Ngobusuku bokugqibela, iindaba zamva nje zaseMerika zatshitshisa abalandeli bakaMichael Douglas: umdlali odlawayo wayenomdlavuza. Eli xesha oogqirha benza izibikezelo ezidakisayo. Oogqirha abaqinisekanga ukuba unyango olutsha luya kunika impembelelo elindelekileyo, kwaye lunike inkwenkwezi yaseHollywood kuphela ezintandathu.
Umdla wokuqala we-larynx eDouglas watholakala ngo-2010. Ngethuba lonyaka, umlingisi nomkakhe uCatherine Zeta-Jones babhikisana nesibindi ngesibindi. Ekugqibeleni, eso sifo sagqiba.
Ixesha elichaphazelekayo lithintela impilo yomfazi kaMichael, owathi, ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kwemiba, ukuphazamiseka kwengxaki ye-bipolar kwandiswa. Eli bhinqa lanyanzeliswa ukuba lonyango kwiklinikhi. Konke oku kwachaphazela ulwalamano lo mbini, kwaye ngo-Agasti 2013 babesecaleni lomtshato. NgokukaDouglas, wayengakwazi ukunyamezela ukuxinezeleka komfazi wakhe.
Ngommangaliso othile, esi sibini sakwazi ukuma ngexesha kwaye sigcine ubuhlobo. Ekupheleni konyaka odlulileyo, uCatherine noMichael babhiyozela iminyaka engu-15 yomtshato. Kwintsapho yabo, abantwana ababini abaneminyaka engu-13 ubudala uCaris kunye noDylan oneminyaka engu-16 ubudala.
Ngelo xesha yonke intsapho iholide kwiBahamas. Emva kokukhululwa, uMichael Douglas uya kufakwa kwi-chemotherapy. Ngaphambi kokushiya, umlingisi wenza utshintsho kwintando kwaye waqala ukuthengisa izinto zakhe. UDoulas wabonisa umnqweno wokuthi emva kokufa kwakhe umlotha wakhe wahlakazeka phezu kweBahamas - kwakuvela apha ukuba ookhokho bakhe bazalwa.