Michael Douglas Suggests Oral Sex Caused His Throat Cancer

Michael Douglas recently chatted with The Guardian and revealed that it was not smoking or drinking that caused his throat cancer, but oral sex!

The 68-year-old battled stage four throat cancer in 2010, and when asked whether he regretted certain lifestyle choices, he said, "No. Because without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV [human papillomavirus], which actually comes about from cunnilingus."

"I did worry if the stress caused by my son's incarceration didn't help trigger it," he added. "But yeah, it's a sexually transmitted disease that causes cancer. And if you have it, cunnilingus is also the best cure for it." Hmm! Perhaps his wife of thirteen years, Catherine Zeta-Jones, might have liked for him to run that by her first!

When asked about the comment, Douglas' rep noted in a statement, "He did not say this was the cause of his cancer. In a discussion of oral cancer, he said this is one of the suspected causes. He never made it personal."

Douglas went through eight weeks of chemotherapy and radiation, and he says he's better than ever these days. "With this kind of cancer, 95 percent of the time it doesn't come back," he added.