Sharon Stone, 51, has revealed the heartbreaking personal story that she suffered two miscarriages, each when she was five months along. (Edit: reading this again, I think she’s saying that she lost twins in the late fifth month, but it’s hard to tell.) That must have been terrible and my heart goes out to Stone. The way she revealed this information is kind of questionable, though. She brought it up to explain her diss of Chinese earthquake victims last year. In case you’ve forgotten Stone’s infamous remarks, she was asked what she thought about the terrible earthquakes in China and went on this tirade about how the Chinese were mistreating the Tibetans and the Dalia Lama who she called “a good friend of mine.” She said “then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, is that karma? When you’re not nice that the bad things happen to you?” Stone eventually issued an apology, but the damage was done and she suffered some rightful backlash afterwards.
When asked why she said those insensitive things, Sharon explained that she was crazy – which sounds about right – and that she was in such grief over the tragedy of her loss that she was “really speaking as a heartbroken mother.” Right, because a heartbroken mother would somehow think their innocent child was the victim of karma. Maybe Stone eventually realized the gravity of the situation in China and was able to relate to all the mothers who lost their children, but she sure wasn’t drawing any parallels to her own life when she said it was “karma.”
Sharon Stone has said that her controversial comments about the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China were a result of her hurt after suffering two miscarriages.
The actress apologised twice after initially suggesting that the natural disaster could be “karma” for the country’s treatment of Tibet.
Stone told Prestige: “I was in some kind of crazyville. The horrific loss of those people’s children caused me tremendous grief. I was relating to this earthquake like some kind of crazy mother.
“In that moment, I was so grief-stricken, and I was really relating to their grief. I had lost children myself. All of that was really heavy upon me. I was really speaking as a heartbroken mother.”
She added: “I had two pregnancies that I lost in the late fifth month. And this is so awful because I had to go have surgery when my children died. This is a trauma that you just cannot bear.”
[From DigitalSpy.co.uk]
All right, Sharon, you’ve had some terrible tragedies in your life and maybe you’ll think next time before you shoot your mouth off. Last year we donated to Chinese earthquake relief as a direct result of Sharon’s comments, mostly because I started looking into how heartbreaking the situation was and couldn’t bear not to do anything about it. If anything, Stone helped bring awareness to the situation by inspiring outrage in so many of us. Over 68,000 people were confirmed dead as a result of the Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, with over 18,000 missing and over 370,000 injured. No one can ever convince me that mass tragedies are karma, and I’ll always hate that book “The Secret” for making that obnoxious claim. (I listened to the audiobook and was astounded that someone could even write that people who died in mass tragedies were resonating at a negative level or whatever the hell the author claimed, nonetheless have the audacity to repeat it.)
Stone may say some careless things and wear fur whenever she can, but she’s not a bad person. She supports several charities including gay rights and AIDs research organizations and has adopted three boys, Roan, 8, Laird, 4, and Quinn, 3.
Sharon is shown at an event on 9/24/09 (credit: WENN.com) and out with two of her boys at a bike shop on 10/4/09. (credit: Fame)
We all have to remember to refrain from lashing out at others because of our own grief. I don’t care if she had 10 miscarriages, there’s no excuse in my mind for the sentiments that she expressed.
Shut up nobody bought it then or now and honestly it was forgetten tioll you brought it up again. Twit.
Its kind of a shame when you like someone as an actress or actor, but then find out that they can be kind of insensitive and vile in regards to a national tragedy like this.
Is there an actor/actress who knows when to shut up?
if she was such a “humanitarian”, she wouldn’t wear real fur.
Me,me,me,me. My,my,my,my. What a selfish bimbo. Miscarriages, while painful, are not an excuse for utter insensitivity and stupidity. And it does not compare to losing a child who you have raised and loved, to a horrible disaster and knowing they died in pain and fear. Or for your children to be buried alive and you cannot find their broken bodies. Maybe I’M being insensitive now, but I dare anyone to disagree.
To be honest, a late 5th month loss is a stillbirth, not a miscarriage.
It’s a reason, not an excuse.
I’m sorry for her loss.
@Praise St. Angie – Umm… since when are animals humans?
