Sharon Stone, 65, shares online dating horror stories after meeting up with a former convict and heroin addict - as she searches for love: 'I don't want to just go on Tinder and f*** somebody'

Sharon Stone has opened up about her experiences on dating apps such as a Tinder and Bumble – admitted that she once found herself on a date with a ‘heroin addict’ who ordered absinthe at a bar.

The Basic Instinct siren, 65, has said she is looking for love and a ‘connection’ over a quick one-night stand in a candid new interview with The Times.

Stone shares that many of the recent dates she’s had have been from online dating, including a former convict and ‘a heroin addict who’s clearly 20,000 heroin injections later than the picture he sent me.’

The date with the alleged addict took place at the Hotel Bel-Air but didn’t last long.

‘I tell the waiter, “I’ll have a glass of water.” He had a cocktail: absinthe or something. And I said, “I’m sorry, I can’t stay,”‘ Stone – who was once blocked on Bumble – recalled.

Sharon Stone shared some of her dating app horror stories in an interview with The Times; pictured September 2023

Sharon Stone shared some of her dating app horror stories in an interview with The Times; pictured September 2023

Stone is hoping to find a real ‘connection’ on the apps: ‘I didn’t want to just go on Tinder and f*** somebody. Do you know what I mean? It’s so easy to f*** somebody. You don’t have to go on Tinder; you go to f***ing Coffee Bean. It’s not hard,’ she explained.

Not every dating experience Sharon had turned into a cautionary tale, with the actress beginning two relationships during COVID.

The relationships remained online, but Stone recalled how she helped the men get through their own recent break-ups.

‘I was almost like a therapist,’ she said. ‘One whose wife told him she wanted a divorce and they had two little kids. He was struggling to process it. And [the other] had broken up with his girlfriend. She had gotten pregnant and instead of marrying, she got an abortion … He was still very much in love with her and I helped him process it. It was really rewarding for both of us. I don’t know how to explain it.’

But this year Sharon hopes will be different: ‘This is the year that I want to fall in love — 100 percent,’ she said.

When it comes to her next partner, Sharon doesn’t have a list of qualifications.

‘I don’t look for anything. I’ve never looked for anything. Because I don’t think that’s what happens. You’re standing somewhere, someone walks up and starts talking to you and you turn around and think, “What?” And the next thing you know, two years have gone by.’

‘You don’t look for a list and then your list arrives. That’s what people do who don’t have relationships. So that they can comfort themselves with the fact that they don’t have a relationship and feel that they’re actively making an effort towards that happening in their lives.’

Stone displayed her bikini body on Instagram last year

Stone displayed her bikini body on Instagram last year

Stone is hoping to find a real 'connection' on the apps: 'I didn’t want to just go on Tinder and f*** somebody. Do you know what I mean? It’s so easy to f*** somebody. You don’t have to go on Tinder; you go to f***ing Coffee Bean. It’s not hard,' she explained

Stone is hoping to find a real ‘connection’ on the apps: ‘I didn’t want to just go on Tinder and f*** somebody. Do you know what I mean? It’s so easy to f*** somebody. You don’t have to go on Tinder; you go to f***ing Coffee Bean. It’s not hard,’ she explained

This year Sharon hopes will be different: 'This is the year that I want to fall in love — 100 percent,' she said

This year Sharon hopes will be different: ‘This is the year that I want to fall in love — 100 percent,’ she said

Sharon was married to screenwriter Michael Greenburg from 1984 to 1987.

She then wed journalist Phil Bronstein from 1998 until 2004, with whom she raises son Roan, 23.

The star adopted two sons, Quinn, 17, and Laird, 18, on her own.

This isn’t the first time Stone has described her experiences using the apps.

Speaking with German Vogue in 2020, she detailed the pitfalls of modern dating and trying to find love online.



Stone pictured with her then-husband Phil Bronstein in 2002; they were married from 1998 to 2004

Stone pictured with her then-husband Phil Bronstein in 2002; they were married from 1998 to 2004


Revealing she was getting to meet the kinds of men she’d never meet in real life, the star said she was currently chatting to an aeronautical engineer.

However, she joked she has the ‘worst luck’ with men and had chatted to everyone from former convicts, to ‘socially awkward’ people or those who prefer their dog’s company to humans.

‘You know, when you’re single at this age, there’s usually a reason for that. I count myself in there’, she said.

It came a year after Sharon encountered a major obstacle in her efforts to finding love – she was blocked from the popular dating app Bumble.

The mother-of-three made a public plea to the company to reinstate her account as she quipped on Twitter, ‘Don’t shut me out of the hive’.

Revealing that she had been reported by users who assumed she was running a fake account, Stone shared: ‘I went on the @bumble dating sight and they closed my account. Some users reported that it couldn’t possibly be me!

‘Hey @bumble, is being me exclusionary ? Don’t shut me out of the hive [sic]’.

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