Sharon Stone Says She Had a Bumble Account

If you, single person, saw Sharon Stone on Bumble, you might get suspicious. Or, understanding that pretending to be Stone on a dating app would unravel pretty quickly and might not be worth the trouble, you might think that you had genuinely run into the star of Basic Instinct and Casino amid your swipes both left and right. In any case, according to Stone and Bumble, it really was her, and she really was banned from the app, as she tweeted on Sunday night:

Many dating apps seek to distinguish themselves in a crowded field with some sort of signature function. While at first glance Stone might seem a more natural fit with the celebrity- and influencer-courting Raya (it's Ben Affleck’s preferred service after all), Bumble has its appeal. For the unfamiliar, the app’s proposition, as described on its site, is that “when members of the opposite sex match on Bumble, women are required to make the first move, shifting old-fashioned power dynamics and encouraging equality from the start.”

For a recent spell, though, it appears that Stone was blocked from making any moves at all. Bumble’s editorial director, Clare O’Connor, responded a few hours after the actor's initial tweets:

And while this all might float in on a breeze bearing top notes of possible viral marketing—New Year’s being the season of resolution and renewed attempts at soulmate acquisition—Bumble insists this has been an organic misunderstanding. In a statement, a rep for the app apologized for the confusion and said of Stone, “being the icon that she is, we can understand how so many of our users felt it was too good to be true.” (A representative for Stone didn't immediately return a request for comment.) The Bumble spokesperson also said that Stone’s tweets were the first that the company knew of her use of the app. May we all find such levels of clarity in 2020.

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