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Michael Douglas Reveals He Nailed Hole-in-One While Mourning Trump’s Win

The legendary actor hit the golf course to “clear my mind” after the shocking election result.

Michael Douglas revealed that he experienced a shocking personal victory while mourning Donald Trump’s election win with a round of golf. The legendary 80-year-old actor, known for films like Wall Street and Fatal Attraction, is also a vocal Democrat. He told Bill Maher, during a Friday appearance on the commentator’s HBO show, that he was shocked by the election results. “The other thing I just have to share, after Tuesday night, Wednesday morning, [I’m] just so p----d at this razor-thin race,” he said. “So, I go down Wednesday morning to play golf, just to clear my mind. I go play nine holes, and I get a hole-in-one.” Douglas was among a number of celebrities who called for Joe Biden to drop out of the race following his poor debate performance against Trump, saying then that it was “hard to imagine” the president would be able to handle a second term. Asked how Bill Franklin, who Douglas portrays on the Apple TV miniseries Franklin, would react to the 2024 election results, Maher said simply, “Oh, I think he’d have had another drink.”

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