Sharon Stone says she lost custody of her son because of ‘Basic Instinct’ scene

Sharon Stone, known for playing some of the most iconic femme fatales of the 1990s, said she lost custody of her son due to a brief moment in 'Basic Instinct.'

Today, nudity in film and television seems almost commonplace, but for stars of decades past, there have been real-life repercussions for even the smallest of glimpses.

Actor Sharon Stone, known for playing some of the most iconic femme fatales of the 1990s, said she lost custody of her son because of her role in the 1992 film Basic Instinct. 

During a podcast appearance on Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi, Stone, 65, said judicial prejudice in her 2004 divorce case allowed for the movie to be “weaponized against her.”

While fighting for custody of her now 22-year-old son Roan — whom she adopted with her ex-husband Phil Bronstein in 2000 — Stone said the judge asked her son if he was aware his mother made “sex movies.”

The judge’s question was likely a reference to a since-iconized interrogation scene in Basic Instinct where Stone uncrosses her legs while seated.

“People are walking around with no clothes on at all on regular TV now and you saw maybe, like, a 16th of a second of possible nudity of me — and I lost custody of my child,” she said on the podcast released Tuesday. “Are you kidding?”

Though she was granted visitation rights to her son, Stone said the loss of custody contributed to cardiac issues that saw her hospitalized.

“I ended up in the Mayo Clinic with extra heartbeats in the upper and lower chambers of my heart,” she said. “It broke my heart.”