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Sharon Stone is being praised for her response to being asked whether she's been the victim of sexual harassment during an interview.
In the wake of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements to have followed several Hollywood stars' experiences of sexual misconduct, many actors are getting asked about their own experiences which is leading to some eye-opening responses.
Stone was promoting Steven Soderbergh TV drama Mosaic during a one-on-one interview with CBS Sunday 's Lee Cowen when the host said: “I don't know how to ask this in a delicate way, but were you ever in a position like that, that you felt that you were uncomfortable?”
Stone's response? Laughter.
“You're laughing, but I don't know if that's a nervous laugh, or an 'Are-you-kidding-me-of-course-I-was' laugh?” Cowen said, unsettled.
It was here where Stone laid it down as plainly as she could.
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Stone's powerful response is drawing parallels with the one made by Kill Bill star Uma Thurman who stated measuredly that she would provide a statement on the Weinstein scandal when she felt “less angry.”
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