Cher Responds to Michael Douglas Shading Her 1988 Oscar Win

Cher has no bad blood after Michael Douglas shaded her 1988 Oscar win for Dreamer. The multi-hyphenate had a telling four-word response after the Fatal attraction The actor argued that his co-star Glenn Close deserved to win the Best Actress trophy that year.

“Cher loves Michael Douglas,” said a spokesperson for the 80-year-old star. Page sixending any speculation about the beef following Douglas’ headline-grabbing comments he made during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show on October 30.

As they joined Close, Kieran Culkin and Naomi Ackie on Norton’s iconic red sofa, the conversation turned to Close’s history of Oscar snobbery. Although he was ignored in eight nominations, the 101 Dalmatians The actress seemed to have a sense of humor about her losses. Close, 79, joked that the honorary Oscar she will receive in November at the Governors Awards is a consolation prize because members “probably don’t want to feel guilty anymore.”

Douglas came to Close’s defense. He argued that “she should have won with Fatal attractionin which she plays a woman named Alex Forrest who begins an affair with her character Dan Gallagher. Close’s portrayal of the book’s editor, who develops harassing and violent behavior after Gallagher attempts to end their affair and return to his wife, earned him his fourth Academy Award nomination.

“Oh, wow,” Norton replied, leading Douglas to jokingly add a few more nuances about Cher’s victory. “I know. That’s what we all said,” he joked.

Ackie also chimed in, teasingly responding, “Shadow! Shadow, buddy.”

Douglas, who has enjoyed a close friendship with Close over the decades, has been busy dropping bombshells with the release of his new Unfiltered memoir, A Helluva ride. In its pages, the Basic instinct The actor revealed a secret romance with his former co-star Kathleen Turner, an “extremely embarrassing” friendship-ending incident with Julia Roberts and his brief 2013 split from wife Catherine Zeta-Jones.