Hollywood legend Michael Douglas wished his Oscar-winning wife a happy 22nd wedding anniversary on Friday.
The Basic Instinct actor posted two loving photos from their splashy wedding held at the Plaza hotel in New York City in 2000.
‘Happy Anniversary to my darling Catherine! I love you so much @catherinezetajones ❤️ #22years,’ he wrote in the caption.
Michael, 78, was born in 1944 while Catherine, 53, was born in 1969.
‘We met in 1996 at the Deauville Film Festival…I think it was 1996!’ Zeta-Jones told Larry King in 2001.
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‘I had been told Michael Douglas wanted to meet me. I was a little nervous because I didn’t quite know what he wanted to meet me about.’
Douglas was promoting A Perfect Murder and Zeta-Jones was promoting The Mask of Zorro.
Their friends Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith – who used to be married – introduced the actors at a private dinner.
Michael asked Catherine if he could sit next to her.
He famously told her he was going to be the father of her children which shocked her, she has said, and he sent her flowers soon after to apologize.
They started a friendship.
‘Nine months later, I’m still having long conversations with him on the phone, having great dinner dates, constantly wondering, “Why are we not together?”‘ she told King.
‘We looked at each other one day and said, “We’re having a lot of fun together,”‘ she said.
Douglas proposed to Zeta-Jones at his Aspen home on New Year’s Eve in 1999 with a $1 million diamond ring.
‘Both of us were sick as dogs because we had [the] flu,’ he told ITV’s Ross King in 2016.
Their anniversary comes after they celebrated their joint birthdays in September.
The long-time couple shared a large chocolate cake with the actress declaring it’s ‘so much fun’ to share the milestone together.
The tasty dessert featured a prominent 25 which honoured the date of their birthday – September 25 – not the couple’s 25 year age gap.
The happy couple both blew out their candles before taking to Instagram to memorialize the day.
In the snap Catherine looked gorgeous in an asymmetrical blue gown embellished with a white floral design.
Accessorizing with gold jewelry the Oscar winner tied her luscious brunette locks into a bun.
Meanwhile Michael donned a lavender shirt which he wore with smart trousers as he slicked his grey hair back.