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Stallone says he never accepted Trump's Hollywood "ambassador" title

Stallone tells The Times of London he rejected the offer and only learned he'd been named anyway by watching it announced on TV.

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What to know

  • Stallone says he never formally accepted Trump's "special ambassador" title and discovered his own appointment while watching TV news.
  • He told Trump beforehand the role was unworkable since Hollywood studios operate as independent "feudal states," but was named anyway.
  • Co-ambassador Mel Gibson has separately said he too learned of the appointment only when Trump announced it publicly.
  • The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Stallone's account.

“I said, ‘Thank you and ciao,’ because it’s impossible. Hollywood works and it will evolve. It’s corporate and corporate people won’t want to hear me tell them about finance.”

Sylvester Stallone, Actor · The Times of London (via The Wrap) ↗ · Sep 19

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Stallone says he never accepted Trump's Hollywood "ambassador" title
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    Stallone reveals he rejected the ambassador role and learned of it on TV

    In an interview published in The Times of London, Stallone said he told Trump the ambassadorship was unworkable because Hollywood studios act independently, and that he only discovered he had been appointed anyway while watching a TV news broadcast. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

    “It just happened. I was watching TV one night and they go, ‘So Stallone and Mel Gibson and Jon Voight will be …’ And I went, ‘What?’…”
    — Sylvester Stallone
    1. 20 outlets Sylvester Stallone Admits Why He Wanted No Part in Trump's Hollywood Plan

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  2. background

    Voight holds press conference on film tax incentive push — Voight, who has visited the White House multiple times during Trump's second term, held a press conference explaining he helped push Trump to back a new federal film tax incentive.

  3. background

    Trump gives Stallone a Kennedy Center Honor — Trump awarded Stallone a Kennedy Center Honor alongside Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, George Strait and Michael Crawford, months after naming him a Hollywood ambassador.

  4. background

    Gibson says he was surprised by the announcement too — Shortly after Trump's post, Gibson released a statement saying he learned of the appointment at the same time as the public but would still take on the role.

  5. background

    Trump names Stallone, Voight and Gibson Hollywood "special ambassadors" — Days before his second inauguration, Trump announced on Truth Social that the three actors would serve as "Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood," tasked with bringing back film production lost to "foreign countries."

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