Sharon Stone, who may have cemented her own status as a sex symbol after her role in 1992&#8217;s &#8220;Basic Instinct&#8221; — said in a recent interview that she now fast-forwards through &#8220;blatant, harsh&#8221; sex scenes when she watches television.
<a href="https://pagesix.com/2026/04/01/celebrity-news/sharon-stone-calls-out-harsh-sexuality-in-modern-tv/">Stone</a> spoke with &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; host Gayle King about her acting career, the split-second that made her an icon, and how what is acceptable onscreen when it comes to sex has changed over the years — and the actress argued that the change wasn&#8217;t necessarily for the better.
King referenced the famous scene from &#8220;Basic Instinct,&#8221; saying, &#8220;Sharon, when you look at your legendary career, what do you think about — I remember when ‘Basic Instinct’ came out? Cross the legs, uncross the legs. And I remember — ‘Is she wearing panties?’ — that’s how crazy it all became, right?”
&#8220;Right. It was a third of a frame. It wasn’t even an entire frame of film,&#8221; Stone replied, saying that to her, the real attraction was tied up in the mystery.
&#8220;And, so, people were desperately trying to figure it out,&#8221; Stone continued, adding, &#8220;So often now, when sex scenes come on TV — I fast-forward. I don’t want to see it. I don’t want to have to go through all of this blatant, harsh sexuality. For me, it steals from my own imagination. And I prefer my yearning, mystery, desire. I want to keep that alive inside myself.&#8221;
Stone went on to say that while that film had certainly opened a lot of doors for her career, she felt it also typecast her in a way that hurt her personal life.
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&#8220;In many ways, I feel like I wasn’t protected and taken care of. And then, in many ways, I feel I was punished for the behavior of others,&#8221; Stone said, adding that it had played out when she lost custody of her son, Roan, in 2008.
&#8220;I lost custody of my child,&#8221; Stone told King. &#8220;My child was put on the stand in custody court and asked if his mother did sex movies. I mean, things that were bizarrely inappropriate &#8230; People treated me in ways that were … very cruel and unkind, as if I was some sort of slatternly, vulgar person.&#8221;
&#8220;Like you were wearing a scarlet A on your head,&#8221; King interjected.
&#8220;Yeah, I mean, you know, I played a character — 30 years ago. Like, grow up,&#8221; Stone added.
Reports indicate that Stone&#8217;s then-8-year-old son was asked about his mother&#8217;s films, and that the perceived stability of his father Phil Bronstein&#8217;s home also <a href="https://people.com/celebrity/papers-sharon-stones-ex-has-sole-physical-custody-of-child/">factored</a> into the custody dispute.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone">Sharon Stone</a> said America is in its “adolescence” phase following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, labeling Americans both “ignorant and arrogant.”
Speaking at a <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/sharon-stone-rips-trump-win-uneducated-americans-in-blistering-rant-on-violence-against-women/">press conference</a> at the Torino Film Festival in Turin, Italy, the 66-year-old actress was asked about violence against women, and made a less-than-subtle remark at those who voted for Trump, whom the Left labeled a “fascist” during the 2024 election.
“This question about the question of violence against women is– is a big one. And I think we have to really stop and think about things,” <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1861493982376686034">Stone said</a>. “And we have to stop and think about who we choose for government. And if, in fact, we are actually choosing our government or if the government is choosing itself.”
“You know, Italy has seen fascism. Italy has seen these things,” she added. “You guys. You understand what happens. … My country is in its adolescence. Adolescence is very arrogant.”
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The comments were made at the Torino Film Festival in Turin, Italy.
Stone appeared to compare Trump to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
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“Adolescence thinks it knows everything,” the actress continued. “Adolescence is naive and ignorant and arrogant. And we are in our ignorant, arrogant adolescence. We haven’t seen this before in our country. So Americans who don’t travel, who 80% don’t have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naïveté.”
Later at another press conference, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin">Alec Baldwin</a> was asked about the “Basic Instinct” star’s comments and appeared to double-down on labeling Americans “uninformed,” as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alec-baldwin-americans-are-very-uninformed-about-reality">reported</a>.
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“Television news in the United States is a business. They have to make money,” Baldwin said during his speech, per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/alec-baldwin-turin-film-festival-rust-shooting-americans-know-nothing-1236070459/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. &#8220;There’s a hole, there’s a vacuum. There is a gap, if you will, in information for Americans. Americans are very uninformed about reality, what’s really going on — climate change, Ukraine, Israel — you name it. The biggest topics in the world, Americans have an appetite for a little bit of information.”
