CELEB BITS: Sharon Stone says she ‘lost half her £ 50 million fortune’

Sharon Stone has revealed she lost half her money in the recent banking crisis. The Hollywood actress shared the news during a fundraising gala for a cancer charity in the US, according to the Daily Mail. Urging guests to donate what money they could, she apparently told the audience: “I just lost half my money to this banking thing and that doesn’t mean I’m not still here.” It isn’t clear which bank the 65-year-old, who is worth a reported $60 million (£50m), lost her money with. However, the Women’s Cancer Fund gala she attended took place days after the collapse of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank in the US. The bank collapses are the largest failures in US history after the Washington Mutual Bank folder during the 2008 financial crisis. Although Sharon says she has lost half her fortune, the US Federal Reserve have stepped in to guarantee all deposits held at the two banks are safe. This means that although she is affected, it is unlikely she will actually lose any of her money in the bank collapse. source: Mirror