Sharon Stone Had the Best Reaction When a Man Asked if She'd Ever Been Sexually Harassed
At this point, it’s safe to call Sharon Stone a living Hollywood legend. The actress has appeared in countless critically acclaimed roles and has been working in the entertainment industry for more than 40 years. So her reaction when she was asked by a male reporter if she’d ever experienced sexual harassment in the industry? Totally on point.
She appeared on CBS Sunday to promote her new limited HBO series Mosaic when reporter Lee Cowen asked the question—which, after waves of allegations rocking Hollywood and plethora of #MeToo stories, seems nearly redundant. Stone’s response was to throw her head back laughing.
Cowen followed up her reaction by asking, “You’re laughing but I-I don’t know if that’s a nervous laugh? Or [an] ‘Are you kidding me, of course I was’ laugh.”
After about 10 seconds Stone stopped laughing, and said, “I’ve been in this business for 40 years. Can you imagine the business I stepped into 40 years ago? Looking like I look, from nowhere Pennsylvania? I didn’t come here with any protection. I’ve seen it all.”
This isn’t the first time Stone has spoken out about the rampant sexual harassment in the entertainment industry—or the harassment all women face. During last week’s Golden Globes she wore all black to support the Time’s Up movement. But as she said in her CBS Sunday interview, she feels that women are finally leading the charge to change what is wrong with Hollywood.
“We were raised to accommodate men, particularly in my generation. And women so often lose their own identity to the identity of the men that they’re with,” she said. “We’re starting to acknowledge our own gifts as women and not think that we have to behave as men in order to be empowered or powerful or valuable.”
Watch Stone’s entire interview below:
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