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Michael Douglas has admitted his longtime friend Jack Nicholson has all but “disappeared” from the spotlight.
Douglas, 82, reflected on his storied career and missed opportunities while discussing his new memoir, “One Helluva Ride.”
When asked who he never had the chance to work with, Douglas responded that he “would have loved to play with Jack,” according to The Independent.
“He’s not working anymore. He’s doing well,” Douglas said. “He’s missing. I know that.”
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Michael Douglas has admitted that Jack Nicholson “disappeared” after decades of work. (Getty Images)
The “Wall Street” actor added, “I still see him, but he’s fine. He’s up there by his house walking around in his slippers. It happens. He deserves it. I understand. He’s a few years older than me, but I understand.”
Nicholson, 89, is rarely seen in public and was last credited in the 2010 film “How Do You Know.”
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Last week, Crystal Hefner revealed secrets about the Playboy mansion and its star-studded roster of attendees.
Hefner, 40, named a Hollywood heavy hitter known for his frequent trips to the Holmby Hills home during an episode of his “After the Mansion” podcast.
Michael Douglas recently released his memoir, “One Helluva Ride.” (Getty Images)
“I think a lot of celebrities came just out of curiosity, and others used it as their personal country club,” she said.
“They used to call it Jack Nicholson’s drive-thru at one time because he would drive up, grab some food or whatever he could get there and drive away.”
Nicholson’s daughter Lorraine once shared her own experiences at the famous mansion where she spent her childhood playing with Hef’s sons Marston and Cooper.
“People assume my father took me to the Manor, but they are wrong,” she wrote in a 2024 essay for Vanity Fair. “In fact, I can confidently say that I spent more time there than my father.”
Jack Nicholson and actress Rebecca Broussard had two children: Lorraine and Raymond Nicholson. (Mirek Towski)
Lorraine wrote about her childhood as the daughter of somewhat controversial parents and noted that her friend’s parents were “not very keen on letting their children come to Jack Nicholson”.
“For the Hefners, I imagine it was nice to know that my father would never be like other fathers, lingering a little too long after their children had been dropped off, marveling, open-mouthed and fully dressed, at the way the refracted light danced on the roof of the cave,” Lorraine wrote.
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“They didn’t have to worry about those things, because my father was on the list. Which meant he could show up at the Manor, uninvited, at any time.”
Rebecca Broussard and Jack Nicholson welcomed Lorraine into the world in 1990. They dated for five years before ending their relationship in 1994. (Getty Images)
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Crystal also admitted that her late husband was obsessed with Hollywood lore and fame.
“One thing that mattered most to Hef was fame,” she explained.
“Any celebrity was treated extremely well every time they visited. He had Bill Maher to chat, hung out with Berry Gordy from Motown and then you saw a lot of other people there. Buzz Aldrin, the original Catwoman.”
Crystal Hefner claimed that Jack Nicholson was often at the Playboy Mansion. (Ralph Dominguez)
She added: “I always liked celebrities who weren’t womanizers. They always felt safer.”
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Crystal started dating Hefner when she was 21. The couple got engaged in 2010, when she was 24 and the Playboy founder was 84.
They called off their wedding just days before the ceremony in 2011, but later reconciled. Crystal and Hefner married in 2012 and remained together until his death in 2017. He was 91 years old.
Hugh Hefner died in 2017. He was 91 years old. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Playboy)
She explained that during Hef’s “final years” she did her best to “treat him with respect and dignity.”
Crystal wanted the media mogul to “always feel respected and revered until the very end.”
“The entire mansion existed to accommodate Hef’s needs, including the women,” she said. “He would cry during romantic scenes in old movies and just look at me to help him. Or maybe it was a performance to encourage me to believe his feelings were real.”
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She added: “Either way, I would wipe his tears and feel sad too.”
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