Sharon Stone has opened up about her complicated relationship with her late mother and revealed she never heard her say “I love you” growing up.
The 68 year old man Basic instinct The star got candid about her family dynamic during an appearance on The person who believed in me podcast, hosted by CBS correspondent David Begnaud, on Monday, June 1.
Stone described his mother, Dorothy, who died in 2025 at the age of 91, as someone who was deeply troubled and suffered emotionally and mentally, leaving their relationship strained until her final days.
The complexity of their bond became even more apparent when Stone’s parents moved into their home before his father Joseph’s death in 2009.
The actress explained that having to move while her husband was terminally ill probably made her mother feel internally inadequate, which Stone believes made her mother angry and feel less than in some ways.
When asked if she ever confronted her mother about these feelings, the Casino star admitted she hadn’t, opting instead to offer whatever she could to make her mother feel powerful, a habit of “helping too much” that Stone now reflects wasn’t always the right response and often left family members feeling dependent and angry.
Even when Stone later acted as her mother’s caregiver at the end of her life, she confessed that she never received the emotional closure she desperately craved.
The actress admitted that she really wanted to hear her mother say things like “I love you, I’m proud of you” or offer an apology, but Dorothy’s internal struggles prevented that from happening.
The stark family revelation comes just before the release of Stone’s next film. In memorywhich will debut at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 7.
The film features comedian Marc Maron playing an actor with terminal cancer who becomes hilariously obsessed with landing a spot in the annual Academy Awards tribute segment.
