Actor Michael Douglas questioned Cher's 1988 Oscar win over Glenn Close for the film Fatal Attraction during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Fox News reported.
The outlet's headline states that Douglas said Close "should have won" the award. The report's summary does not provide the full wording of his remarks, so the specific reasoning behind his comment cannot be confirmed from the available material.
According to the same report, Cher's response surprised fans. The summary does not describe what she said or how fans reacted, and it does not indicate whether Cher commented beyond the remark the report describes.
The available summary does not include any statement from Glenn Close, and it does not describe the context of the Norton appearance beyond the program's name. Nothing in the source material establishes the timing of the taping or the remarks themselves.
Fox News listed the report as published on November 8, 2026. The source data does not include an author byline for the article.