Catherine Zeta-Jones has quipped that nobody thought her marriage to husband Michael Douglas ‘would ever last’ ahead of their 25th wedding anniversary.
The Welsh actress, 55, and Hollywood icon, 80, appeared an unlikely pairing due to their 25-year age gap when they tied the knot in a lavish ceremony at the five-star New York Hotel in 2000.
However the loved up couple, who are parents to Dylan, 25, and Carys, 22, have proven their doubters wrong with Catherine describing the marriage as full of ‘love and fun’ as she excitedly prepares to mark the milestone.
She told The Sun: ‘We’ve been married 25 years, it’s something to celebrate. And they said it would never last!’.
‘It’s a journey of learning and loving and fun, and the prospect of reaching a 25-year anniversary is really quite thrilling. I remember my mum and dad celebrating theirs’.
However despite her excitement, Catherine said she would be unable to celebrate on the day due to her commitments filming Netflix’s Wednesday, in which she plays Morticia Adams.
Catherine Zeta-Jones, 55, has quipped that nobody thought her marriage to husband Michael Douglas, 80, ‘would ever last’ ahead of their 25th wedding anniversary
The Welsh actress and Hollywood icon appeared an unlikely pairing due to their 25-year age gap when they tied the knot in a lavish ceremony at the five-star New York Hotel in 2000
She told the publication: ‘I’ve been working a lot this year and he’s been so supportive. I think we’re going to be doing a party around the holidays because I’ll be shooting season three. It’s such a short period of time I have off’.
Catherine previously reflected on the ‘up-and-downs’ of her marriage, after the pair briefly separated in 2013 following his tongue cancer battle and her bipolar disorder diagnosis. They reconciled in 2014.
In an 2023 interview with The Telegraph, she said: ‘It’s impossible for there not to be ups and downs if you live with the same person and wake up with them every day.
‘I’ve been waking up to Mike for nearly 25 years. I love being married but it’s a crazy thing when you really think about it. “Will you marry me?” “Sure!”
‘But then you think about the Chanel purse you spent a fortune on, and actually I don’t really like it any more – I’ll put it up for resale.’
She added that despite their rollercoaster relationship, she and Michael are ‘just very good with one another, we respect each other, and I never really feel that he’s 25 years older than me.’
‘I remember people saying, “When you’re 50, he’s going to be 75.” Well, that’s just maths.’
Last month Catherine detailed her surprisingly low-key family staycations with her husband Michael and their two kids.
However the loved up couple have proven their doubters wrong with Catherine describing the marriage as full of ‘love and fun’ as she excitedly prepares to mark the milestone
She said: We’ve been married 25 years, it’s something to celebrate. And they said it would never last! It’s a journey of learning and loving and fun’
However despite her excitement, Catherine said she would be unable to celebrate on the day due to her commitments filming Netflix ‘s Wednesday, in which she plays Morticia Adams
The couple have raised their children amid the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, but also enjoy some very low-key family moments away from the spotlight.
Catherine has revealed she and Michael have taken their kids on UK staycations to Butlin’s and Legoland – despite their £250million ($360million) combined net worth.
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She told Radio Times of her kids: ‘They’ve been to Butlin’s, Legoland, seen the sights in London, up to Scotland, over to Ireland. They’ve even been to the Isle of Man, I think.’
Catherine added that she insists her children spend two weeks in her native Wales every year to spend time with her parents – David James Jones and Patricia Fair.
However, Dylan and Carys have also enjoyed some bucket list trips abroad over the years including to India, Patagonia, Africa and Cambodia, among others.
Catherine said she always wanted to be a mother and sweetly described it as one of her biggest achievements.
‘Having children is one of the most amazing joys of my life,’ she gushed, before reflecting on how motherhood changed her perspective on the world.
‘All of a sudden, I saw doom and gloom everywhere,’ she quipped.
Catherine previously reflected on the ‘up-and-downs’ of her marriage, after the pair briefly separated in 2013 following his tongue cancer battle and her bipolar disorder diagnosis
Last month Catherine detailed her surprisingly low-key family staycations with her husband Michael and their two kids – Dylan, 24, and Carys, 21 (all pictured)
Catherine has revealed she and Michael have taken their kids on UK staycations to Butlin’s and Legoland – despite their £250million net worth (Michael is pictured with their kids in 2024)
‘My husband would be throwing them up in the air and I’d be thinking, ”We have ceiling fans! They’ll be decapitated!”
‘I started to see the worst-case scenarios everywhere. But I think that’s just getting older and thinking ”Ooh, what if?”’
Catherine added that having children brought home the amount of work her parents put in raising her and her two brothers David and Lyndon in Swansea.
‘My mother brought up three kids. She had no help. My brother was judo, my other brother was swimming, I was dancing,’ she explained.
‘I was part of the amateur dramatics, the Dylan Thomas Theatre, I’m sure there was gymnastics thrown in there at some point…
‘Just taking us to all of that, as a parent you think, ”Oh my gosh,” whereas as a kid you’re p****d off that she was five minutes late in picking you up that one time.’