Sylvester Stallone celebrated his 27th wedding anniversary to Jennifer Flavin with a sweet tribute on Instagram on Friday.
The Rocky star, 77, who briefly separated from his wife in 2022, called Flavin, 55, the “love of my life” while sharing photos from the couple’s wedding.
In the photos, Stallone, then 50, cuts a cake with his model girlfriend, then 28, by his side.
Stallone looked dapper in a black suit and bow tie, while Jennifer stunned in a simple white dress and veil.
He captioned the snap: “27 years with the love of my life.”
Sylvester Stallone celebrated his 27th wedding anniversary to Jennifer Flavin with a sweet tribute on Instagram on Friday.
The couple front the reality show The Family Stallone, along with their daughters Sophia, 27, Sistine, 25, and Scarlett, 21.
The show, which streams on Paramount+, also featured Sly’s brother Frank, 73, and co-stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dolph Lundgren.
Jennifer filed for divorce from the Rocky legend In August 2022, after 25 years of marriage, but just a month later, it was confirmed that the couple had reconciled. The Tulsa King actor said: “It’s the John Lennon thing: ‘Life is what happens when you’re making other plans.’ Hopefully you’re involved with people who understand the weaknesses of life and its fragility and how rare it is. really good relationship.
“Sometimes I put work before (my family), and that’s a tragic mistake that won’t happen again.”
He said: “There was a new awakening of what was more valuable than anything else, which is my love for my family,” Stallone said. Sunday weather. “It takes priority over my job and it was a hard lesson to learn.”
Stallone, then 50, looked dapper in a black suit and bow tie, while Jennifer, then 28, stunned in a simple white dress and veil.
The couple has been in New York promoting the second season of their reality show, The Family Stallone. The couple front the show which includes their daughters Sophia, 27 (far left), Sistine, 25, and Scarlett, 21 (far right), as they document their daily lives.
Stallone told the outlet that he regretted focusing on his career over his children in some cases.
“I didn’t pay enough attention to them when they were little,” said Stallone, father of daughters Sophia, 26, Sistine, 24, and Scarlet, 20, and Flavin, 54; and with ex Sasha Czack, his son Seargeoh, 43, and the late Sage Stallone, who tragically died at age 36 following a heart attack in July 2012.
He added: “I was so career-oriented and now I’m like, ‘Okay, I don’t have much of a way to go and I want to start asking them about their lives.’
‘I asked them about their day and at first they started off a bit monosyllabic. Then I heard one say, “I was thinking about you.” Oh Lord. I had never heard that before in my life. When a daughter knows you care, she will be there forever.’
When the split was first announced, Stallone issued a statement on August 24 that said, according to MY! News, ‘I love my family. “We are addressing these personal matters amicably and privately.”
The Rambo star also had a giant tattoo of Jennifer on his right bicep covered, with an image of Butkus, Rocky’s mastiff from the hit movies.
In September, it was reported that the movie star and his wife of 25 years ‘decided to meet at home, where they talked and were able to resolve their differences.’ “They are both extremely happy,” his representative said. Page six.
They first dated in 1988, shortly after his brief second marriage to Brigitte Nielsen failed.
The star’s iconic 1976 film Rocky will be screened at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery to commemorate this year’s Fourth of July at the acclaimed Cinespia event.
They met at a Beverly Hills restaurant when she was a 20-year-old model and he was having a temporary problem with Rambo III, a film that earned him the Golden Raspberry for worst actor.
But then he moved on to model Janice Dickinson, who said he was the father of her little girl. She ended things with Flavin by sending him a letter via FedEx, which she called “sloppy.”
Only after he and Dickinson separated did DNA testing prove that he was not the father.
He then became engaged to actress Angie Everhart, but that failed and he again returned to Flavin.
They married on May 17, 1997 at London’s posh Dorchester Hotel, and with Stallone’s reputation as a playboy, few predicted they would last long.
“I’m not naïve about what can happen when I’m not around; he’s a 45-year-old man; I can’t change who he is,” Flavin told People at the time.
“Still, he’s not a cheating dog every day of the week,” he added. “We spent five of the seven nights together, so I don’t know where I would find the time.”
The star’s iconic 1976 film Rocky will be screened at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery to mark this year’s 4th of July at the acclaimed Cinespia event, while the second season of his Tulsa King mafia series has completed its run. filming.
