Douglas: 'I don't regard Kirk as my real dad'

Hollywood star Michael Douglas felt so neglected by his father Kirk during his childhood, he regards his step-dad as his real father.

The Fatal Attraction actor went to live with his mother Diana and her second husband Solomon Moon when he was six, following his parents' divorce.

And he has always regarded Moon as his real father, because Kirk spent most of his time away on location cementing his position as one of the biggest screen stars of his generation.

However, Michael can sympathise with his father's focus on his career because he spent lots of time away from his own son Cameron, following the breakdown of his first marriage to Diandra Luker.

The 60-year-old says: "I always considered my mother's new husband as my father figure. My own father was always busy on movies. He was all over the world, an absentee dad. I repeated that, unfortunately, in bringing up my own son Cameron.

"He told me he was working overtime, making movies, producing - and was so self-centred that he didn't spend enough time with me and my brothers.

"Much later he said his own father never spent much time with him, never gave him a pat on the back. He says he's a much better grandfather than father."