Brenda Vaccaro opened up about her ongoing fondness for ex Michael Douglas in a new interview
“I do still adore him. I think he’s wonderful,” said the Nonnas actress, who dated Douglas for seven years in the 1970s
Vaccaro has been married to fourth husband Guy Hector since 1986, while Douglas tied the knot with second wife Catherine Zeta-Jones in 2000
Brenda Vaccaro’s fondness for Michael Douglas lives on, five decades after their relationship.
“I do still adore him. I think he’s wonderful,” the Nonnas actress, 85, told Page Six in a recent interview of Douglas, 80, whom she dated for seven years in the 1970s after they starred together in the 1971 film Summertree.
Reflecting on the former couple being “young” and “beautiful” during the time they were together, Vaccaro told the outlet, “Oh my God, we were such a gorgeous couple. Breathtaking.”
Per Page Six, Douglas and Vaccaro moved to the West Coast together ahead of their respective successes in the industry.
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Brenda Vaccaro and Michael Douglas at their home in Beverly Hills, California, on April 21, 1973
As Vaccaro explained, “To come to California together to experience all that stuff. … He got his first show, The Streets of San Francisco. We were so excited.”
“It was like, ‘Wow, you know, we left New York and came to California and everything that was supposed to happen happened,’ ” she added.
Vaccaro, who was married once before her relationship with Douglas, went on to tie the knot three more times. She has been married her fourth husband, Guy Hector, since 1986.
Meanwhile, Douglas married twice following his relationship with Vaccaro, first to Diandra Luker (with whom he shares a son, 46-year-old Cameron Douglas) in 1977.
Following their divorce in 1995, the Kominsky Method actor went on to wed Catherine Zeta-Jones in 2000. The couple share two children: son Dylan, 24, and daughter Carys, 22.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas
Vaccaro’s new movie, Nonnas, tells the true story of a Brooklyn man (Vince Vaughn) who hires grandmas — aka nonnas — rather than professional chefs to cook the food in the kitchen of the restaurant he opens.
In a recent interview with PEOPLE pegged to her new comedy, Vaccaro reflected on returning a few years ago herself to New York City, where her career began, with husband Hector.
“I came back to my apartment, and my Scotch tape was still on the dining room table and I said ‘Yep, I’m meant to come back,’ ” she said.
Nonnas is now streaming on Netflix.
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