Stallone revealed that his parents skipped his Oscar win despite the success of Rocky
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Sylvester Stallone reflects on his relationship with his parents.
The 79-year-old star talked about the success of “Rocky,” which won three Academy Awards — including best picture — during a recent interview with CBS News.
Looking back on his victory night in 1977, Stallone admitted that winning at first felt like “a volcanic moment, and then it was very sad.” He went on to share that his parents chose not to attend the event, despite the fact that the film, which Stallone wrote and starred in, was nominated for 10 awards.
“You want your loved ones to deny you – now you’re here, you’re at the Oscars, and they don’t want to go,” she said as she became emotional. “You realize, in that moment, that you’re never going to agree to this. And it’s like, what else do you need? Really, what else do you need to do to say, ‘I’m here. I did this.’
Stallone recalled how it felt to win an Academy Award in 1977 for “Rocky.” (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
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Earlier in the interview, the actress shared that when her parents separated when she was 11 years old, she went to live with her father, who was described in the interview as “emotionally and physically abusive.”
“You realize, in that moment, that you’re never going to agree to this. And it’s like, what else do you need? Really, what else do you need to do to say, ‘I’m here. I did this.’
Stallone explained that living with his father was “hard to navigate,” especially for a “rebellious” kid like him. He said he was expecting a beating, adding: “Dad, when he blew the whistle, I knew it was coming.
“Parents have to be really smart. Children are like soft clay. They really are. You mold them, and you borrow them, and you hurt them, or you drop them on the table, and they’re not the same anymore,” he said. “I still go with it. And I wish I couldn’t. And I pray, and I do everything, but there’s always something.”
He admitted that “there is always something residual” caused by the pain he felt from his parents, although he considers himself a “strong young man.”
Stallone said parents should be “smart.” (Getty Images)
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He’s not just a tough guy in real life, he’s also played his fair share of tough guys on screen. He is currently filming the fourth season of his hit Paramount+ series, “Tulsa King.”
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“It’s as close as I’ll ever get to showing who I am, my true self. That’s how I would react. It was an experiment,” he told Fox News Digital in September. “This is very good for me as a gangster.”
The “Rambo” star received the Kennedy Center honor in early December, when President Trump announced Stallone as one of this year’s recipients in August.
In an interview with Fox News Digital in September, Stallone said that hearing that he would accept the honor was “shocking and a revelation,” adding that he had not expected it, “and now I don’t know what to do.”
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“If you get the credit of the Kennedy Center, it’s just something that I still, at this age, don’t understand that you actually get a reward for what you do that you could do for free. You know what I mean? I was lucky. I am blessed, everything. And on top of that, are you going to give me a chocolate sundae? Come on. Jesus,” he said.
Stallone received the Kennedy Center Honors in December. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)
Other honorees include country legend George Strait, rock band KISS, English actor Michael Crawford and legendary singer Gloria Gaynor, known for her hits, including “I Will Survive.”
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