Michael Douglas has revealed wife Catherine Zeta Jones managed to conceal her Bipolar II disorder from him for a long time before she sought help.<\/strong><\/p>\n Catherine Zeta Jones hid her struggle with depression from Michael Douglas.<\/span><\/p>\n The 41-year-old beauty recently underwent treatment for Bipolar II disorder – which was triggered by her 66-year-old husband’s battle with throat cancer – but the ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ actor says his wife managed to conceal his condition from him for a long time before she sought help.<\/span><\/p>\n He said: “It’s hard for your wife to say ‘I’m depressed’, you know.<\/span><\/p>\n “It’s probably been going on for a while. But I wasn’t really aware of it. You know Catherine and Brits in general – Catherine is Welsh, you never see them in a bad spirits right? They always give the stiff upper lip, carry on and this and that.<\/span><\/p>\n “I’m really proud of her. There are some great medications out there now for people, it’s an issue that affects a lot of people.”<\/span><\/p>\n While Catherine has now returned to work, Michael – who was given the all-clear from cancer in January following six months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment – admitted their children Dylan, 10, and eight-year-old Carys do not know about their mother’s condition because it came so soon after their father’s illness.<\/span><\/p>\n He said on US TV talk show ‘The View’: “No, they don’t know yet. We gotta give them a chance, they’re just getting over the other issues.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Of course the hardest part is not the kids at the school, it’s the parents of the kids, you never know how much they’re sharing with their children.”<\/span><\/p>\n