Sharon Stone is opening up about the strange visions she experienced after surviving a near-fatal stroke in 2001.
The 68-year-old actress reflected on her recovery during an interview on Mayim Bialik’s podcast, Breakdown. She shared that five glowing “orbs” appeared in her home shortly after she returned from the hospital.
Stone kept the story to herself for over 20 years, admitting she struggled to explain exactly what she saw.
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Digital Language and Mysterious Orbs
The Basic Instinct star suffered a catastrophic brain hemorrhage at the height of her Hollywood career. The medical emergency left her bedridden for eight months and required a seven-year recovery. It erased her memory, left her deaf in one ear, and caused severe facial paralysis.
“When I was laying on the couch, sleeping and awake, these orbs sort of presented themselves to me,” Stone told Bialik. “These five orbs presented themselves to me and they sort of talked to me, but in a digital language.”
She confronted the spheres directly: “I just kept saying to them, ‘I don’t know if I’m supposed to stay here or if I’m supposed to die,’” she recalled. “And they said, ‘You’re supposed to stay.’”
A Premonition About Custody
Stone’s biggest concern at the time was the safety of her infant son, Roan, whom she adopted in 2000 with her then-husband Phil Bronstein. Afraid that she would eventually be separated from her child, she asked the figures to look out for him.
“I said, ‘I can only stay if two of you will stay with my son. Because I don’t want him to be alone, and I think he’s gonna get taken from me,’” she continued. “And they agreed. And they said, ‘But your destiny requires that we stay with you.’”
Her premonition came true in 2008 when a judge awarded Bronstein primary physical custody of Roan, now 26. Stone told AARP that her medical history and role in “sexy movies” were weaponized against her in court. Despite the ruling, she went on to adopt sons Laird, 21, and Quinn, 20, and has maintained a close relationship with all three boys.
