Sharon Stone steps out with boyfriend amid breakup rumors

By Nardine Saad

Jan. 31, 2013 12 AM PT

Sharon Stone and her boyfriend confused quite a few gossip watchers Thursday.

The “Basic Instinct” actress, 54, and Martin Mica, 27, were said to be heading to splitsville but showed up all smiley and holding hands despite breakup rumors.

Life & Style reported exclusively Thursday that Stone and her much younger Argentinian beau split, according to an unnamed source. The couple, who were photographed over the summer getting hot and heavy on Venice Beach, had been dating for eight months.

“She called it off just after the holidays,” the source told the magazine. “It wasn’t so much the age difference. They didn’t share the same interests. Her passions are philanthropy, politics, activism -- he wasn’t into any of that.”

Whether he’s into that or isn’t, he looked super into her in a photo that surfaced soon after Life & Style’s exclusive.

In the pic, Stone and Mica were holding hands and smiling while leaving a medical building in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, according to E! News.

A rep for the “Lovelace” actress told Us Weekly she had no comment.

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