Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones “Taking a Break”

The cover story of this week’s PEOPLE magazine features Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, one of Hollywood’s most beloved couples.  PEOPLE reports that “two close confidantes tell PEOPLE that they’ve decided to take time apart.”

Douglas, 68 and Zeta-Jones, 43 wed in 2000 at Manhattan’s Plaza Hotel and in their 13 years of marriage have grappled with a handful of struggles. This includes Zeta-Jones’s strife to over come bipolar II disorder and Douglas’s 2010 cancer battle.

According to the PEOPLE article, the couple has not been photographed together since April 22. Douglas and Zeta-Jones have two children, Dylan, 13, and Carys, 10.

Close acquaintances of the couple have faith that there will be light at the end of the tunnel. One family friend told PEOPLE, “They want the best for their kids, no matter what happens.”

…IS MATT DAMON TO BLAME?

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