- Rare paparazzi photos of agoraphobic Kim Basinger were published this week.
- The actress was spotted on a date night with her boyfriend Mitch Stone last year.
Ahead of her first red carpet appearance in half a decade, actress Kim Basinger was spotted out and about, running errands in Los Angeles, California, on Friday.
The 69-year-old was dressed appropriately for the overcast weather in a dark grey top under a heavy black jacket and baggy sweatpants with black slides on her feet.
A reader comments on a post about Kim Basinger, dated September 25, 2023. | Source: Daily Mail
A fan comments on a post about Kim Basinger, dated September 25, 2023. | Source: Facebook/TheUSSunMoms
A fan comments on a post about Kim Basinger, dated September 25, 2023. | Source: Facebook/TheUSSunMoms
Her large straw hat and oversized sunglasses did not obscure her distinct features. It is said she will be making her return to the red carpet at the "Last Chance For Animals" fundraiser on October 14 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.
"She is beautiful as always!" a fan wrote on Facebook, which was seconded by another, "Look. Great to me." "Looks great, except for her hair. Don't straighten your beautiful curly hair," a Daily Mail reader commented.
Kim Basinger and daughter Ireland at the Nuts for Mutts dog show on April 3, 2005. | Source Getty Images
The "L.A. Confidential" star's last official appearance was in 2019 at the same event. She contended in the past, "I'm not a big red-carpet girl. But I love the work."
With her daughter, Ireland Baldwin, by her side, Kim gave insight into her reclusiveness on "Red Table Talk." She detailed her agoraphobia, an anxiety disorder that makes it difficult for her to leave the house.
Kim Basinger with her Oscar on March 23, 1998, at the 70th Annual Academy Awards, at the Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles | Source: Getty Images
Once, when the actress was shopping in her neighborhood store, she felt something "overcome" her that made breathing hard. "So I left the basket," she said, "and I made it to my car, and that was the last time I drove for almost six, seven months."
Activities like skydiving or being around snakes on the set of "I Dreamed of Africa" in 2000 do not make her flinch. "But accepting my Oscar for 'L.A. Confidential' in 1997? That was terrifying," she admitted in a Net-A-Porter interview.
Kim Basinger Is in a Long-Term Relationship after Two Failed Marriages
In the '80s, Kim was married to makeup artist Ron Snyder, and she spent most of the nineties as one-half of a Hollywood power couple with Alec Baldwin, from whom she had a messy divorce in 2002.
In a 2016 interview, she revealed that she passed on "Sleeping with the Enemy," a role that eventually went to Julia Roberts, for a part in "The Marrying Man," where she met Alec. The star mused:
"Isn't it funny that I turned down 'Sleeping with the Enemy' and then I went on to sleep with the enemy! Alec and I are cool now, though. Life goes on."
With Ireland Baldwin being exposed to her parents' contentious divorce, Kim wanted her daughter's childhood to be "full of love and light and animals and friends." Ireland made her a grandmother in June with the birth of her first child, Holland.
The "Fifty Shades Darker" actress has been dating celebrity hairstylist Mitch Stone since 2014. The two knew each other for 20 years before getting together romantically. Last year, in January, they were photographed on a date night.
The couple was dressed comfortably as they watched a football game from their seats at the bar of an Italian restaurant in the San Fernando Valley. Mitch's roster of notable clients includes his girlfriend's ex, Alec, Jennifer Lopez, and Cindy Crawford.
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