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Sharon Stoneis feeling the financial impact of the ongoing banking saga.
The Academy Award nominee, 65, said she “lost half my moneyto this banking thing,” presumably referring to two major bank failures but still planned to write a check to the Women’s Cancer Research Fund in a tearful speech at Thursday’s An Unforgettable Evening benefit gala in Beverly Hills.
“And right now, that’s courage too,” she said. “Because I know what’s happening. I just lost half my money to this banking thing, and that doesn’t mean that I’m not here. My brother just died, and that doesn’t mean that I’m not here. This is not an easy time for any of us.”
“This is a hard time in the world, but I’m telling you what, I’m not having some politician tell me what I can and cannot do, tell me I can and cannot live and what the value of my life is and is not. So stand up. Stand up and say what you’re worth, I dare you. That’s what courage is,” added Stone.
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The U.S. government seized Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank following abank run that collapsed the financial institutions, according to the Associated Press. Federal regulators have since guaranteed all deposits and created a program to shield other banks from similar incidents.
PresidentJoe Bidenhas since offered the public a sense of calm with the assurance: “Your deposits will be there when you need them.”
Stone, who was honored with the Courage Award at An Unforgettable Evening for her support of breast cancer research, told PEOPLE on the red carpet that afterhaving benign tumors removed from her breastin 2001, she’s since had another surgery to remove tissue from her breast.
“And that might seem funny coming from me since you’ve all seen them,” she said. “But let me tell you something else — you’ve seen them since the surgery, and you don’t know it.
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“So don’t ever feel compelled not to get a mammogram, not to get a blood test, not to get surgery, because it doesn’t matter. I’m standing here telling you I had one and a half and more tissue of my breast removed, and none of you even knew it,” added Stone.
source: people.com