“That vacuum is filled by the film industry. Not just the independent film industry, not just the documentary film industry … but by narrative films as well,” he added, before reacting to the incoming Trump administration, without mentioning the president-elect by name.
“There are many challenges to face,” the actor said. “The environment, the problem of plastic, of permafrost: There are plastic molecules in every corner of the planet. These are the real problems to solve.”
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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone">Sharon Stone</a> said she was left completely broke after having a stroke in 2001 because people &#8220;took advantage&#8221; of her.
The 66-year-old “Basic Instinct” star told The Hollywood Reporter during an <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/sharon-stone-interview-career-philanthropy-kevin-spacey-1235940795/">interview</a> published Monday that all of the millions she had in savings disappeared following the medical emergency and her lengthy recovery.
“&#8230;People took advantage of me during that time. I had $18 million saved because of all my success, but when I got back into my bank account, it was all gone. My refrigerator, my phone — everything was in other people’s names,” Stone told the outlet.
“I had zero money,” she added. 
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">actress</a> also discussed how the stroke altered her entire outlook on life. 
“A Buddhist monk told me that I had been reincarnated into my same body,” Stone explained. “I had a death experience and then they brought me back. I bled into my brain for nine days, so my brain was shoved to the front of my face. It wasn’t positioned in my head where it was before.”
She continued, “And while that was happening, everything changed. My sense of smell, my sight, my touch. I couldn’t read for a couple of years. Things were stretched and I was seeing color patterns. A lot of people thought I was going to die.”
The interviewer asked Stone how she managed to survive such an extreme medical event and the subsequent loss of trust in the people around her.
“I decided to stay present and let go,” she explained. “I decided not to hang onto being sick or to any bitterness or anger. If you bite into the seed of bitterness, it never leaves you. But if you hold faith, even if that faith is the size of a mustard seed, you will survive. So, I live for joy now. I live for purpose.”
The stroke occurred when Stone was 43. The Academy Award nominee noticed her body felt numb, and there was a “terrible pain” in her head. She was diagnosed with a brain bleed and given a 1% chance of survival at the time, <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/29/sharon-stone-reveals-child-sex-abuse-stroke-in-new-memoir/">per</a> The New York Post.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone">Sharon Stone</a> and Liam Neeson are upset that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-spacey">Kevin Spacey</a> was canceled in the Hollywood community.
After multiple men came forward and accused the actor of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexual-abuse">sexual abuse</a> at the height of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/metoo">#MeToo</a> movement in 2017, Spacey was removed from projects and hasn’t been cast in many roles since. Spacey has claimed his innocence all along. Actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of sexually assaulting him as a minor but ultimately lost his lawsuit in 2022. Spacey was acquitted of further sexual abuse charges in 2023.
Stone and Neeson both spoke to <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/15/kevin-spacey-return-to-acting-sharon-stone-liam-neeson/">The Telegraph</a> and said winning those court cases meant he should be offered major roles again.
“I can’t wait to see Kevin back at work,” Stone told the outlet. “He is a genius. He is so elegant and fun, generous to a fault and knows more about our craft than most of us ever will.”
Stone also suggested that some of Spacey’s accusers may have “secret agendas.”
“Taken” star Neeson agreed with Stone’s assessment, saying Hollywood “needs” and “misses” Spacey.
“I was deeply saddened to learn of these accusations against him. Kevin is a good man and a man of character. He’s sensitive, articulate and non-judgmental, with a terrific sense of humor,” the actor said. “He is also one of our finest artists in the theater and on camera. Personally speaking, our industry needs him and misses him greatly.”
Most recently, Spacey spoke out against an upcoming British documentary called “Spacey Unmasked,” which is expected to detail past and additional sexual misconduct allegations.
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“I take full responsibility for my past behavior and my actions. But I cannot and will not take responsibility or apologize to anyone who&#8217;s made up stuff about me or exaggerated stories about me,&#8221; the two-time Academy Award winner said in an interview with former GB News presenter Dan Wootton.
&#8220;That may not have been the best decision and it&#8217;s not one that I would do today. But it happened,&#8221; Spacey said. &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t illegal, and nor has it ever been alleged to have been illegal.&#8221;
The &#8220;House of Cards&#8221; star said during the Wootten interview that he was suspicious of the timing of the documentary, noting how it’s coming at a time when he’s just starting to be offered roles in small, independent projects. 
“Despite the challenges and the difficulties and the pain and the bad days, I’ve also witnessed the most beautiful demonstrations of friendship and love and family,” the actor said.

