Sylvester Stallone celebrated his 27th wedding anniversary to Jennifer Flavin with a sweet Instagram tribute on Friday.
The Rocky star, 77, who briefly split from his wife in 2022, called Flavin, 55, the “love of my life” as he shared wedding photos of the couple.
In the photos, Stallone, then 50, cuts a cake with his model bride and 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 Instagram tribute on Friday
The couple headline reality show The Family Stallone, along with daughters Sophia, 27, Sistine, 25, and Scarlett, 21.
The show, which streams on Paramount+, also featured Sly’s brother Frank, 73, and co-stars including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dolph Lundgren.
Jennifer has 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 make other plans.’ Hopefully you’re dealing with people who understand life’s weaknesses and its fragility, and how rare a truly good relationship is.
‘Sometimes I put work first [my family]and that is a tragic mistake that will not happen again.”
He said: “There was a reawakening of what was more precious than anything, which was my love for my family,” Stallone shared The Sunday times. “It takes precedence over my work and that 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 was in New York to promote the second season of their reality show The Family Stallone. The couple headline the show with 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 when they were growing up,” said Stallone, who is father to daughters Sophia, 26, Sistine, 24, and Scarlet, 20, with Flavin, 54; and with ex Sasha Czack, son Seargeoh, 43, and the late Sage Stallone, who tragically passed away at the age of 36 after suffering a heart attack in July 2012.
He added: ‘I was so career-oriented and now I’m thinking, “Okay, I don’t have much of a runway ahead of me and I want to go and ask them about their lives.”
“I ask them about their day and they started out a little monosyllabic. Then I heard someone say, “I was just thinking about you.” Oh my God. I’ve never heard that before in my life. When a daughter knows you care about her, she is there forever.”
When the split was first announced, Stallone issued a statement on August 24 saying: according to E! News, ‘I love my family. We discuss these personal issues in an amicable and personal manner.”
The Rambo star also had a giant tattoo of Jennifer covered up on his right bicep – with a photo of Butkus, Rocky’s bull mastiff from the hit films.
In September, it was reported that the movie star and his wife of 25 years “decided to meet at home, where they talked and resolved their differences.” They are both extremely happy,” his rep said Page six.
They first dated in 1988, shortly after his brief second marriage to Brigitte Nielsen went south.
The star’s iconic 1976 film Rocky will be screened at Hollywood Forever Cemetery to mark July 4 this year during the critically acclaimed Cinespia event
They had met at a restaurant in Beverly Hills when she was a twenty-year-old model and he had a temporary problem with Rambo III – a film that won him the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor.
But then he moved on with model Janice Dickinson, who said he was the father of her little girl. He ended things with Flavin by sending her a FedEx letter, which she called “sloppy.”
Only after he and Dickinson separated did DNA testing prove he was not the father.
He then became engaged to actress Angie Everhart, but that fizzled out and he returned to Flavin.
They married on May 17, 1997 at the swanky Dorchester Hotel in London, and with Stallone’s reputation as a playboy, few predicted they would last long.
“I’m not naive about what can happen if I’m not there — he’s a 45-year-old man — I can’t change the way he is,” Flavin told People at the time.
“Still, he’s not a cheating dog every day of the week,” she added. “We spend five nights out of seven together, so I don’t know where he finds the time.”
The star’s iconic 1976 film Rocky will be screened at Hollywood Forever Cemetery to mark July 4 this year at this year’s critically acclaimed Cinespia event, while filming on the second season of his mafia series Tulsa King has been completed.