"Because he offended men"— Sharon Stone explains why she believes there is more hatred for Kevin Spacey

Actress, painter, and former model Sharon Stone is defending herself in the wake of backlash for showing support for actor Kevin Spacey. The 64-year-old actor has been accused of sexual misconduct by over a dozen men in the last seven years.

Stone told The Hollywood Reporter during an interview published on July 9 that she thought it was unjustified that “people are mad at me for that.” Sharon Stone further claimed that there was still so much of a “negative response” concerning Kevin Spacey because his alleged victims are men instead of women.

“There’s so much hatred for him because in his case it was man-on-man. That’s why he’s not allowed to come back. Because he offended men,” the 66-year-old actress claimed.

A user calls out Sharon Stone for misinterpreting the Kevin Spacey situation. (Image via X/ChangVenetia)

During a May interview with The Telegraph, Sharon Stone came in support of Kevin Spacey and shared how she couldn’t wait to see him “back at work.”

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Sharon Stone wishes that Kevin Spacey is given another chance

On Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter published a cover story titled “Sharon Stone Leaves Nothing Unturned.” The Basic Instinct actress got candid about forgiveness, among other things, especially in the case of Kevin Spacey.

When the interviewer, Benjamin Svetkey, asked her about her reaction after getting into a “little hot water” for recently defending Kevin Spacey, Sharon Stone clarified:

“I said that after being in therapy for seven years, not being allowed to work, losing his home, losing everything, he should be allowed to come back. He’s reached out to everybody he’s offended and said he’s sorry.”

The former amfAR spokesperson continued by saying that Spacey was accused of misconduct. Still, she said nobody ever publicly accused him of a “sexual encounter,” adding that the “hatred” Kevin is receiving and the reason he wasn’t allowed to return to work was because he “offended men.”

Sharon Stone even mentioned that in her lifetime, she has also been a victim of similar misconduct but has never received any apology from men. Elsewhere in the interview, the Oscar nominee shared that people should understand the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony, claiming that a “slap on the a*s” is not the same as “r*pe.”

Later, she clarified her comments to Entertainment Weekly, claiming that she “did not defend” Kevin Spacey before, nor is she doing it now.

"When someone does seven years of recovery from any compulsive behavior whether it is drugs, alcohol, or sexual addiction, and then takes responsibility for it, in our business we allow them to come back to work with their sponsor. This is the only case I have seen where that has not been the case,” she noted.

The Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters recipient added:

“My observation is that this is because it is a man-on-man sex crime. And we have not been responsible at all for men-on-women sex crimes and that there must be a middle line.”

Notably, in the wake of the Channel 4 docuseries Spacey Unmasked, released earlier this year, and nearly a dozen men accusing Kevin Spacey of “inappropriate behavior,” Sharon Stone expressed her solidarity for the House of Cards actor.

She called for Spacey’s Hollywood comeback during a conversation with The Telegraph in May.

“I can’t wait to see Kevin back at work. He is a genius. He is so elegant and fun, generous to a fault, and knows more about our craft than most of us ever will. It’s terrible that they are blaming him for not being able to come to terms with themselves for using him and negotiating with themselves because they didn’t get their secret agendas,” Stone mentioned in May.

The Lovelace actress also shared how aspiring actors “wanted and want to be around” Spacey but, unfortunately, could not do so due to his cancellation.

Several others, including Liam Neeson, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Fry, and Sir Trevor Nun, came in support of Kevin Spacey during the same interview.

Filmmaker Paul Schrader also recently told Variety that since Spacey was not “convicted,” he would consider casting him for his upcoming directorial, the Frank Sinatra biopic, adding that he wasn’t affected by the “cancel culture.”