'Because I made THAT movie': Here's why Sharon Stone lost custody of her son after 'Basic Instinct'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Sharon Stone recently talked about how her portrayal of Catherine Tramell in the movie 'Basic Instinct' led to legal problems and a flurry of negative press. Stone, 64, shared that the worst outcome was losing the custody battle against her former partner Phil Bronstein, 72.
Stone, a mother of three, was nominated for a Golden Globe for her groundbreaking performance in the 1992 erotic thriller where she plays a crime author who seduces the detective (Michael Douglas) investigating her for the horrific murder of a rock star. She even became one of Hollywood's most well-known sex icons of the 1990s as a result of her performance. However, Stone acknowledged in a segment of 'Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi' on the iHeart Podcast that she had to cope with unfortunate consequences that none of her successes could have supported. Stone, who was involved in a protracted legal dispute with ex Phil in 2004 over primary custody, shared about losing custody of her adoptive son, Roan Bronstein, who was eight years old at the time.
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'It broke my heart'
On the podcast, Stone recalled how the judge questioned her son about whether he was aware that "[his] mother makes sex movies." She said, "This kind of abuse by the system, that it was considered what kind of parent I was because I made that movie."
Stone added, "People are walking around with no clothes on at all on regular TV now and you saw maybe like a sixteenth of a second of possible nudity of me – and I lost custody of my child. It broke my heart." She said, "I ended up in the Mayo Clinic with extra heartbeats in the upper and lower chambers of my heart," describing the devastating consequences it had on her.
Humiliation at the Golden Globes
Stone was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture for the film 'Basic Instinct' at the 1993 Golden Globes, and she recalled the "humiliating" moment the audience "laughed" as her name was mentioned. Stone said, "It was horrible. I was so humiliated."
Stone added, "And I was like, 'Does anybody have any idea how hard it was to play that part? How gut-wrenching and frightening and how much work it was to play this part?' I wanted to crawl into a hole." She later adopted two more children, Laird Vonne, 17, and Quinn Kelly, 16, in the years 2005 and 2006, respectively.