Sharon Stone on Abuse, Death, and Who Believed in Her
From The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud by Do Good Crew
June 1, 2026 · 1h 9m
About this episode
Sharon Stone shares her journey of overcoming personal struggles and the influence of her father's belief in her.
Before Sharon Stone became one of Hollywood's most iconic stars, she was a kid from rural Pennsylvania getting sent to the principal's office for teaching her classmates cursive and multiplication. Then her father - a blue-collar machine shop worker with the touch of kings - walked in and said: Here's what's going to happen. It's not going to stop. She's going to keep right on doing it. Are we clear? In this unguarded conversation with David Begnaud, Sharon shares the story of the man who believed in her when the world told her to be less - and reflects on the life that followed. She opens up about the nine-day misdiagnosed brain hemorrhage she survived against 1% odds, the assault she didn't understand for a decade, the custody battle she lost to an ex-husband who ran the only newspaper in town, and why being a sex symbol meant the world assumed she was stupid instead of surviving. She talks about being the 13th choice for Basic Instinct, fighting through every makeup test to wipe off the bimbo overlay, and a mother who never once said I love you. And she shares what her father - who died exactly four months to the day after calling to say he had four months left - would want…
People in this episode
Host: David Begnaud
Guest: Sharon Stone
Topics covered
- abuse
- resilience
- Hollywood
- personal story
- family
- health
- identity
Keywords
- Sharon Stone
- abuse
- brain hemorrhage
- Hollywood
- identity
- resilience
- family
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Basic Instinct
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