{"id":86292,"date":"2025-09-26T07:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/86292\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T07:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:17:08","slug":"michael-douglas-shocks-fans-with-weird-nickname-for-wife-catherine-zeta-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/86292\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas shocks fans with &#8216;weird&#8217; nickname for wife Catherine Zeta-Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Douglas got a strong reaction from fans after calling his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, his \u201cbirthday sister.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The couple, who were both born on September 25 but 25 years apart, took to social media Thursday to wish each other a happy birthday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPBqGcGjnjO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Douglas\u2019 gushing tribute<\/a>, however, sparked mixed reactions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo my birthday sister\u2014what a joy celebrating another year with you!,\u201d he captioned a selfie of the two playing golf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations on your spectacular game at the Celebrity Ryder Cup,\u201d the actor, now 81, continued. \u201cHappy Birthday to the love of my life\u00a0@catherinezetajones\u00a0\u2764\ufe0f\u00a0.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Douglas called his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, his \u201cbirthday sister\u201d on Instagram due to the two sharing Sept. 25 as their birthday. Michael Douglas\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Some fans were shocked at the nickname, noting that Zeta-Jones is Douglas\u2019 wife, not his sister. Catherine Zeta-Jones\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s his wife not his sister, what do he mean birthday sister?\u201d one person wrote in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p>Another fan asked, \u201cDid you just call your wife sister?? Or am I tripping??\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many fans appeared to be confused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s his wife not his sister, what do he mean birthday sister?,\u201d another comment reads.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMask of Zorro\u201d actress also took to Instagram to wish her husband a happy 81st birthday on Thursday. Dave Benett\/Getty Images for Aston Martin<\/p>\n<p>Zeta-Jones shared sweet throwback pics of the two over the years. catherinezetajones\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>As for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPBZ3B6jeOa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Zeta-Jones\u2019 tribute to her husband<\/a>, the actress, now 56, wrote, \u201cHappy Birthday Michael! Sharing this special day with you is once in a lifetime!\ud83d\ude18.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple\u2019s 22-year-old daughter, Carys, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPCXBvvERee\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shared a sweet message<\/a> for her parents as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeptember 25th \ud83e\udd0dHappy Birthday Mom and Dadda!!\u201d she wrote, sharing a picture of the \u201cBasic Instinct\u201d star holding both her and her mother\u2019s hands. \u201cYour love of life, love, learning, art\u2026 there are no words to describe my gratitude and admiration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zeta-Jones and Douglas have been married since November 2000. catherinezetajones\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>They share two children together: 25-year-old son Dylan and 22-year-old daughter Carys. michaelkirkdouglas\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Douglas and Zeta-Jones have been married since November 2000, and aside from Carys, also share their 25-year-old son, Dylan.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas also has a 46-year-old son, Cameron, whom he shares with his ex-wife, Diandra Luker.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Zeta-Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/17\/celebrity-news\/catherine-zeta-jones-insists-owning-4-homes-is-not-excessive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">talked about sharing a birthday with Douglas<\/a> and being alike in an interview with the Sunday Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe respect our space, we\u2019re independent spirits,\u201d she shared. \u201cWe are very similar; we were born on the same day, 25 years apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not afraid to be verbal, to express ourselves,\u201d she continued. \u201cI wear everything on my sleeve and so does he, which is good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas got a strong reaction from fans after calling his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, his \u201cbirthday sister.\u201d The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[4924,434,11296,1955,24797,2110,4704,18,117,19,876,17,4925,327,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-86292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-catherine-zeta-jones","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-celebrity-birthdays","11":"tag-celebrity-couples","12":"tag-celebrity-marriages","13":"tag-celebrity-news","14":"tag-celebrity-social-media","15":"tag-eire","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-instagram","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-michael-douglas","21":"tag-movies","22":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}