I was driven - but I’m not, I don’t have to be out there any more. “I have a mathematician’s brain … I’m not going to work until the day I die, that’s not why I started this,” he told the U.K. Quite frankly, at 76, Jack has memory issues and can no longer remember the lines being asked of him.”īut Nicholson was quick to shoot down reports that he was quitting Hollywood. “There is a simple reason behind his decision - it’s memory loss. “Jack has - without fanfare - retired,” an insider told Radar at the time. In 2013, Radar Online reported that Nicholson stepped away from acting due to memory loss. Nicholson, who made his film debut in the 1958 B-movie " The Cry Baby Killer," last appeared onscreen in a supporting role alongside Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson in 2010’s " How Do You Know." It’s really sad to see such a super-talented actor, like Jack, go out this way.” Physically he is fine - but his mind is gone. “The Mulholland Drive community is pretty close-knit, and they are all worried about him. “Jack and I have been friends for years and he doesn’t leave his house anymore… I think his son and daughter are looking after him now,” a friend said in 2021. Several insiders intimated that Nicholson could be suffering from dementia, telling the outlet his “mind is gone.” Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon in a scene from 2006’s The Departed. “Brando died a virtual recluse after leading such a colourful life, and Jack’s friends are drawing comparisons,” the source said. “Jack’s in touch with certain relatives - especially Ray, his protege, who he’s so proud of - but his socializing days are long gone,” the insider added.įriends now worry that Nicholson is heading down the same path as his longtime pal Brando, who turned into a recluse in his later years before his death at age 80 in 2004. But people just wish he’d come out of the house and pop up to tell them how - or at least reassure folks he’s OK,” a source told RadarOnline. “He’s made it clear his home is his castle. The last time the 85-year-old was spotted at a game was in October 2021 with his son, Ray - one of his five children. Nicholson, once a staple in his courtside seats to watch his beloved Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, hasn’t been seen in public in over a year. Jack Nicholson’s close friends are raising the alarm about the legendary actor’s disappearing act from the public eye as he increasingly lives his life as a recluse.Īn insider tells RadarOnline that the three-time Oscar winner “doesn’t want to face reality anymore and that’s just sad” as he lives alone in his sprawling Los Angeles mansion on a mountain he once referred to as “Bad Boy Hill,” owing to his rowdy neighbours Warren Beatty and the late Marlon Brando.
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