The actress replaced Elizabeth Taylor as head of the amfAR foundation, and her AIDS activism cost her eight years without a job.
Sharon Stone is currently in Saudi Arabia on the occasion of the Red Sea Film Festival and there she has made one of her most difficult confessions. The actress recalled how it was when she replaced Elizabeth Taylor at the helm of the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and how that activism against the disease was about to cost her her career in the world of interpretation. In fact, she has assured that she was without work for a long time.
“It destroyed my career. I didn't work for eight years. I was told that if I ever talked about condoms again the funds would be removed. They threatened me with death on several occasions and I decided that I had to move on, ”she said in statements collected by People magazine. Stone first took over her role at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, and her publicist tried to warn her of the danger of speaking out about AIDS at the time, but she did so aware of what she was up against.
After more than 25 years supporting the organization, the actress looks back and defends that she does not regret the decision she made despite the continuous threats she received. “I stayed for 25 years, until we had ads for AIDS treatments on TV just like we had for aspirin,” she declared. Of course, although she knew the risks, she never imagined the magnitude of what she would have to endure: "I had no idea of the resistance, the cruelty, the hatred and the oppression that we would face."
A testimony in full fight against a tumor
Sharon Stone is fulfilling different professional commitments while she deals with the terrible diagnosis that she received a month ago after undergoing several tests. The actress has experienced authentic torture in recent months with examinations and analyzes that ended with an erroneous assessment of her state of health and with a completely incorrect procedure.
Her pain did not stop increasing despite the help of specialists, so she asked for a second opinion and found that what she actually had was a fibroid tumor that had to be removed. Sharon announced the news on her social networks and encouraged her followers to ask for a second opinion, because she "can save their lives."
