Douglas says he could have been a better dad
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January 23, 2010, Saturday
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ACTOR Michael Douglas has admitted that he could have been a better father to his eldest son, Cameron, who is in jail after being arrested and charged with selling drugs.
Douglas has said little about his actor son's July 28 arrest and subsequent imprisonment other than to describe it as "devastating." His son had been arrested previously for possessing cocaine.
But in an interview in the March/April issue of AARP The Magazine, the two-time Oscar-winning actor opens up about his 31-year-old son, who could get life in prison if convicted of charges that he sold thousands of dollars worth of methamphetamine.
"I'll assume whatever responsibilities I have to. Would it have been better to have been around more? Absolutely. There were absences, and I was no angel," said Douglas who is to reprise his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko from the 1987 movie "Wall Street."
"Cameron has a lot of life ahead. He now recognizes his own demons and struggles."
Douglas said his son, his only child with his first wife Diandra Luker, is a "tough kid" but he still worried about his welfare.
"He's in a federal prison, and you've got some big, bad boys down there," he said.
His son was arrested at a Manhattan hotel, and prosecutors allege he shipped large quantities of drugs from California to New York via mail service FedEx.
Douglas has said little about his actor son's July 28 arrest and subsequent imprisonment other than to describe it as "devastating." His son had been arrested previously for possessing cocaine.
But in an interview in the March/April issue of AARP The Magazine, the two-time Oscar-winning actor opens up about his 31-year-old son, who could get life in prison if convicted of charges that he sold thousands of dollars worth of methamphetamine.
"I'll assume whatever responsibilities I have to. Would it have been better to have been around more? Absolutely. There were absences, and I was no angel," said Douglas who is to reprise his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko from the 1987 movie "Wall Street."
"Cameron has a lot of life ahead. He now recognizes his own demons and struggles."
Douglas said his son, his only child with his first wife Diandra Luker, is a "tough kid" but he still worried about his welfare.
"He's in a federal prison, and you've got some big, bad boys down there," he said.
His son was arrested at a Manhattan hotel, and prosecutors allege he shipped large quantities of drugs from California to New York via mail service FedEx.
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