Sharon Stone talks with PEOPLE about being a 'disability hire' 21 years after a ruptured vertebral artery bled into her brain for nine days
Nigel Smith is the Senior Movies News Editor for PEOPLE. He is an experienced culture editor and writer with a 12-year history of working in the online and print industries.says she's"become more comfortable with publicly saying what's really happened to me," over 20 years after she nearly died due to a health incident.
"For a long time I wanted to pretend that I was just fine," Stone says. "I need eight hours of uninterrupted sleep for my brain medication to work so that I don’t have seizures. So I’m a disability hire, and because of that I don’t get hired a lot. These are the things that I’ve been dealing with for the past 22 years, and I am open about that now."
"I lost everything," she says. "I lost all my money. I lost custody of my child. I lost my career. I lost all those things that you feel are your real identity and your life." Sharon Stone Says Only Her Dad Came to Her Aid After She Nearly Died: 'Don't Come to Hollywood' to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
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