Actress Sharon Stone, best known for her roles in films like “Total Recall” and “Basic Instinct, just excoriated woke Hollywood and its denizens in a powerful interview with PEOPLE magazine, saying that it was only her dad who was there for her in a dark time of her life, with her former friends in Hollywood ditching her at the first sign of trouble.
That dark time was 2001, when she was given just a 1 percent chance of living by doctors after she ruptured a vertebral artery, which then bled into her brain for nine long days. That horrific medical trouble turned what was a thriving career into a trainwreck, with Stone getting divorced and no longer getting calls from Hollywood in the years after.
Describing that time in her life, she said, “My father was there for me, but I would say that was about it. I understand if you want to live with solid citizens, don’t come to Hollywood.” She added, “I lost everything. I lost all my money. I lost custody of my child. I lost my career. I lost all those things that you feel are your real identity and your life.”
Continuing, she added that she never got back what she lost during those terrible days and years of misery, saying, “I never really got most of it back, but I’ve reached a point where I’m okay with it, where I really do recognize that I’m enough.”
Stone is now a board member of the Barrow Neurological Foundation, which supports the medical institute of her brain surgeon, Dr. Michael Lawton’s medical institute. The mission of the Barrow Neurological Foundation is to save lives “through innovative treatment, groundbreaking, curative research and educating the next generation of the world’s leading neuro clinicians.”
Stone is far from the only actor to discuss how much better things are outside of Hollywood. Mark Wahlberg, for example, said in an interview that leaving the city has helped his children tremendously. “It’s really giving the kids a chance to thrive,” he said.
Continuing, he added, “It just has the best of both worlds. I know a lot of people, when they think Las Vegas, they think the Strip. But just about 15, 20 minutes away, there’s a whole lot of other amazing areas that are all about family and community.”
He then added, “It just has the best of both worlds. I know a lot of people, when they think Las Vegas, they think the Strip. But just about 15, 20 minutes away, there’s a whole lot of other amazing areas that are all about family and community.”
“We’re always looking for new opportunities and new adventures,” he said. “I hope to create of a lot of opportunity here. And I moved to California originally to make movies. I’ve made three movies in the last 15 years in LA. So, as you know, it’s been difficult. “The kids are really happy, and it’s all about them,” he also said.
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