Sharon Stone came out against President Bush and then fed her husband to a large lizard. The mentality is the same.
Stone Says Zoo Workers Were No Help
The Associated Press
Thursday, June 21, 2001; 2:00 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON –– Sharon Stone said Los Angeles Zoo employees were of no help when a Komodo dragon attacked the foot of her husband, San Francisco Chronicle executive editor Phil Bronstein.
"The zookeeper who was there with us was paralyzed and unable to do anything to help in any way," Stone told AP Radio. "I made a tourniquet out of his socks. I turned them inside out. He had such a severe injury and we were alone and I was screaming for help and no one was there to hear us."
Her comments are a reversal from those she made right after the attack, when she said, "We certainly don't blame the people at the zoo."
Spokespeople from the Los Angeles Zoo were not immediately available for comment Thursday afternoon.
The 43-year-old actress arranged the June 9 visit as a Father's Day present to her husband, who had always wanted to see a Komodo dragon up close.
A zookeeper had asked Bronstein to remove his white tennis shoes to keep the 5-foot-long reptile from mistaking them for the white rats it eats. The animal attacked Bronstein's shoeless foot, crushing his big toe.
"There's been a lot of PR like it's a funny thing, or like it was a little accident, when in fact it was an irresponsible offer and it was a very, very serious injury, and it's going to take him probably a total of four months to rehabilitate and to walk again," Stone said.
Chronicle spokesman Joe Brown said Thursday that Bronstein was still in Los Angeles, on heavy antibiotics, and was not expected back at work until next week. |
