Cameron Douglas’ Relationship With Dad Michael Douglas ‘Took the Longest’ to Rebuild After Addiction: We’re ‘Safe’ Again

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Back on track. Cameron Douglas recalled the long road to recovering his relationship with dad Michael Douglas following his ups and downs with addiction.“My father, aside from me, was probably the relationship that took the longest to sort of, you know, find its way back to — I think a place where both of us felt fulfilled and felt safe,” Cameron, 44, exclusively told Us Weekly on Friday, May 5, while promoting his American Addiction Centers’ Addiction Talk episode.The National Lampoon’s Adam & Eve actor noted that his famous father, 78, is “extremely pragmatic” so his past actions somewhat tainted their friendship after he was released from prison following a nearly seven-year stint.Cameron was sentenced in 2010 to five years in prison for heroin possession and dealing methamphetamine and cocaine.

His sentence was extended after he confessed to smuggling drugs into jail. The Long Way Home author was released early in August 2016 and has since become clean.“It was years of my behavior [that added to] us not really having much of a relationship … [starting] since I was an early teen,” Cameron told Us on Friday. “It was never a nasty relationship, you know, we always sort of had a good time together and obviously love each other.

It just wasn’t much there because I wasn’t available.”The California native — who shares Lua, 5, and Ryder, 2, with partner Viviane Thibes — added: “It took a little while for him to sort of trust me again and realize that things [had] changed. [I’m] grateful for that and now we’re able to enjoy each other’s company on a regular basis and not just, like, once in a blue moon.”The father-son duo’s positive connection has led to them teaming up for the upcoming movie Blood Knot. (Michael shares