Sharon apologises for China quake remark
French fashion house Christian Dior has said it's dropped Sharon Stone from its Chinese ads and released a statement from the actress apologising for saying the earthquake in China may have been the result of bad "karma" over its treatment of Tibet.
The 50-year-old actress said she was "deeply sorry" for causing anguish and anger among Chinese people with her remarks.
Sharon models for Christian Dior SA. The company's Shanghai office issued the statement. The public relations manager for Dior in Shanghai, who gave only her surname, Guo, said Sharon would no longer appear in their advertisements in China.
"Due to my inappropriate words and acts during the interview, I feel deeply sorry and sad about hurting Chinese people," Sharon said in the statement. "I am willing to take part in the relief work of China's earthquake, and wholly devote myself to helping affected Chinese people."
Sharon said she'd worked in international charities for the past 20 years and wanted to help Chinese people.
Her original comments were made last week during a Cannes Film Festival red carpet interview.
"I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone else," she said. "And then this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought, is that karma? When you're not nice that the bad things happen to you?"
She also said she cried when she received a letter from the Tibetan Foundation asking her to help quake victims. "They wanted to go and be helpful, and that made me cry," she said.