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Comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedian">Dana Carvey</a> addressed a racy skit he did on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live">Saturday Night Live</a>” with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone">Sharon Stone</a> back in 1992, saying that type of content would never be allowed today.
The “SNL” alum discussed the “Airport Security Sketch” during a recent episode of the “Fly on the Wall With Dana Carvey and David Spade” podcast featuring Stone as a guest, per <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/03/dana-carvey-apologizes-saturday-night-live-sketch-undressed-sharon-stone-1235865481/">Deadline</a>. Spade called it “so offensive.”
Carvey told Stone she was “such a good sport” about the skit. The 68-year-old comedian also mused about how the content would not be well-received in today’s politically correct climate. “We would be literally arrested now,” he said.
In the skit, Carvey played an Indian airport security guard who encourages Stone to take off various items of clothing as she passes through the metal detector. When she stops setting off the alarm for real, he, Kevin Nealon, and Rob Schneider make the beeping noises themselves to encourage her to keep undressing.
When Chris Farley sets off the alarm, they let him go through the metal detector without checking him at all.
The sketch ends with Carvey taking photos of Stone for what he calls &#8220;security reasons.&#8221; Then the men all run off after hearing an announcement that Cindy Crawford is boarding at another gate.
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“I want to apologize publicly for the security check sketch where I played an Indian man and we’re convincing Sharon, her character, or whatever, to take her clothes off to go through the security thing,” Carvey said on the podcast. “It’s so 1992, you know, it’s from another era.”
The actress said the sketch didn&#8217;t bother her.
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“I know the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony,” Stone replied. “And I think that we were all committing misdemeanors [back then] because we didn’t think there was something wrong then. We didn’t have this sense. I had much bigger problems than that, you know what I mean? That was funny to me, I didn’t care. I was fine being the butt of the joke.”
“When I was doing the Indian character… there was no malice in it,” Carvey added. “It was really me rhythmically trying to get laughs. So I just want to say that watching it — comedy needs a straight person and you were perfect in it. You were completely sincere and you made us funny.”

