Sharon Stone, the face of Dior skincare, has some explanation to delier to LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton), the world's largest luxury-goods maker.

Dior said in a statement that company officials "absolutely disagree" with Stone's comments and are "deeply sorry" about them, the Financial Times reported.

LVMH urged Sharon Stone to clarify remarks suggesting a May 12 earthquake may have been "karma" for China's policies on Tibet, Bloomberg reports.

"If there is a possibility of putting things in the right perspective, coming from the heart, I think that is the best thing to do," Group Managing Director Antonio Belloni said, who called the comments "unfortunate".

"If she doesn't agree, I think we have to acknowledge she doesn't agree and detach us from her," Belloni said.

Now, whose karma is that?

The 50-year-old actress's comments about China's deadliest earthquake in 32 years are the latest setback for Paris-based LVMH in China.

Last month, Chinese Internet blogs called for boycotts of products made by French companies to protest disruptions to the Olympic torch relay in Paris.

"Artists should do more to help improve mutual understanding and friendship between countries," noted Qin Gang, China's foreign ministry spokesman.

Sharon Stone, in a recording posted on YouTube of comments made at the Cannes film festival, said: "And then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, is that karma -- when you're not nice that the bad things happen to you?"

May 12 earthquake killed 68,109 people with 19,851 missing, State Council Information Office spokesman Lu Guangjin said yesterday. China yesterday began evacuating 80,000 people threatened by floods in Sichuan province as two aftershocks struck the region. 

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