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Sylvester Stallone followers are reacting because the actor emerged as a Donald Trump fan and in contrast him to fictional boxing champion Rocky Balboa.
The week after his fellow motion film star Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Trump’s Demoratic rvial Kamala Harris, Stallone, who performed Balboa within the Rocky franchise, celebrated the president-elect’s victory at a black tie occasion attended by quite a few controversial figures, together with his new well being secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Stallone delivered a speech earlier than Trump arrived on stage, calling him “a mythical character” and his election win a feat that no one else “in the world could have pulled off”.
He informed friends: “When I made Rocky, if you remember the first image was a picture of Jesus and it said ‘Resurrection, AC Club’. I found a church that had been converted into a boxing ring.
“So the image pans down from Jesus on to Rocky being hit and that moment he was the chosen person, and that’s how I began the journey. Something was going to happen, this man was going to go through a metamorphosis and change lives. Just like President Trump.”
He continued: “We’re in the presence of a really mythical character. I love mythology. This individual does not exist on this planet. Nobody in the world could have pulled off what he pulled off, so I’m in awe.
The comparisons did not stop there, with Stallone branding him “the second George Washington”.
“And I’ll just say this, and I mean it. When George Washington defended his country, he had no idea that he was going to change the world. Cause without him, you could imagine what the world would look like. Guess what? We got the second George Washington. Congratulations.”
In Hollywood, the variety of movie, TV and music stars who endorsed Harris vastly outweighed the quantity who pledged their help for Trump – and lots of of Stallone’s followers have been left displeased by the actor’s help for the latter.
“Lost all sympathy for Stallone, won’t even rewatch Rocky this thanksgiving…” one individual wrote, with one other including: “Well, that just ruined Rocky for me.”
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An further fan acknowledged: “What the hell @TheSlyStallone.. you have three daughters. How can you support someone who shows nothing but contempt and disrespect towards women?!”
While there was some reward for Stallone “expressing” himself, many wrote variations of the phrase: “This is why Arnold’s better” – an allusion to the previous Republican politician revealing he can be voting for Harris.
The Terminator star, whose credit embody True Lies and Predator, wrote: “My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.”
Schwarzenegger then mentioned he “will always be an American before I am a Republican”, which is why he’s voting for Harris and Tim Walz, her vice-presidential working mate.
