Overview
- The memoir was published on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, and is being widely reported for its frank accounting of Douglas’s private life.
- Douglas confirms on‑set relationships with Kathleen Turner and Jeanne Tripplehorn while denying a long‑rumored affair with Sharon Stone.
- He recounts extended drug and alcohol use dating to his 1960s San Francisco 'hippie' years, includes an episode of using cocaine with O.J. Simpson, and says he entered rehab in 1992.
- The book links past behavior to family consequences, describes Catherine Zeta‑Jones’s monogamy ultimatum and his immediate decision to call five other women, and notes his eldest son Cameron’s addiction and prison term with varying sentence details reported by outlets.
- Douglas and his co‑writer say he contacted some people named in the book before publication, and the memoir joins a wave of late‑career celebrity tell‑alls that are prompting fresh media scrutiny and short responses from those mentioned.