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Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Billy Baldwin</a> hit back at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone">Sharon Stone</a> after she claimed a legendary Hollywood studio executive suggested they have sex in real life to promote on-screen chemistry.
Stone made the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KgbPjxChjt70tW9ijHPYL">remarks</a> during a recent appearance on “The Louis Theroux Podcast.” The “Total Recall” star said former Paramount Pictures head Robert Evans, who died in 2019, made the suggestion while filming the thriller “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Sliver</a>” (1993).
“[Evans is] running around his office in sunglasses explaining that he slept with Ava Gardner and I should sleep with Billy Baldwin, because [then] his performance would get better,” Stone said.
She continued, “If I could sleep with Billy, then we’d have chemistry on screen and save the movie. The real problem was me because I was so uptight, and not like a real actress who could just f*** him and get things back on track. The real problem was I was such a tightarse.”
Stone went on to compare the situation to her chemistry with her “Basic Instinct” co-star.
“I didn’t have to f*** Michael Douglas. Michael could come to work and know how to hit those marks, and do that line, and rehearse and show up,” she continued. “Now all of a sudden I’m in the ‘I have to f*** people’ business.”
Stone had mentioned the story previously in her memoir but didn’t specify who she was talking about.
Baldwin, the younger brother of actor Alec Baldwin, clapped back on X, saying he had secrets about Stone.
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Not sure why Sharon Stone keep talking about me all these years later?
Does she still have a crush on me or is she still hurt after all these years because I shunned her advances?
Did she say to her gal pal Janice Dickinson the day after I screen tested and ran into them on our… <a href="https://t.co/PtgqMC6Sgz">pic.twitter.com/PtgqMC6Sgz</a>
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“Not sure why Sharon Stone keep [sic] talking about me all these years later? Does she still have a crush on me or is she still hurt after all these years because I shunned her advances?” the 61-year-old star wrote. 
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“Did she say to her gal pal Janice Dickinson the day after I screen tested and ran into them on our MGM Grand flight back to New York… ‘I&#8217;m gonna make him fall so hard for me, it&#8217;s gonna make his head spin.’ ???”
Baldwin wrote, “I have so much dirt on her it would make her head spin but I&#8217;ve kept quiet.”
The actor said he asked to choreograph the final sex scene in “Sliver” so he wouldn’t have to kiss his co-star. 
“Wonder if I should write a book and tell the many, many disturbing, kinky and unprofessional tales about Sharon? That might be fun,” Baldwin concluded.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Actress Sharon Stone</a> bemoaned how &#8220;very expensive&#8221; it is to &#8220;be famous&#8221; as she recalled how her instant stardom changed her whole life.
The 65-year-old actress spoke to <a href="https://www.instyle.com/sharon-stone-interview-2024-8557053" target="_blank" rel="noopener">InStyle</a> magazine about going from being raised in a blue collar family to a world-wide star in 1992 when her femme-fatal thriller &#8220;Basic Instinct&#8221; came out. She had been acting for a decade before that and it was her 18th film.
&#8220;It&#8217;s very expensive to be famous,&#8221; Stone said, noting having to buy a more secure home away from the mob of fans and media at the time, staff, publicist, security, managers, and it all added up.
&#8220;You go out to dinner, and there&#8217;s 15 people at the table, and who gets the check?&#8221; she added. &#8220;You get the $3,000 dinner check every single time.&#8221;
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&#8220;At least now [people] understand that Jennifer Lawrence can&#8217;t just skip onto an airplane,&#8221; Stone continued. &#8220;Nicole Kidman can&#8217;t jump onto Delta. Sharon Stone can&#8217;t do it either, whether or not she&#8217;s doing a lot of movies. [People] think, &#8216;What have you been in?&#8217; And it&#8217;s like, dude, they know me in the Amazon rainforest. It&#8217;s tampons, Q-tips, and Sharon Stone.&#8221;
She then compared how she&#8217;s handled the icon-stardom to other celebrities like Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, and Marilyn Monroe, and noted she did better.
&#8220;I think that I lived more than many of my predecessors did, and that really pissed off a lot of people,&#8221; Stone said. &#8220;We&#8217;re supposed to go crazy or we&#8217;re supposed to be drug addicts, but surprise, mother****ers.&#8221;
