Action star Sylvester Stallone went out to dinner in Rome this past Tuesday with several buddies and an unidentified lady wearing a black dress.
The lady drew nearer to the 76-year-old Rocky actor and tenderly put an arm on his back as they made their way to their restaurant from their bodyguard-encircled SUV.
It’s unclear who the mystery lady is or whether Stallone has started dating again after divorcing his 56-year-old ex-wife Jennifer Flavin, his wife of 25 years.
Stallone has been seen throughout the Italian metropolis over the last several days. He made an appearance at the launch of Paramount+’s Italian streaming service on Wednesday night.
Stallone seemed upbeat as he walked the red carpet and joked about with Pamela Kaufman, the head of the movie company, as she mock-punched the celebrity in the chin.
In a dark blue suit that he put over a black shirt, the Rambo actor made a handsome impression. He had a goatee that was well groomed, and his salt-and-pepper hair was pulled back in a ponytail.
The bulky celebrity is also in the nation to promote Tulsa King, which is his first written television project.
He portrays Dwight “The General” Manfredi, who is dispatched to Tulsa by his employer to start up criminal activities there after serving a 25-year jail term.
It follows her shocking divorce petition, which even caught her own siblings off guard, and the Rambo star covering up a second tattoo of his wife.
As a sign that things were not going well in the Stallones’ marriage, DailyMail.com reported last month that Sylvester had covered up a tattoo of his wife’s face on his right arm with a picture of a dog.
After 25 years of marriage, Jennifer Stallone, 54, filed for divorce in Florida, according to news reports that surfaced days later. Sistine, Scarlet, and Sophia were the three girls the couple had together.
Since then, Sly has intensified his efforts by hiding a tattoo of Jennifer’s brilliant green eyes on his left tricep with a leopard’s face.
Zach Perez, an Oklahoma City tattoo artist who completed both of Stallone’s cover-ups, shared a video of the ink reveal on his Instagram page on Sunday.
He wrote, “Round 2!” “This is the second limb I hid while reworking the current horse,” he said. It’s an honour to know that he has the power to choose anybody, yet he appreciates my work enough to ask me to work on another project. I’ll shortly publish the first session of the dog cover-up. As always, I appreciate your confidence.
The second cover-up raises questions about the justification given by Sly’s PR for taking his wife’s face out of his arms.
Prior to the announcement of the Stallones’ divorce, his spokesperson Michelle Bega told DailyMail.com that his wife’s face had been covered up as a result of a mistaken touch-up.
According to her, “Mr. Stallone planned to update the tattoo picture of his wife Jennifer, but the results were disappointing and, regrettably, unfixable.”
He was forced to conceal the original picture with a tattoo of Butkus, his Rocky-themed dog.
Mr. Stallone cherishes his relations. Bega said, “The Stallones are now shooting a reality programme that will air on Paramount+.”
On August 29, Jennifer filed divorce papers to Palm Beach County.
According to the paperwork, Sly “engaged in the purposeful wasting, depletion, and/or dissipation of marital property, which has had a negative economic effect on the marital estate.”
Additionally, the husband should be restrained from disposing of any assets while the case is still pending by a restraining order.
Jennifer wants to reclaim her maiden name of Flavin after adopting her husband’s last name.
“I cherish my family. We are peacefully and quietly resolving these personal matters,’ Sly said in a statement sent by his publicist to DailyMail.com.
The marriage between the parties is irretrievably shattered, according to Flavin’s statement in the divorce documents.
Few expected the former couple to survive long because of Stallone’s image as a playboy; yet, they were wed on May 17, 1997 at the opulent Dorchester Hotel in London.
At the time, Flavin told People, “I’m not naive about what may happen when I’m not there – he’s a 45-year-old guy – I can’t alter the way he is.”
However, she said, “He doesn’t cheat every day of the week.” “I don’t know where he’d find the time,” you said, “since we spend five out of the seven nights together.”
However, it finally happened, and they just celebrated their silver wedding anniversary in May. Three daughters were born from the union: Sophia, now 25 years old, Sistine, 24, and Scarlet, 20.
Sage, who passed away from coronary artery disease in 2012 at the age of 36, and Seargeoh, 43, were his other two boys with his first wife, Sasha Czack.