Michael Douglas Says Friend Jack Nicholson Is Well but Has Largely Left the Public Eye
Photo: Page SixMichael Douglas said his longtime friend Jack Nicholson is doing well but has largely stepped out of public view. Speaking in Swansea, Wales, while promoting his memoir One Helluva Ride, the 82-year-old Douglas said he would have liked to act alongside Nicholson, who is 89. Douglas also said he still sees Nicholson, who lives near his home and is fine, and that the two never acted together, though Douglas produced the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which starred Nicholson. Nicholson's most recent film, How Do You Know, came out in 2010, and one of his last public appearances was at the February 2025 Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary special. In April, his daughter Lorraine shared a photo of him on Instagram to mark his 89th birthday.
Rolling Stone, the left-leaning source, runs a short report led by Douglas's remark that Nicholson is well but has disappeared, and it highlights the friendship dating to the mid-1970s and Nicholson's Oscar-winning role in Cuckoo's Nest. It omits the slippers remarks and Nicholson's career and family context. The Hollywood Reporter, the alternative source, leads with the same quotes but adds the slippers details, the 2010 film, the SNL appearance and the April photo. Page Six, the right-leaning source, also calls it a rare update and stresses that Nicholson has rarely been seen, never officially announced a retirement and has not acted since 2010, while featuring a Joni Mitchell photo and a cigar and Coca-Cola shirt image. All three agree on the core quotes and facts. The left report is the sparest, while the right focuses on retirement and rarity.
How the sides differ Left source keeps its report brief and centers on the friendship; right source stresses Nicholson's absence and retirement; alternative source adds career and family detail.
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Rolling Stone keeps its report short, leading with Douglas's remark that Nicholson is well but has disappeared and centering on the decades-long friendship.
The Hollywood Reporter frames the story as a rare update on an actor largely out of the spotlight, adding Nicholson's last film, his SNL appearance and his daughter's April photo.
Page Six frames the story as a rare update on a rarely seen friend, stressing Nicholson's absence since 2010, the lack of a formal retirement announcement and celebrity photos.