Later in the interview, Stone referenced back to her roots after watching her parents struggle while she was growing up in Pennsylvania and how she feels she&#8217;s still part of the blue collar group despite her $40 million net worth (according to Celebrity Net Worth), <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sharon-stone-complains-very-expensive-120200409.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yahoo News.com</a> noted.
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&#8220;We&#8217;re a very blue collar group,&#8221; Stone said of working with singer Rita Ora and Ora&#8217;s husband filmmaker Taika Waititi on a music video in 2023. &#8220;We work.&#8221;
These days, the &#8220;Casino&#8221; star is more focused on her <a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/sharon-stone-paintings-art-exhibition-interview/index.html">artwork</a> than her performances, something she went back to during the COVID pandemic and hasn&#8217;t stopped. She first started painting as a young person before she left to New York as teenager and began acting in the late 1970s.
&#8220;Will I make enough money to stay living where I&#8217;m living? Probably not,&#8221; Stone said of her new medium. &#8220;But the kids will leave home and go to college, and I&#8217;ll sell my big, fancy house, and I&#8217;ll go live like a normal person.&#8221;
Stone has been married two times and has three <a href="https://people.com/all-about-sharon-stone-kids-7488906#:~:text=Sharon%20Stone%20is%20an%20actress,%2C%2017%2C%20a%20year%20later." target="_blank" rel="noopener">adopted</a> kids.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sharon-stone-delivers-emotional-speech-says-i-lost-half-my-money-to-this-banking-thing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sharon Stone</a> said she hasn&#8217;t worked in Hollywood since she suffered a stroke in 2001, adding that in her business, if &#8220;something goes wrong with you, you&#8217;re out.&#8221;
During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sharon-stone-says-she-once-split-with-a-younger-boyfriend-after-he-asked-her-about-using-botox" target="_blank" rel="noopener">65-year-old actress</a>&#8216; appearance at the &#8220;Raising Our Voices&#8221; luncheon, she said when she had her stroke more than 20 years ago, she had a &#8220;1% chance of survival,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sharon-stone-claims-hollywood-shunned-her-after-stroke-something-goes-wrong-youre-out">Fox News</a> reported.
&#8220;I had a nine-day brain bleed,&#8221; Stone said. &#8220;I recovered for seven years and I haven&#8217;t had jobs since. My contract changed. I have a maximum of a 14-hour day.&#8221;
&#8220;When it first happened, I didn&#8217;t want to tell anybody because, you know, if something goes wrong with you, you’re out,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Something went wrong with me: I&#8217;ve been out, for 20 years.&#8221;
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&#8220;I haven’t had jobs,&#8221; Stone continued. &#8220;I was a very big movie star at one point in my life. I broke a lot of glass ceilings with the top of my head.&#8221;
During her remarks at the luncheon, the &#8220;Casino&#8221; star also talked about the pushback she said she received when she drew boundaries in Hollywood and tried to be her own advocate.
&#8220;I want to tell you that it hurt,&#8221; Stone said. &#8220;It hurt to get paid. It hurt to fight with studio heads. It hurt to make boundaries – boundaries about who could come in my trailer and what they could ask for – boundaries about the fact that I didn&#8217;t want to sign my contract in my makeup trailer on the day that I started a show.&#8221;
&#8220;It hurt to say that I had, like any corporation, the opportunity to have my lawyer read my contract and that I didn&#8217;t have to start the show signing my unread contract in the makeup trailer,&#8221; she added. &#8220;This has caused me a lot of problems in the business. This has caused me not to be hired.&#8221;
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The &#8220;Basic Instinct&#8221; star previously made headlines after she posted what she called an &#8220;imperfect&#8221; topless photo of her and her girlfriends hanging out by the pool.
&#8220;Gratefully Imperfect on a Perfect Day,&#8221; Sharon captioned the post shared with her 3.2 million followers.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sharon-stone-says-she-had-9-miscarriages-made-worse-by-violently-oppressive-system-of-male-ideology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sharon Stone Says She Had 9 Miscarriages, Made Worse By &#8216;Violently Oppressive&#8217; System Of &#8216;Male Ideology&#8217;</a>

