Hollywood star Sharon Stone has apologised for suggesting China's earthquake was bad "karma" for its handling of Tibet, but Christian Dior on Thursday dropped her from its local ads amid a public uproar.
The 50-year-old US actress offered to help with relief efforts after the May 12 quake that killed nearly 70,000 people, in an effort to smooth over tensions sparked by her controversial comments at the Cannes Film Festival last week.
"My erroneous words and deeds angered and saddened the Chinese people, and I sincerely apologise for this," she said in a statement issued by Dior China and sent to AFP on Thursday.
"I'm willing to participate in any earthquake relief activity and to do my utmost to help Chinese people affected by the disaster," she added.
But Dior said Stone -- who promotes the French luxury brand's anti-ageing skin-care line, among other products -- would no longer appear in its ads in China.
"In light of the negative reaction that Sharon Stone's inappropriate remarks have triggered, Dior China has decided to immediately cancel and stop any advertisements, marketing campaigns and commercial activities associated with Sharon Stone," it said.
Stone -- perhaps best known for her starring role in "Basic Instinct" -- sparked the controversy last week, which has angered people across China and led to pledges by some cinemas here to boycott her films.
"I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone else," Stone said, according to footage widely available on YouTube.
"And then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, is that karma -- when you're not nice that the bad things happen to you?"
Anyone else surprised? According to IMDB, she has 4 movies in production or being ready to be released. These movie studios have a LOT of money wrapped up into these projects, and I wouldn't be surprised if one of them pressured her into "apologizing".
That being said, I would think that a Hollywood celebrity would have a bit more of a backbone....pfft....HA! I almost said that with a straight face. She's a cowardly liberal who's backing down from people being offended. Just ONCE I'd like to see a celebrity say something "offensive" and tell the "offended" people to go fuck themselves if they don't like what they said.
Spineless vermin. Sharon, do us all a favor and grow a backbone and don't bother making Basic Instinct 3. No one wants to look up your skirt to see something that looks like cabbage leaves gone bad.
Travis
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