Sharon Stone covers the latest issue of Vogue Arabia. It’s a lovely, expensive-looking editorial, although it absolutely looks like the photographer smeared Vaseline on the lens. This is the same lighting from Barbara Walters’ old interviews, I swear to God. Anyway, Sharon always has some interesting stuff to say about beauty, aging and feminism, and her Vogue Arabia interview was no different. Some highlights:
Why she’s often described as “brave”: “Because I’m comfortable with myself, and I don’t feel personally oppressed. I think I can probably speak for you and the rest of the female planet when I say that there’s a giant effort to make us not feel free and to feel oppressed. And I don’t go for it.”
She’s had a little Botox here & there: “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… [it went from] cute luxury to some kind of massive, painful neurological need.”
Living her best life at 64. “I feel like this is the most exciting and creative period of my life. I feel really, really happy. I’ve never been this joyful.”
On the overturn of Roe v. Wade: “When they’re saying that rape victims have to have their baby, I think you have to be very clear that women’s rights are on pretty thin ice. What’s happening now is the absolute, dramatic backlash to #MeToo.”
How do we make it through this era? “I really grew up in the country, and if you get kidnapped and put in a hole in a barn by a hillbilly, that’s when you’re in real trouble. That’s kind of what’s happening now. We’re like in a hole in a barn with a bunch of hillbillies. [The backlash that #MeToo has received is like a] rabid animal: you step back from it and, you know, wait until someone puts it down.”
Online dating: “I’m not an algorithm dater,” she shared, saying that dating is something that she prefers to experience in a more natural manner, like “when you meet someone, and you have things in common and you have chemistry.” Musing over her romantic life, the star also shared, “I think I would have had more kids if I had a partner.”
“We’re like in a hole in a barn with a bunch of hillbillies” is so eerily correct, I can’t even believe Sharon Stone made this perfect f–king analogy. That’s exactly what happened – we’ve been overtaken by a bunch of hillbilly morons and they’re trying to put women in a hole in a barn. The only thing is, it’s not just “hillbillies.” It’s Harvard-educated Supreme Court justices.
“There’s a giant effort to make us not feel free and to feel oppressed. And I don’t go for it.” Part of oppression is psychological, “feeling oppressed,” feeling helpless. And I agree in some sense that a positive, proactive mindset can do wonders. But I do think Sharon is kind of ignoring that a lot of women in America and around the world are genuinely oppressed, not just in a “oppressed mindset” sort of way.
Covers courtesy of Vogue Arabia, additional photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
Sharon Stone attends the “The Story of my wife” Red Carpet during the 74th Cannes International Film Festival on Wednesday 14 July 2021 at Palais des festivals, Cannes. .,Image: 621530711, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: World Rights – Julie Edwards/Avalon.Red, Model Release: no, Credit line: Julie Edwards / Avalon 
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‘No Time to Die’ movie premiere at the Monte-Carlo Opera. This charity screening is organised by the Princess Grace Foundation to support emerging talents in theater, dance and film. For the sum of $ 2,500, a privileged few will be able to attend the evening, with a screening of the film at the opera followed by a dinner in the lounges of the Casino de Monte-Carlo. The opportunity also to pay tribute to Roger Moore who played the secret agent 7 times. Sharon Stone, HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.,Image: 635263404, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Olivier Huitel / Avalon
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