Sharon Stone breaks down on stage: ‘Just lost half my money’

Sharon Stone broke down in tears at a recent event, confessing to the crowd that she’s just experienced a serious financial loss.

Sharon Stone breaks down on stage.

Sharon Stone revealed that she lost “half” of her fortune, presumably in the Silicon Valley Bank collapse.

The Basic Instinct star broke down in tears as she accepted the Courage Award during the Women’s Cancer Research Fund’s (WCRF) fundraiser Thursday and said it took “courage” for her to donate given the bank’s failure.

“I know that thing that you have to get on and figure out how to text the money is difficult. I’m a technical idiot, but I can write a f**king check,” she said from the stage.

Sharon Stone breaks down in tears asking guests to donate more money. She says writing a check for her requires courage since she “lost half my money to this banking thing,” presumably referring to Silicon Valley Bank collapse. “This is not an easy time for any of us.” pic.twitter.com/ZTSP5TQ2od

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“And right now, that’s courage, too, because I know what’s happening. I just lost half my money to this banking thing, and that doesn’t mean that I’m not here.”

Although Stone, 65, didn’t elaborate on the “banking thing” that caused her bank account to plunge, her emotional speech came shortly after the SVB collapse and stock market volatility.

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation abruptly shut down SVB last week shortly after the bank disclosed it had taken a $US1.8 billion hit from a $US21 billion fire sale of its bond holdings.

Sharon Stone speaks onstage during An Unforgettable Evening at Beverly Wilshire. Picture: Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for WCRF

President Biden later assured Americans that the “banking system is safe.”

“Your deposits will be there when you need them,” he said.

The Disaster Artist actress also referenced the death of her brother, Patrick Stone, who passed away last month at age 57 from heart disease.

“My brother just died, and that doesn’t mean that I’m not here. This is not an easy time for any of us,” she shared. “This is a hard time in the world, but I’m telling you what, I’m not having some politician tell me what I can and cannot do.

“How I can and cannot live, and what the value of my life is and is not,” she continued. “So stand up. Stand up and say what you’re worth. I dare you. That’s what courage is.”

Sharon Stone breaks down on stage.

The Women’s Cancer Research Fund’s Unforgettable Evening Benefit Gala took place in Beverly Hills on Thursday. Rebel Wilson, Nia Vardalos, Rachel Zoe, Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin, Julianne Hough and Chord Overstreet were also in attendance.

Stone underwent surgery in 2001 to remove benign tumours that were “gigantic, bigger than my breast alone.” While going for reconstructive surgery following their removal, Stone claimed the surgeon gave her bigger breast implants without her permission.

“He had changed my body without my knowledge or consent,” she wrote in her memoir.

She revealed in November that she’d received a misdiagnosis that turned out to be a “large fibroid tumour, for which she also underwent surgery.

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission.

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