‘I’ve Been Out’: Sharon Stone Says She Hasn’t Worked In Hollywood Since She Suffered A Stroke

Sharon Stone Says She Hasn’t Worked In Hollywood Since She Suffered A Stroke

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone">Sharon Stone</a> said during a Thursday speech that she has lost a considerable amount of money amid the fallout from the collapse of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/silicon-valley-bank">Silicon Valley Bank</a>.
The 65-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">actress</a> made the comment while accepting the Courage Award at the Women’s Cancer Research Fund’s (WCRF) An Unforgettable Evening fundraiser. 
While trying to convince attendees to donate more money, Stone said, “I know that thing that you have to get on and figure out how to text the money is difficult. I’m a technical idiot, but I can write a f***ing check. And right now, that’s courage too, because I know what’s happening. I just lost half my money to this banking thing, and that doesn’t mean that I’m not here,” she continued. 
It was unclear what losses Stone was referring to. The federal government has said all depositors in the two collapsed lenders, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, will be fully insured. But investors in bank stocks have suffered huge losses as shares have been pummeled.
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Stone didn’t cite SVB by name, but her remarks coincided with the drama that’s been playing out across the financial sector all week. SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, announced Friday in a press release that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/silicon-valley-banks-parent-company-files-for-bankruptcy">reported</a>.
The “Basic Instinct” actress also spoke candidly about her experience with breast cancer and her brother Patrick’s recent death.
The actress said people who have seen her reconstructed breasts following surgery “don’t even know it.”
“So don’t ever feel compelled not to get a mammogram, not to get a blood test, not to get surgery, because it doesn’t matter. I’m standing here telling you I had one-and-a-half and more tissue of my breasts removed and none of you knew it,” she said.
Stone also stressed the importance of showing up during difficult times. She mentioned her younger brother’s death in February and said she’s still showing up to events despite the tragedy. 
&#8220;This is a hard time in the world, but I’m telling you what, I’m not having some politician tell me what I can and cannot do. How I can and cannot live, and what the value of my life is and is not. So stand up. Stand up and say what you’re worth. I dare you. That’s what courage is,” she concluded.

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Sharon Stone Delivers Emotional Speech, Says 'I Lost Half My Money To This Banking Thing'

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sharon Stone</a> made it clear she has no time for someone who thinks she needs to take Botox to keep her youth after she said a younger boyfriend asked her about using fillers and injectables.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone">64-year-old</a> actress spoke to <a href="https://en.vogue.me/beauty/sharon-stone-aging-botox-filler-cosmetic-procedures-stroke-brain-hemorrhage-interview-september-2022/">Vogue Arabia</a> about her experiences with face fillers, revealing that she was once dating a younger man who had no interest in her after she revealed she wanted nothing to do with Botox after suffering a health complication from it.
&#8220;There were periods in the super fame when I got Botox and filler and stuff, and then I had this massive stroke and a nine-day brain hemorrhage and I had to have over 300 shots of Botox and filler to make the one side of my face come up again,&#8221; Stone explained.
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When the man she was dating asked her if she used Botox, she had quite the response.
&#8220;It would probably be really good for your ego and mine if I did,&#8221; the &#8220;Basic Instinct&#8221; star explained, while sharing the relationship was then basically over.
&#8220;I saw him one more time after that and then he wasn&#8217;t interested in seeing me anymore,&#8221; she added. &#8220;If you don&#8217;t see me for more than that, you&#8217;ll please find your way to the exit.&#8221;
Stone explained that &#8220;life doesn&#8217;t always make you feel like a winner as you grow older,&#8221; and admitted she&#8217;s finally learned to embrace every change in her body with grace.
The &#8220;Casino&#8221; star recently made headlines after she posted what she called an &#8220;imperfect&#8221; topless photo of her and her girlfriends hanging out by the pool, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fans-react-to-sharon-stone-posting-imperfect-topless-photo-on-instagram">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
&#8220;Gratefully Imperfect on a Perfect Day,&#8221; Sharon captioned the bikini post shared with her 3.2 million followers.
Many of her followers were thrilled to see the actress embracing life.
&#8220;Embracing our aging bodies is difficult,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;Thank you for showing us that we are beautiful no matter our age or what life has done to our bodies. We are still beautiful and amazing.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t see one single imperfection, Queen,&#8221; another person shared.
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Sharon Stone Says She Once Split With A Younger Boyfriend After He Asked Her About Using Botox

