Douglas Says Close Deserved Cher’s 1988 Oscar

Michael Douglas said Glenn Close should have won the 1988 Best Actress Oscar instead of Cher, revisiting the result during an appearance with Close on The Graham Norton Show. Cher’s representative later said the singer and actor adores Douglas. Douglas made the remark while discussing Close’s performance in Fatal Attraction, which earned her a Best Actress nomination. He said Close should have won for the thriller and praised her work as one of the greatest performances of all time. Host Graham Norton noted that Cher had won the award for Moonstruck. Douglas responded that he knew, adding that “that’s what we all said,” as the studio audience laughed. Close, Douglas’s co-star in Fatal Attraction, was also part of the conversation. She joked about receiving an honorary Academy Award, saying it was as if the Academy no longer wanted to feel guilty. Douglas’s comment followed that exchange. The remark was presented as his view of the award result, not as a formal statement on behalf of the Academy. Cher’s representative told Entertainment Weekly that she adores Douglas. That response was conveyed through the representative; Cher herself is not quoted directly in the reports. The...