Michael Douglas was honored at the American Cancer Society’s 100th anniversary gala Monday with the Marvin Hamlisch award, and he quipped from the stage, “I’ve become . . . in the past 24 hours, a poster boy for oral cancer.” Behind the scenes, Douglas was overheard telling a guest he had “no regrets” about causing a stir this week by saying he’d developed a cancer caused by HPV “which actually comes about from cunnilingus.” The “Behind the Candelabra” star added at the charity bash, “[I] tried to give a little PSA . . . about HPV — one of the few areas of cancer that can be controlled, and there are vaccinations that kids can get.” He also explained his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones was home baby-sitting.
Michael Douglas: ‘I’ve become a poster boy for oral cancer’
