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Sharon Stone shut down GMB's Ed Balls as she accused him of 'setting up a question' during a awkward moment on Thursday.
Host Ed, 57, asked Sharon, 66, about claims late producer Robert Evans allegedly suggested she sleep with her co-star William Baldwin to improve his performance in 1993's Sliver.
Former Labour MP Ed, 57, said: 'There's been a huge change because of the Me Too Movement, the conviction of Harvey Weinstein.
'I mean at a different place, hopefully, the film industry in Los Angeles compared to when you were there.
'When you look back on those early points in your career, the fact that the Hollywood producer Robert Evans advised you to have sex with your fellow lead William Baldwin on the 1993 movie Sliver to improve on his performance, when you look at those times how do you feel today about what producers said to you...'
Sharon Stone shut down GMB's Ed Balls during an awkward moment over a 'set-up question' in a fiery interview about 90s role Sliver on Thursday
The American actress-turned-painter, 66, told the presenter (pictured) and his co-host Kate Garraway that she would not answer his question and sternly told him to move on
She previously claimed she had been pressured during the filming of 1998 Sliver to sleep with her co-star William by the producer Robert Evans, who died in 2019 but when Ed asked her about those claims, she accused him of 'setting her up'
Sharon said: 'First of all, you're setting me up with the "did you beat your wife yet" comment so first of all, I'm not going to validate the statement that you just made as if it is true. 'So we're not going to do that to start with. So I'd like to restart with a new question somewhere else'
Sharon snapped back; 'First of all, you're setting me up with the "did you beat your wife yet" comment so first of all, I'm not going to validate the statement that you just made as if it is true.
'So we're not going to do that to start with. So I'd like to restart with a new question somewhere else.'
There was an awkward pause as Kate, 57, looked down at the desk but Ed soon chimed back: 'When you look back, then, on the way in which you were treated in Hollywood 20, 25, 30 years ago.
'How does it make you feel now?'
She replied: 'Well I have been treated many different ways in Hollywood and all kinds of cities all over the place.
'You're not just treated a certain way and Hollywood isn't really a place.here's a Hollywood sign but it isn't really where we do business.
'Hollywood is an idea and you can't get treated badly by an idea.
'There are structural rules for society that are difficult for everyone and they have been difficult for women in every category whether you are the superstar or the girl I was when I was the waitress at McDonald's.
There was an awkward pause as Kate, 57, looked down at the desk but Ed soon chimed back: 'When you look back, then, on the way in which you were treated in Hollywood 20, 25, 30 years ago'
She replied: 'Well I have been treated many different ways in Hollywood and all kinds of cities all over the place'
Adding: 'You're not just treated a certain way and Hollywood isn't really a place.here's a Hollywood sign but it isn't really where we do business'
'I had the same problems at McDonald's as I did when I was on set.'
Earlier in the year and speaking on Louis Theroux's podcast, Sharon claimed she was asked to sleep with William with the hope it would improve his performance.
She revealed: 'They expected me to bring home another giant smash hit and they gave me casting approval and they gave me all these approvals, but then when it came time for me to do it they told me it was a vanity deal and I couldn't have my approvals.
'Then they started to try to blame me for their mistakes, and they made terrible mistakes in the way that they hired directors and cast.'
She claimed that former actor turned producer Evans summoned her from filming to his office to make the request for her to sleep with leading man William Baldwin — one of four acting brothers, and more widely known as Billy — off set.
Sharon said: 'He called me to his office. He had these very low seventies, eighties couches, so I'm essentially sitting on the floor, when I should have been on set.
'And he's running around his office in sunglasses explaining to me that he slept with Ava Gardner and I should sleep with Billy Baldwin, because if I slept with Billy Baldwin, Billy Baldwin's performance would get better.
'And we needed Billy to get better in the movie because that was the problem.
She claimed that former actor turned producer Evans summoned her from filming to his office
