It doesn't matter how hard you hit, but how hard you get hit. And that matters for the future." The metaphor comes from boxing, the sport on which Sylvester Stallone built his fortune. Stallone, 76 years spent with a lot of irony and the same facelift, has decided to get out of his role and show himself as what he is, a person, in everyday life. He, his wife Jennifer Flavin and their three daughters -Sophia (26), Sistine (24) and Scarlet (20), all with the initial S- are the protagonists of The Stallone Family, the Paramount docu-reality show that shows the former Rambo wiping the cat's tail or explaining his guilty paternity story.
“In the past I have been away from home for a long time, 100 days, sometimes even 130 days. And I regret it," Stallone says. "I think a lot of actors feel guilty for spending so much time away from their families, not enjoying the pleasure of watching their children grow up." On screen, Stallone has always been an invincible alpha male. Without Rocky's gloves, what kind of father is he? «I am a father very, very concerned about safety, very protective, that is, I live in the paranoia of what can happen out there; I am always concerned about the safety of my daughters, even now that they are of legal age. If they have an appointment I call them: 'Aren't you home yet? Where are you?'. Like a good Italian father». One of his daughters intervenes: «She calls me when I'm out and starts pestering me: 'Where are you? Having dinner with friends? Where? What friends? How many people?' It is very difficult for us to have a partner. A lot of guys are intimidated when they find out that your dad is Stallone... There are also some who want me to show them a script they've written. And it's like: But do you want to go out with me or with my father?
Hyper-fatherhood isn't everything: “Dad got us interested in sports, showed us our artistic side, brought us out of our shell as shy, skittish kids. And from him we get the sense of humor. He is also stubborn, if you propose an idea to him, the next day he comes back and says that it was his ... ».
Next to the father Stallone, the social Stallone appears, a man with few friends. He laughs again: "Few, yes, because no one likes me."
What mistakes do you think you have made with your family?
-How long does the interview last? I can admit that in everyday life I can be a little impatient, sometimes a little insensitive. And then I'm loud, theatrical, with this voice that sounds like something out of an opera singer.
We better listen to his wife's opinion: «I have known Sly for more than 35 years, I met him when I was 20 years old. It was hard for me to share him with the world for many years, without having enough time for each other. You cannot walk down the street like a normal couple does, or go to a hotel and lie by the pool, or enjoy a vacation, because you know that many people will come asking you for autographs, photos, selfies. So it was hard having to share it with fans all the time."
There is a good part: «He has the biggest heart, he is incredibly affectionate. If he is part of his team, he will die for you. He would do anything for me, for the girls, and for our life together. He is very loyal. And besides, he's the funniest man I know. That's the best thing about Sly: he always makes me laugh, we laugh from morning until we go to bed. We never take things too seriously."
The Stallone family shows a softened and embellished truth, like that of social networks. “Some things just belong in the family, others are good to share with the public. So you won't see us in the bedroom. Say we have a bad day we don't feel like showing it. In the end, this is a reality show that has to entertain, we keep things too personal," says Stallone. That's why there's no room for the crisis they both went through recently, a storm that arose for business reasons: Jennifer was furious that her husband was wasting her marital property. Sylvester removed both of his love tattoos.
The divorce seemed a fact, but after a few weeks everything started again: love (or business, given the numbers of the separation) triumphed. "It was like an awakening. I realized that the most important thing of all is my family," he said.
Sly's past also appears lightened of its heavy baggage: adulteries, real and alleged children, one -Sage Stallone- tragically deceased at the age of 36, and a collection of flirtations with cover models, from Naomi Campbell to Janice Dickinson, to Tamara Beckwith. to Angie Everhart. She is a collector of flirtations, but also of marriages (so far, three). The first dates back to 1974, when he married actress Sasha Czack, his colleague from the Baronet days, where Stallone sold theater tickets.
Stability came when Stallone met Jennifer Flavin, in a Beverly Hills restaurant: he was 42 years old; she, 20. After six years of dating, in March 1994, he left her with a long letter sent by FedEx ("a botched letter," she said, heartbroken by its sparse content). Stallone had impregnated a model, Janice Dickinson, and took responsibility for her (for the betrayal and for the child). After. Stallone requested a DNA test and learned that the one he believed to be his daughter for six months is actually someone else's daughter. And he returned Jen to her knees
A happy ending, as Hollywood likes, that place where there is always room for tough guys like him. «For me the heroes are still Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood. The male, the alpha man. He is a model that I like, to which I aspire. That does not mean being misogynistic or intolerant, he has nothing to do with it. But becoming a warrior is every boy's dream."
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