Sharon Stone Says Her Ex Didn’t Want Her to Get a Mastectomy
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Key Points:
- Sharon Stone revealed on The Person Who Believed in Me podcast that she decided to divorce her husband after he reacted angrily to her choice to have a double mastectomy following the discovery of tumors in both breasts.
- Stone's doctor recommended the bilateral mastectomy during a house call around 2001, warning that the tumors looked very serious and likely cancerous, despite Stone initially doubting she had cancer.
- Stone's husband, believed to be Phil Bronstein, whom she was married to from 1998 to 2004, called the surgery decision "ridiculous" and left the room in anger, opposing her choice to proceed with the mastectomy.
- The doctor confronted Stone's husband, emphasizing the importance of her decision for survival, which led to the husband's final rejection of Stone and marked the end of their marriage.
- Stone felt her husband thought she was foolish for making her own health decisions, signaling a fundamental breakdown in their relationship over her medical choices.