with age and happiness.’

The actor went on: ‘I’ve probably calmed down. It’s interesting when you have kids [at my age] because you’re kind of betwixt and between.

‘Some of your friends, the only kids they’ve got are grandchildren.'

Douglas met Zeta-Jones in 1998 at the Deauville Film Festival in Northern France.

They married two years later – and have two children together, Dylan, nine, and six-year-old Carys.

And the actor - who battled alcoholism - admitted he reassessed his life at that time.

‘I would say definitely around the time I married Catherine. I started making some conscious decisions and prioritising.

‘As little children entered the equation – with a bride, an actress, 25 years younger, in her prime – the important part became them.'