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Michael Douglas And Catherine Zeta-Jones Changed Their Lives For Their Daughter Carys Who Still Left Them Anyway

Highlights

  • Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones faced judgment when their daughter claimed she was traumatized by their fame.
  • Carys upended her parents’ life after they ade a decision to move closer to her.
  • Carys has expressed bittersweet feelings about having famous parents.

When people become celebrities, they are often forced to be judged by the public. When those same people have kids, that can be even worse as stars like Heidi Klum are judged for their parenting choices. Worse yet, stars like Owen Wilson who are uninvolved in one of their child’s lives get judged even more.

Unfortunately for Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, they have been judged since their daughter claimed she was traumatized by their fame. Still, Douglas and Zeta-Jones seemed to try to do the best for their daughter since they even moved for her. However, their decision to move seemingly was a mistake since their daughter then quickly departed.

Why Did Michael Douglas And Catherine Zeta-Jones’ Daughter Carys Leave Them?

In the year 1999, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones became a couple. Only a year later, the two gorgeous and widely respected actors walked down the aisle and they have remained married ever since then.

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When Douglas and Zeta-Jones first met, their introduction arguably was very creepy. After all, Douglas once revealed during an appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show that he made a strange remark to Zeta-Jones less than an hour after they met.

“She came back after her work and we sat there for a little while and I said to her after about half an hour, ‘You know, I’m going to be the father of your children.’” Even though Douglas initially thought that comment messed everything up, things obviously worked out.

Instead, Douglas’ remarks became reality not too long after they walked down the aisle. The same year the actors were wed, they welcomed their son Dylan Zeta-Douglas into the world. Three years later, the happy couple had their daughter Carys Zeta-Douglas.

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In 2019, Douglas spoke to Closer Weekly about the living situation he and Zeta-Jones had with their daughter. As Douglas explained at that time, his daughter Carys Zeta-Douglas had moved out of his home to begin attending boarding school.

Over the years, it has become known that several celebrities have sent their children to boarding school. Some stars who sent their kids to boarding school include Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Pamela Anderson, Madonna, Jimmy Carter, Steve Jobs, and Cynthia Nixon.

Michael Douglas And Catherine Zeta-Jones family photo
Via: Instagram @carys.douglas

As that list makes clear, a wide array of celebrities believed sending their kids to boarding school was the best option. When it comes to Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, however, they weren’t the ones who wanted their daughter to leave their home for school.

As Douglas explained to Closer Weekly, it was his daughter Carys Zeta-Douglas who decided that she wanted to go to boarding school. As painful as it must have been to have their daughter leave home years before she turned eighteen, Douglas and Zeta-Jones had another reason to be upset.

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As Douglas went on to explain during his Closer Weekly interview, he and Zeta-Jones made a major change just before their daughter left. In an attempt to make things easier, Douglas and Zeta-Jones had just moved closer to the school their daughter left when she moved out.

Everything We Know About Carys Zeta Douglas's Lavish Lifestyle
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“Carys is in boarding school, she’s gone so sort of unexpected. She really wanted to take off. It was unexpected because we actually moved to be five minutes from the school that she’d been going to after having had a 45 minute drive and she was really happy. And then all of a sudden this moment came, so we go what are we going to do now?”

Michael Douglas and his daughter Carys Zeta-Douglas
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On the bright side, Douglas went on to explain that it didn’t take too long for him and Zeta-Jones to see the bright side of the situation. With their daughter out of the house, Douglas and Zeta-Jones could enjoy their new sense of freedom.

“You spend a lot of time talking about your kids, and all of a sudden … and then we got over that very quickly! And now we’re like, ‘wow, we can do anything in our schedules without … obviously the holiday stuff.’ But other than that during the week and everything. So we’re taking full advantage of that, seeing a lot of shows and traveling a lot.”

Who Is Michael Douglas And Catherine Zeta-Jones’ Daughter Carys Zeta-Douglas?

In 2018, Town & Country published an issue that featured Catherine Zeta-Jones and her daughter Carys Zeta-Douglas on the cover. In the pages of that issue, Zeta-Douglas was quoted talking about a subject that many nepo babies have discussed in the past. As Zeta-Douglas explained, she has a bittersweet opinion on having famous parents.

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“When I was younger I didn’t like the idea of having this name attached to me, this kind of ‘Douglas dynasty’ stuff. I think what bothers me the most is that people think I don’t work hard for it, that I don’t need to work hard for it. That anything I do gets handed to me. When, honestly, I feel like it’s the opposite. I feel I need to constantly prove myself to people—that I am not just my parents’ daughter.”

Michael Douglas And Catherine Zeta-Jones Changed Their Lives For Their Daughter Carys Zeta-Douglas Who Still Left Them Anyway
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While some celebrity kids talking like that annoys people, Town & Country’s article about Zeta-Douglas makes her seem different. According to what Town & Country’s writer wrote about Zeta-Douglas, she already was an impressive person by the time she turned fifteen years old.

“For Carys, tuning out such noise means tuning into her interests, which include, predictably, acting (she has been in school productions of Tommy and Spring Awakening, and she played the lead in Once on This Island) and music (she plays the piano—well). She dreams of an Ivy League education and ponders being a doctor.”

Carys Zeta-Douglas photoshoot with a guitar
Via: Instagram @carys.douglas

After revealing that Zeta-Douglas loves acting like her parents, Town & Country’s article continued to outline what made her impressive at that time. “And, really, how many 15-year-olds authoritatively discuss Italian cinematography or read biographies of the maharaja of Jaipur? Carys does, all while building toward becoming a presence in her own right.”

In 2023, Grazia Daily published an updated article looking at who Zeta-Douglas had become by then. As that article revealed, Zeta-Douglas graduated from high school in 2022 and has gone on to higher education. However, at this time it is unclear where Zeta-Douglas chose to further her education after high school.

Source: NewsFinale

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