She said something thoughtless, she didn’t kill anyone. And the fur thing is out of control. Wearing fur is not an illegal activity, I don’t even know why somebody would bring it up in reference to somebody’s character. As much as animal activists hate it, it is still legal to sell, buy and wear fur. Whether you choose to is a moral decision. And nobody has the right to force their own morals on another person, regardless how strong their own beliefs are.
@nj: I dare. Unless you’ve been through it yourself ( and I would wish it on no one, even a total stranger online), you have no idea. The loss of a baby at any age/stage is DEVASTATING.
I’m not justifying her poor judgement, but I can feel for her crazy grief.
She made the comments in 2008, she’s 51 years old now. So she had these miscarriages at 50??? Who’s out there trying to have her first natural child at 50? Weird.
So her losing the babies karma? Or does that only apply to the Chinese?
I say this with a split opinion though, I have never lost any children so I don’t know how hard (I couldn’t even imagine) it is to loose not one, but two babies that far along.
But then again imagine all those babies that were killed over there? I remember seeing a picture of a collapsed school building and piles of little kids bookbags and shoes everywhere. It was heart-wrenching and to say that those little children deserved this because of their societies karma is just cold.
@NJ, I second the disagreement. I’ve never miscarried, but I watched someone I’m close to go through it. The way it was described to me it that the loss of a child is the loss of a child is the loss of a child. There is no comparing grief. You look at it as the children those families raised, so they had more time to bond. I look at it as they were LUCKY enough to spend more time with their children. The reality, once you’ve gotten pregnant and started planning for that child, any loss is a real loss.
Having said that, what Sharon Stone said is still not okay. I’m in no way supporting the statement. I really hope she’s telling the truth though about her pregnancy, as that has got to be some seriously messed up stuff to be putting out there to the universe if it isn’t true.
*Lee*, I bring it up because I think it DOES say something about her character.
I used to be “meh” about wearing fur until I saw the way in which some animals are skinned for their fur. It’s inhumane and absolutely disgusting. I think wearing fur absolutely say something about one’s character and compassion for living things.
to crash2GO2, while I do see your point, I find it hypocritical for her to be so human-rights oriented and yet she doesn’t seem to have compassion for other living things. that’s all I meant by that comment.
i agree with pretty much everyone here on this. while awful, a miscarriage is not an excuse to behave like a shit. frankly, i’m not sure i even believe her. she does have a history of lying about things, like years ago when she said she had a brain tumor in college or whatever. and yes, fur is legal (just like child labor, slavery and rape used to be) but it is so revolting and so cruelly obtained that i think it does say something about her character that she wears it.
Where does it say humanitarians dont wear fur…arent you thinking animalnarian:)
I believe in wearing whatever is available..I eat meat and therefore will wear leather because I believe in using every part of an animal and even using the bones for necklaces…however will breed something just for the sake of the skin, i doubt that,…to do that I will have start eating chinchilla ???etc…to each his own and the good Man for us all!!
Huh. I’ve had a number of friends who have miscarried. Some of them a few times. They were devastated, (and I devastated for them) and not once did I ever hear one of them say anything as witless as Stone did. If anything, they became more sensitive to the heartbreaks of others.
Bitch please! I’m sorry for her loss, that is a terrible thing for anyone woman to have to endure but I don’t buy her explanation in the least.
Perhaps it is foolish of me to speculate on pain I have not experienced, namely miscarriage. I just think personally it would be an unbearable agony to know my child was buried alive and suffering and there was not a thing I could do about it. I can understand why others may disagree, but there is a difference, and that is the suffering and the fear. Any of us would choose a quick, painless, unconscious end over being mangled, crushed,stuck under rubble for days, starving and dehydrating and dying slowly and in pain. And to insinuate that little children died that way because of karma is the height of audacity and being a dumb bitch. I do not wish to offend anyone who’s had a miscarriage, but if she was 50 years old and trying to have twins, she had to have known things might not work out.
In that header pic, I thought it was Chelsea Handler!
Praise St. Angel, You made that decision based on your own beliefs. That’s a moral decision. Anybody in this country at this time does still have the right to wear fur, and have a differing moral compass, without having to justify or explain themselves.
