HOLLYWOOD legend Sharon Stone snapped at Ed Balls and temporarily halted their Good Morning Britain chat during a segment about the Me Too movement.
The Basic Instinct actress, 66, appeared on the ITV daytime series via a live video link from her Los Angeles home.
The chat centred on Sharon‘s new career as an artist, as well as her harrowing experience of suffering a bleed on the brain.
Yet later in the segment, the talk turned to the Me Too movement against sexual harassment, intimidation, and assault.
The catalyst for the initiative was the series of allegations which emerged against movie producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017.
Ed, 57, started the segment by saying: “There’s been a huge change because of the Me Too movement, the conviction of Harvey Weinstein.
“I mean at a different place, hopefully, the film industry in Los Angeles compared to when you were there.
“When you look back on those early points in your career, the fact that the Hollywood producer Robert Evans advised you to have sex with your fellow lead William Baldwin on the 1993 movie Sliver to improve on his performance, when you look at those times how do you feel today about what producers said to you…”
Sharon was quick to interject to the lengthy question as she said: “You’re setting me up with the ‘did you beat your wife yet’ comment.
“So first of all I am not going to validate the statement that you first made as if it is true.
“We are not going to do that to start with.
“So I would like to re-start with a new question somewhere else.”
There was a pause as co-host Kate Garraway, 57, looked down at the desk.
Former Labour MP Ed, not being put off, continued: “When you look back, then, on the way in which you were treated in Hollywood 20, 25, 30 years ago.
“How does it make you feel now?”
She replied: “Well I have been treated many different ways in Hollywood and all kinds of cities all over the place.
I had the same problems at McDonald’s as I did when I was on set
Sharon Stone
“You’re not just treated a certain way and Hollywood isn’t really a place.
“There’s a Hollywood sign but it isn’t really where we do business.
“Hollywood is an idea and you can’t get treated badly by an idea.
“There are structural rules for society that are difficult for everyone and they have been difficult for women in every category whether you are the superstar or the girl I was when I was the waitress at McDonald’s.
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“I had the same problems at McDonald’s as I did when I was on set.”
Earlier this year, Sharon broke down as she opened up on finally finding “success”.
Just two years ago, she re-created her famous Basic Instinct scene which showed her crossing her legs.
The film clip has become one of the most iconic in history.
Sharon also told of her new career of being an artist.
She currently has two exhibitions on the go in both San Francisco and Berlin.
There was about a five per cent chance of me living. My whole life was wiped out.
Sharon Stone on her brain bleed
The screen star told how her “thoughts and feelings” come “flooding out on the canvas”.
The career switch came after she suffered a bleed on the brain in 2001.
It was only discovered after her friend pleaded with doctors to check.
The Disaster Artist actress previously said she believed work dried up following her recovery because she was considered to be a “broken person”.
Sharon said: “There was about a five per cent chance of me living. My whole life was wiped out.
“Others aren’t that interested in a broken person. I was alone.”
6 ways you're damaging your brain
Not socialising enough
Feeling lonely has long been linked with cognitive decline and the development of Alzheimer’s.
One US study looking at the brains of healthy adults found those who reported feelings of loneliness had higher cortical amyloid levels – a marker used to help diagnose dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Participants with increased amyloid were seven and a half times more likely to identify as lonely, the Harvard Medical School said.
You don’t have a sense of purpose
Would you agree or disagree with the following statement: “I have a sense of direction and purpose in life”?
People who agreed tended to have a considerably less likely risk of developing Alzheimier’s disease, according to a four-year study of 900 people from Chicago.
Studies have shown that older adults with hobbies or who try and engage in social activities may age slower.
Not getting enough sleep
A lack of sleep is linked with dementia in later life.
It could be that not getting enough good quality rest causes more of the protein amyloid in the brain, which is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s.
Alzheimer’s Society says that problems such as struggling to get to sleep, stay asleep or napping are associated with many forms of dementia – but says the topic is “complicated”.
Not exercising
One study at the University of British Columbia found that regular aerobic exercise boosts the size of the hippocampus – a brain region involved in verbal memory and learning.
Aerobic exercise is the kind that gets your heart pumping and sweaty, as opposed to muscle or weight training.
Similarly, high intensity workouts keep blood flowing to the brain, Researchers at the University of Queensland have found.
Poor diet
Kkeeping your diet healthy and weight managed can indirectly help the brain by banishing diseases like high blood pressure.
Studies have shown that a typical “Western” diet of highly processed food is linked to higher depression rates than those that are healthier, such as Mediterranean and Japanese.
Some foods are considered optimal for brain health – salmon (high in omega-3), dark chocolate, berries, nuts and eggs are just examples.
Listening to loud music
Loss of hearing is linked with dementia, studies have suggested – and listening to loud music can cause damage to the eardrums.
The NHS says to protect your hearing, do not listen to music at more than 60 per cent of the maximum volume.
Do not use earphones or headphones for more than an hour at a time – take a break for at least five minutes every hour.
