Michael Douglas was on hand for the opening of the Deauville Film Festival Friday in France, devoted to American cinema. It was his first public engagement following news of his marital separation.
The actor was wearing his wedding ring days after the couple confirmed that they have been been living apart for several months — taking a break to sort out their differences.
Douglas’ Liberace biopic ‘Behind the Candelabra’ was screened on the first day of the annual event.
As part of the advance hype, the 68-year-old actor was photographed in front of a beach locker room that was dedicated to him on the Promenade des Planches in the French northwestern sea resort of Deauville.
The Hollywood A-lister wagged a finger at one reporter and joked with another, “People have been kindly asking how I’m doing. Well, I put on a suit tonight – one that I can’t come close to buttoning – so everything must be OK.”
A short hiatus from filming ‘And So It Goes’ with Diane Keaton allowed him to make the trek to Europe.
Catherine Zeta-Jones, his estranged wife, is residing in New York with the couples two children, Dylan, and Carys.
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