For the record, I partially agree with you. The things I have been told and seen about how animals are divested of their fur makes me squeamish, and I personally wouldn’t buy a fur coat.
But I also won’t pass a moral judgment on somebody who chooses to buy and wear fur. It’s laughable to say they can’t be a humanitarian, or a good person because they choose to wear fur. That’s such a broad, sweeping generalization.
“the Tibetans and the Dalia Lama”
what kind of plant is this !!! Funny !
Stone is about as fake as her boobs. She is no humanitarian, thats for sure.
yup, I did, and that’s my decision to make.
and yes, people have the legal right to wear fur. Does that make it morally “correct” in my eyes? nope.
just as the original Kate indicated, there are all sorts of acts and behavior that used to be legal that are now illegal due to enough people taking a stand against them; same is true for things that used to be outlawed and are now legal.
Slavery, dog-fighting, child abuse (before it was called “abuse”), marital rape…Would you have “passed a moral judgment” on a man who raped his wife even if he was legally allowed to do so?
and it wasn’t so long ago that people were arrested for dating outside their race. Also used to be illegal for women to vote. Was that “right” even though it was a law? Cock-fighting was still legal in Louisiana until last year. So, when it was legal, was it an OK thing to do?
when these things were legal, would it have been morally right to do them? in my opinion, no…but they were LEGAL. “legal” doesn’t always mean “right” or “acceptable”.
you may refrain from passing judgment on someone who wears fur, but I will. I think it speaks volumes about their awareness and/or compassion for other living things.
@ Lee
I think it’s way easier said than done not to pass moral judgement on something like that, especially when we feel so strongly about it. It’s just extremely difficult not to make broad generalizations. I know you’re not supposed to, but sometimes…you just…can’t..help it. And I will.
I beat up an innocent kid half my size yesterday. But it’s okay, it’s not as bad as you think, I did it because I was upset about my turtle dying and burning my morning toast.
I am not convinced. She is trying to get away with this by making people feel sorry for her.
Oh for crying out loud! Can’t anyone in this nation express an opinion out of the norm without being demonized by a bunch of idiotic goody2shoes? She didn’t ACTUALLY kill babies, did she? How is it that the plight of real human beings, the Tibetans, does not provoke nearly the same amount of outrage, as a bunch of thoughtless words? And yes, China does have some bad karma, but I would be more worried about America’s karma for now.
I wonder when she was pregnant. Seems weird that she would have made it to the end of 5 months with twins if there are no pics of her. Then again some women don’t show much.
And also, at 5 months, especially the end of 5 months, it is a stillbirth. A late miscarriage is 12-20 weeks.
Maybe she has some genuine psychiatric problem. I do not say that to be mean. I hope she gets the help she needs.
RobN, I agree. Having twins at 50? I’m not surprised she lost them. It sucks, but you have to get to a point where you realise that your body just isn’t young enough to bear healthy babies.
yes girl – sharon does have problems, esp when she is not the center of attention.
When she is fund-raising, she is the center of attention. That’s why she is so good at it.
I have nothing to say, you just can’t reason with somebody who speaks purely from emotion and not any type of logic.
I see Sharon is still trying to salvage that career of hers that went nowhere. People on set pissed in her bathtub when she was making a movie, remember? She was nasty to everyone. Also, it took years but she was busted about fibbing that she was a member of Mensa. And a true humanitarian does not wear fur! A washed up actress trying to appear old world glamorous does. Didn’t she lose custody of one of her kids recently? Hmmm. She’s a phony and a liar but I will say that the lipo cheek sculpting and implants were done well. Remember how she looked like a butch lesbian about 5 years ago?
yeah, there was no logic there at all. no comparison of “legal” vs. “morally right”…and no examples to back up my argument.
(please note sarcasm in above comment.)
Is she looking for sympathy here? She’s not getting it from me. So because she suffered two miscarriages, that is supposed to justify what she said or lessen the negative feelings people have toward her for saying it?
I can easily say that the miscarriages she suffered were just karma coming back to bite her in the ass. If I’m a Palestinian i can say that 9/11 was karma coming back to bite the US in the ass for supporting Israel.
My personal feelings and strife don’t justify me making such hurtful comments, especially during public interviews.
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