Michael Douglas' basic instincts kicked in at the right time and right place.While chatting on the "Joe Rogan Experience," Douglas, 82, recalled thwarting a near-death experience with a cult.Douglas explained that the cult tried to "create a cathartic moment, being all together, kind of an emotional moment.""They invited me for dinner, and then they said, 'Well, with a lady friend,' they said ...'We've been trying to reach you,'" he recalled. "We got to dessert, and they said, 'We've been trying to reach you, and you just don't get it.
You don't get it.So, you're going to have to be eliminated.'"DANNY DEVITO EXPOSES WILD PARTY SCENE ON 1980S 'TAXI' SET: 'CRUDITÉ AND COCAINE'Michael Douglas narrowly avoided a near-death experience with a cult.
(NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)MICHAEL DOUGLAS' WILDEST HOLLYWOOD CONFESSIONS: FROM A-LIST ACTRESS BITE TO JULIA ROBERTS CLASHWhen Rogan asked what it was that Douglas "didn't get," he explained that "they wanted … to join, to give yourself up, to be part of it.""They were going to whack me," he said."I remember there was a long silence, and I said, 'Well, you've done it, haven't you?' And they said, 'Yeah,' ...
and a big, long pause.Michael Douglas recalled an encounter with a cult.(Getty Images)"My girlfriend just started falling apart, peeing in her pants and all that."Douglas admitted they thought they "were going to get killed," but, instead, he was allowed to simply walk away.GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE"Then I said, 'I'm going to leave now,' and they said, 'Yeah, you better.'""One Helluva Ride" by Michael Douglas is available now.
(Grand Central Publishing)He said there was a moment when if he made "any sudden movement," he could have easily been killed."It's strange," he remembered."I've never had many experiences, but there's numbness.
… Kind of this whole numbness just comes over you, or it did in my case.Just was frozen."When asked what cult it was, D...