Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, Douglas received his Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His early acting roles included film, stage, and television productions. Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco, for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations.
Tony Adams' wife blasts 'coward' claim as she addresses real reason for his Strictly exit
express.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing episode, Tony Adams, 56, withdrew from the competition after sustaining an injury during the live show.The 56-year-old performed an energetic Jive to Wilson Pickett's Land of 1000 Dances, which was met with cheers from the audience.His efforts however failed to impress the judges who only scored them 24 out of 40 points.Craig Revel Horwood went as far as calling their dance a "technical disaster".Following his performance, he landed himself in the bottom two alongside Dianne Buswell and Tyler West.Ahead of the two couples preparing to dance again, Tony made the decision to withdraw from the competition.
Karren Brady brands Boy George ‘sanctimonious’ over Matt Hancock swipeHis departure meant that Dianne and Tyler got through to Blackpool week without needing to dance again.Now, Tony's wife Poppy has claimed he was given the chance to go straight through to this weekend's show, but he declined the offer.
Taking to Twitter, a viewer named LizzieBiffo wrote: "Well Tony Adams showed his true narcissistic colours tonight didn't he?!"Too big of an ego and too much of a coward to do the dance-off!
What an arrogant plum #Strictly."Hitting back, Poppy commented: "Are you a medical professional? Do you know what his injury was?"Do you know that they actually told him NOT to dance and instead go straight to Blackpool and he said no because that would have been unfair to everyone else?"In an emotional speech after his withdrawal, Tony said the show had taught him a lot about himself.He spilled: "I thought this 'journey' rubbish was nonsense but, my god, the rollercoaster of emotion.Michael Douglas looks frail as he continues to show off new red hair [PICTURED]Lori Harvey leaves little to the imagination in.
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