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone">Sharon Stone</a>, 64, just made waves on social media after posting a topless <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgavJKKuLH7/">photo</a> of herself on Instagram.
The “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Basic Instinct</a>” star added the caption “Gratefully Imperfect on a Perfect Day” and then shared the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nudity">bikini pic</a> with her 3.2 million followers. In it, Stone is laughing and standing with a towel draped around her neck to cleverly cover parts of her top half. 
Most of her followers heaped praise on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Emmy Award winner</a>, including some other famous faces.
“Legend!” said “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum Lisa Rinna, 59.
“And like a goddess, she laughs at the mortals,” model Paulina Porizkova, 57, agreed.
Joely Fisher, 54, replied, “Haute” with a fire emoji, while comedian Whitney Cummings, 39, called Stone an “I C O N.”
Fans were equally delighted to see the “Total Recall” alum strip down to almost nothing.
“Embracing our aging bodies is difficult. Thank you for showing us that we are beautiful no matter our age or what life has done to our bodies. We are still beautiful and amazing,” one person wrote.
“I don’t see one single imperfection, Queen,” another person agreed.
Stone sees no problem with nudity on her terms, but she claimed in her memoir “The Beauty of Living Twice” that the infamous leg-crossing scene in “Basic Instinct” which exposed her private parts was done against her will.
“That was how I saw my vagina-shot for the first time, long after I’d been told, ‘We can’t see anything — I just need you to remove your panties, as the white is reflecting the light, so we know you have panties on,’” she wrote in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sharon-stone-failed-to-stop-xxx-release-of-basic-instinct-claims-she-was-misled-into-explicit-nudity">the memoir</a>. “Yes, there have been many points of view on this topic, but since I’m the one with the vagina in question, let me say: The other points of view are bulls**t.”
“Now, here is the issue,” Stone continued. “It didn’t matter anymore. It was me and my parts up there. I had decisions to make. I went to the projection booth, slapped [director] Paul [Verhoeven] across the face, left, went to my car, and called my lawyer, Marty Singer.”

Fans React To Sharon Stone Posting ‘Imperfect’ Topless Photo On Instagram

Fans React To Sharon Stone Posting 'Imperfect' Topless Photo On Instagram

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<a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sharon Stone</a> recently shared that she experienced nine miscarriages, then proceeded to conflate her experience with “violently oppressive” ideology, seemingly referencing the recent overturning of <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roe v. Wade</a>.
The Emmy Award-winning actress posted her personal story in response to a People article about Petra Murgatroyd going public with her own miscarriage. 
“We, as females don’t have a forum to discuss the profundity of this loss. I lost nine children by miscarriage. It is no small thing, physically nor emotionally yet we are made to feel it is something to bear alone and secretly with some kind of sense of failure,” Stone wrote in an Instagram <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CfERs7zu21X/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comment</a>.
“Instead of receiving the much needed compassion and empathy and healing which we so need. Female health and wellness left to the care of the male ideology has become lax at best, ignorant in fact, and violently oppressive in effort,” she continued.
Stone is one of many celebrities opening up about miscarriage and hoping to reduce the stigma associated with that experience. Recently, Britney Spears posted about losing a baby in the early stages of pregnancy. 
“‘It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that we have lost our miracle baby early in the pregnancy,’” she and then-fiance Sam Asghari <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-announces-miscarriage-we-have-lost-our-miracle-baby" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a post on social media. “‘This is a devastating time for any parent. Perhaps we should have waited to announce until we were further along, however we were overly excited to share the good news.’”
Stone’s announcement was a little different, however, as it seemed to equate miscarriage with abortion. 
Stone had previously admitted to having a secret abortion at the age of 18. She told <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://people.com/health/sharon-stone-had-secret-abortion-age-18/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a>, “‘I was bleeding all over the place and far worse than I should have been, but this was a secret and I had no one to tell,’” she said. “‘So I stayed in my room and bled for days. I was weak and scared and then just weak.’”
She said later that she burned her bloody clothes and sheets in a barrel and went back to her college classes. Stone also sang praises of her local Planned Parenthood, saying, “‘This, above all else, saved me: that someone, anyone, could talk to me, educate me,’” she wrote. “‘No one ever had, about anything.’”

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Sharon Stone Says She Had 9 Miscarriages, Made Worse By 'Violently Oppressive' System Of 'Male Ideology'

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