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Sharon Stone's Karma Takes a Hit from Dior

Fearing a possible boycott of its products in China, the luxury company announced on Thursday that it had ditched Sharon Stone as its

 
If you haven't believed in karma yet, here's some food for thinking:

Sharon Stone’s offensive 'karma' remarks about the earthquake in China prompted Christian Dior to dump the outspoken actress.

LVMH-owned Dior reacted immediately, saying it didn’t agree with Stone’s “hasty, unreflecting remarks”.

“We absolutely do not support any remark that hurts the Chinese people's feelings,” the fashion label said in a released statement, in which they also apologized to the Chinese customers.

Fearing a possible boycott of its products in China, the luxury company announced on Thursday that it had dropped Stone from its advertising in China.

 


After suggesting that the recent tragedy in China happened due to bad karma, as a consequence of China’s policies regarding Tibet, the actress’ films were banned by film distributors in China and Hong Kong.

Quickly trying to patch the damage, Sharon Stone referred to her words during the interview as inappropriate and expressed her sadness and regret for “hurting Chinese people.”

Stone also added she was willing “to take part in the relief work of China’s earthquake” and to help “affected Chinese people.”

The powerful earthquake in China killed around 70,000 people, according to preliminary reports. Another 23,150 are also missing. More than 420,000 homes collapsed leaving approximately 5 million people homeless.