The ‘Basic Instinct’ actress got candid about her complicated relationship with her mom during ‘The Person Who Believed in Me’ podcast on Monday, June 1
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- Sharon Stone reflected on her complex relationship with her late mom, whom she says never expressed love to her growing up
- The actress detailed how she prepared her home to care for her terminally ill father before her parents moved in with her
- Stone admitted to “overhelping” family members, which she believes contributed to their dependency and emotional struggles
Sharon Stone is opening up about her complicated relationship with her late mother.
The Basic Instinct actress, 68, got candid about where she stood with her mom, Dorothy, after Dorothy and her dad, Joseph, moved in with Stone amid Joseph's terminal illness, she shared on The Person Who Believed in Me podcast, hosted by CBS correspondent David Begnaud.
During the Monday, June 1, episode, she described the way her mom — who died in 2025 at age 91 — treated her growing up, and how she never once heard her say “I love you."
Their complex relationship lasted well into Stone's adulthood. The actress said she felt it more heavily when her parents moved in with her in the months leading up to her dad's death in 2009.
“They moved to my house when he was dying. They moved to my house when he was sick,” she said of her parents, before explaining how she believed the move made her mom feel. “I'm sure in some way, she had to feel internally incompetent, and that must have made her rage and feel upset or less than in some way.”
When Begnaud asked Stone if she ever told her mom how she felt during that time, Stone replied, “No. What I did was try to offer her everything I could to make her feel strong or powerful or give her anything she might need, which is not always the right answer.”
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“Many times in my life, with many members of my family, I overhelped," the Casino star explained. "Leaving them to remain incompetent or dependent, and I left people in rage.”
The actress also shared her reaction after her dad called her about how serious his illness had gotten, and how she immediately cleaned her house in preparation.
“When he called me with the, ‘I think I'm getting close,' I got on my hands and knees — I have a really big house — and I cleaned my entire house on my hands and knees,” she recalled.
After she first “took everything out of every cupboard” and “cleaned every can of canned goods by hand,” she then went to the guest house and made sure it had everything her dad might need to feel comfortable.
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“I went to my guest house and I upholstered the front of the fireplace. I put those handles next to the toilet and the tub, but made them beautiful so you wouldn't know they were to help,” she said.
“I tricked out the guest house so that all the things look like they were always there, but it was like a hospital,” she continued, sharing that she wanted the house to be “perfect” for her dad.
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Earlier in the episode, she revealed how she also served as a caretaker for her mom in her final days, and how their relationship remained strained even then.
“I was taking care of her in her final days at my house, and I did want those things. I wanted the ‘I love you, I'm proud of you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry too. I hope you're good.' You know? But she was so troubled, my mom, and suffering emotionally and mentally.”
Stone's next movie, In Memoriam, debuts at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 7. The film stars comedian Marc Maron as an actor with terminal cancer who becomes obsessed with being included in the Oscars' "in memoriam" segment.
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