In the late 1970s, Kim Basinger entered the public consciousness as a top fashion model.
After a few years of magazine covers and fashion show runways, Basinger segued into acting.
She broke through in Hollywood as several women have, before and since: as a Bond girl.
Confidential," for which she won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a SAG Award.
Meanwhile, Basinger’s acting career continued, albeit more sporadically than it had been.
Years after, those decisions combined to crush Basinger financially.
In the wake of the original verdict, Basinger filed for bankruptcy in 1993.
Looking back on how it all played out, Basinger remained saddened.
“And the sad part about it is that nothing good became of it.”
Those who knew them were far from surprised.
No … Alec’s a funny one.
We’re all fine and we all get along, whatever … but he’s a challenge."
“Divorce is hard on a kid, no matter how you cut it,” she said.
“And ours was very public and nasty.”
Living a more normal existence out of the spotlight went a long way toward reducing her stress level.
I’ve been at both ends," she explained.
“Now I wake up and enjoy life,” she gushed.
“I didn’t want to live on drugs.”
Basinger’s association with PETA (a.k.a.
Basinger has also protested the practice of dogs being consumed as food in South Korea.
“You get a lot of offers, being in this business,” she said.
“It’s a very privileged position to be in.”
Meanwhile, Basinger also teased a potential screen comeback.
“You get offers your whole life,” she noted.
“She wasn’t enthralled with the first movie, but she knew the books,” Basinger explained.
“She said, ‘You have to do it, Mom, it’s really powerful for women.
Your character is about a woman’s power.’
But it’s not like that.
My character’s strength is more emotional and mental she shows Christian all his moves.”
Basinger briefly reprised the role in the third film, “Fifty Shades Freed,” in 2018.
You were literally in his last picture show!'
I only wish we could have done a real movie together …
Such a beautiful man."
Since 2014, Basinger has been involved with celebrity hairstylist Mitch Stone.
They were first spotted together in 2014, packing on the PDA while vacationing in Hawaii.
It came to a head one day while buying groceries.
Her anxiety escalated to the point that she stopped leaving the house altogether.
Inviting friends to her home, she added, wasn’t a solution.
Agoraphobia took a heavy toll on her, physically as well as mentally.
Not surprisingly, she followed in her mom’s footsteps by entering the world of modeling.
The following May, the couple welcomed a daughter, Holland.
Of course, that blessed event meant that Basinger was now a grandmother.
“@kim.basinger’s latest role as lady elmo,” Baldwin wrote.
