Catherine Zeta Jones seems to have enjoyed her idyllic childhood in Swansea, Wales, without the tragedies and traumas common in Hollywood star memoirs, and she often talks about how her father (candy factory owner) David Jones and her mother Patricia Jones, a tailor, firmly supported her ambitions in acting, singing and dancing
However, Jones' adult life has been plagued by a variety of issues, from mental health issues to relationship problems to court cases, so since she became famous in 1998 with "Zorro's Mask", Jones has hardly left the magazine tabloids, a widely acclaimed Hollywood actress who has won Tony Awards, Oscars, and even short-lived pop singers, and now she is in her early 50s, just in time to look back at the period of Jones's private life that attracted media attention
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Catherine Zeta Jones struggled to cope with the pressures of fame</h1>
What most people probably don't know is that Jones had long been famous before she showed her swordplay in The Mask of Zorro, and in the early 1990s, she became famous in the UK for playing Marite Charlton, the eldest daughter of the Larkin family, in May's Buds, and when promoting Rock 'n' Roll Years in 2012, Jones said: "After the show was over, I lost confidence in myself for a while, when I was more famous in the newspapers than everyone else, and I thought I needed time to rest."
Jones added, "So I moved to Los Angeles, where I only knew two people, my agent and a friend, and I got off the plane, called a friend, and got a voice message saying I was going to Europe for four months, please leave a message."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Jones' first boyfriend broke her heart</h1>
Jones' love life has been in the spotlight when she was dating John Leslie, the host of the broadcaster's longtime children's show "Blue Peter," but their love story didn't get a happy ending, and after 18 months together, they broke up because Leslie was afraid of commitment, and in 2000, Leslie replied in an interview: "I have a bottom line for talking about this kind of thing, I don't think it should be discussed, I believe trust between two people is sacred."
Leslie and Jones did not discuss the reasons for their breakup, but in 2003, Leslie again revealed to the media, "I love her, she loves me too, we were together for 18 months, but in the end we did not come together", Leslie also described Jones as his only true love, but denied the claim that they parted ways because of marriage and children
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > paparazzi broke into Catherine Zeta Jones's wedding</h1>
In November 2000, she and Michael Douglas had a lavish wedding at the Plaza Hotel in New York, the two A-list stars reached an exclusive agreement with a British magazine worth a million pounds to cover their wedding, Jones later said that she saw unauthorized photos of the wedding scene in another publication, including a photo of a popular actress eating a cake, she was shocked, wondering if the people closest to them had betrayed them and gave the photos to other magazines, and later learned, It was a paparazzi who got into the wedding scene
The newlyweds then sued the magazine for invasion of privacy, lost income, and damaged their careers, and won a six-week lawsuit in London's High Court, where they spent about $5 million
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Jones denied having anorexia</h1>
In the mid-2000s, Jones was accused of anorexia, and rumors were that the actress, who had starred in "Delicious Love," had been battling anorexia because she looked much slimmer in the photos than she had in her early Hollywood career, however, the actress was quick to clarify the facts
In a 2007 interview, Jones revealed how she initially learned of the allegations: "Michael was laughing at me, he told me, people say I have anorexia, do I look anorexic, how can I be anorexic", insisting that her appearance changed only because she chose a healthier lifestyle, adding: "I was just exercising and not going through as usual".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Jones's husband was diagnosed with cancer</h1>
In 2010, Michael Douglas suffered from four phases of tongue cancer, and the Hollywood veteran had to cancel the campaign for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and postpone the filming of "Behind the Candlesticks," fortunately, after a series of intense chemotherapy and radiation therapy, the actor completely recovered in 12 months and appeared on the red carpet show at the 2011 Golden Globes
<H1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Jones revealed that she had bipolar disorder</h1>
Shortly after her husband recovered, Jones found out she also needed treatment, and in 2011, she went to a rehabilitation center because of a long-standing mental health problem and decided to make public the news that she had bipolar disorder, Jones' PR claimed that after a particularly stressful year, she decided to seek help, and after being discharged from the hospital, she faced the media and said: "This is a disease that affects millions of people, I am one of them, it is necessary for me to help people with bipolar disorder and give encouragement"
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Jones lost two family members within weeks</h1>
In early 2020, Jones lost two family members in a matter of weeks, first, her father-in-law, actor Kirk Douglas, who died at his home in Beverly Hills at the age of 103, and the star who starred in "America's Sweetheart" later paid tribute to the Hollywood icon on social platforms, with the caption on a black-and-white photo of the two: "To my dear Kirk, I will love you for the rest of my life, I have begun to miss you, sleep well."
Soon after, the actress faced the departure of a family member, this time, it was her cousin Seward Johnson Jr., who died of illness at the age of 89, jones greeted the respected sculptor on social platforms, posted pictures of two of his most famous works, and left a message: "May my cousin Seward Johnson Jr. rest in peace, just as his famous sculpture Double Check survived the events of 9/11, his work, love and inspiration will live on."