Sharon Stone Gets 'Fired Up' Questioning Why People Are 'Afraid of Aging' and 'Nudity'
- - Sharon Stone Gets 'Fired Up' Questioning Why People Are 'Afraid of Aging' and 'Nudity'
Catherine SantinoFebruary 18, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Sharon Stone.
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Sharon Stone got "fired up" in a social media post about aging and nudity
In an Instagram caption, the actress claimed that people are "still afraid of aging & living in our own selves"
Stone has previously shared her thoughts on aging
Sharon Stone is not holding back her thoughts about aging.
The actress, 67, shared her unfiltered opinions in an Instagram post, which she says was prompted by a reaction to a nude painting in her art studio.
"Are we supposed to be terrified when we look in the mirror?" she says in a video clip shared on Monday, Feb. 16. "Is it supposed to be a secret when we pee and poo and brush our teeth? Why are we supposed to be afraid of our own human self? It's like the weirdest idea in the world to me."
She continues, "Excuse me, I wear it every day. I get up in it. I go to sleep in it. I pee in it. I poo in it. It's my apartment. I live here."
Stone expanded on her viewpoint in the post's caption.
"Why in 2026 are we still afraid of aging & living in our own selves," she began. "We are more than appearance.. we are artists, mothers, sisters, wives, nurses, teachers… and the list goes on!""I got really fired up about this when I was touring my studio a few weeks back," Stone added. "The filming crew had requested to move a painting out of shot, 'the Goddess' whom happens to be a naked woman. We are afraid of nudity on our screens, our bodies, our home.. but not violence or every other thing we are constantly bombarded with day in and day out? Get real!"
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Fans are sharing their agreement in the comments.
"Thank you for being so authentically you! Such an inspiration, Sharon ❤️," one wrote.
"AMEN SISTER! 🙌🏽❤️," said another.
A third shared, "So very true, Sharon! I’m glad you said this. We must begin to love ourselves and be comfortable in our bodies and ourselves, at all stages of our lives."
Stone has previously spoken out about accepting your body as you age.
“A lot of people give up as they get older,” the Casino star told The Sunday Times in March 2025. “They let go of their body because it’s collapsing anyway, or it’s like, ‘I’m not defined by my body anymore.’ But you still have to love that body.”
Stone, who pivoted from acting to visual art and is now a painter, continued, sharing, “I joke that my underarms have pleats now. I think, ‘Well, I had beautiful arms and now they’re strong and painting and like angel wings. So what if they have pleats? Maybe that’s what makes them wonderful now.’ ”
Ahead of her 66th birthday, the actress told U.K. outlet The Times that she is grateful to be "alive and healthy."
"I think that we should all be super-thrilled to make it," she continued. "Because I’ve witnessed any number of people not making it."
"I think that people who are embarrassed about being older are just stupid and ungrateful," Stone added.
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