Sharon Stone Says She ‘Laughed Hysterically’ When A Studio Head Tried To Sexually Harass Her

by Ava LombardiNovember 11, 2023, 6:27 pmDaily Digest, News, News Feed >

Sharon Stone has opened up about her experiences with sexual harassment in Hollywood in a new podcast interview.

During an appearance on Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera, the actress said that she first faced harassment during a meeting with a former “head of Sony” in the 1980s. She said that the executive, who remains unidentified, exposed himself to her.

“I went to his office and it was back in the 1980s, so the couch was basically on the floor,” Stone recalled. “It was those very low giant couches and my knees were around my neck, and of course, I’m so tall anyway so I look like all legs sitting there akimbo on the couch, and he is pacing around the office.”

“‘It’s true what they say about you,'” the executive told Stone. “‘You’re the most gorgeous. We haven’t seen anyone like you in decades. Everybody’s talking about you. Look at you.'”

Stone said that he then “came walking right up in front of me and said, ‘But first,’ and he took his p— right out in my face. Of course, I was very young and what I do when I’m nervous, because I’m basically a very bubbly person, I started laughing.”

“I started laughing and crying at the same time, and I couldn’t stop because I became hysterical. I couldn’t stop, so he didn’t know what to do. He put it away and he went through this door behind his desk, which I thought was that he left,” Stone continued. “I was just sitting there hysterical and eventually his secretary came out and led me. This was not the last of many weird experiences like this in my career.”

The 65-year-old actress told Ripa that though she will accept apologies from any man who mistreats her, she will not tolerate those who refuse to admit their wrongdoings.

“Don’t ever sit next to me again, ever,” she said about these men. “Because if you sit next to me again, I’m gonna stand up in public and say, ‘I said don’t sit next to me,’ so believe me. I’ve got to screenings where the only seat left was an empty one next to me and I’ve had men sit on the stairs in the aisle because they know, don’t sit next to me if you’re a ‘Me Too’ that ‘Me-Too-ed’ me. Don’t sit in that empty chair unless you’re going to say sorry.”

In November 2022, Stone revealed that she had discovered a large misdiagnosed fibroid tumor.