ACTRESS SHARON STONE is facing a furious backlash in China — after suggesting “bad karma” over Tibet caused its recent earthquake.
The US star’s outburst prompted one of China’s top cinema chains to ban her films.
The Basic Instinct beauty is slammed on the net, with a site devoted to condemning her.
Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival last week to a Hong Kong TV channel, Stone, 50, said: “I’m not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else.
“And then this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought, is that karma? When you’re not nice bad things happen to you.”
The May 12 quake is feared to have killed 80,000.
Stone refused to comment yesterday.
Karma slur ... Sharon Stone