{"id":1624,"date":"2022-11-08T15:06:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T15:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2023-06-21T16:37:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:37:00","slug":"sylvester-stallone-reflects-on-the-revelation-that-led-him-to-call-off-his-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2022\/11\/sylvester-stallone-reflects-on-the-revelation-that-led-him-to-call-off-his-divorce.html","title":{"rendered":"Sylvester Stallone Reflects on the Revelation That Led Him to Call Off His Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1633\" style=\"width: 749px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1633\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2022\/11\/SylvesterStallone-credit-Shutterstock.png\" alt=\"sylvester stallone\" width=\"749\" height=\"546\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Charbonneau\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sylvester Stallone reflected on a \u201creawakening\u201d he had that led him to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/sylvester-stallone-wife-jennifer-flavin-reportedly-reconcile-call-off-divorce\">call off a divorce<\/a>\u00a0with his wife, former model Jennifer Flavin, earlier this fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s just say that it was a very tumultuous time,\u201d the \u201cRocky\u201d actor recently told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/sylvester-stallone-i-regret-being-an-absent-father-and-doing-my-own-stunts-753shlxjq\"><em>The Sunday Times<\/em><\/a>. \u201cThere was a reawakening of what was more valuable than anything, which is my love for my family.\u201d \u201cIt takes precedence over my work, and that was a hard lesson to learn,\u201d Stallone added.<\/p>\n<p>The 76-year-old movie star confessed that he \u201cdidn\u2019t pay enough attention\u201d to his children when they were growing up. Stallone has three young adult daughters with Flavin and a 43-year-old son with his ex-wife, Sasha Czack. Stallone\u2019s eldest child, also with Czack, died in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Stallone said, \u201cI was so career-oriented, and now I go, \u2018OK, I don\u2019t have that much runway up ahead, and I want to start asking them about their lives.\u201d Flavin filed for divorce on August 19 after spending nearly three decades with the \u201cRambo\u201d actor. In court documents, she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/stallones-estranged-wife-accuses-financial-misdeeds-court-papers\">accused him of squandering cash.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe husband has engaged in the intentional dissipation, depletion, and\/or waste of marital assets, which has had an adverse economic impact on the marital estate,\u201d the divorce petition argued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CisQOmtLWwJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CisQOmtLWwJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, the pair had reconciled by mid-September. A Florida judge signed an order suspending the divorce proceeding, confirming that the couple wanted to resolve their issues out-of-court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Parties agree that it is in the best interests of each of them individually, and more importantly collectively as a family, to resolve all issues attendant to the dissolution of their marriage in a dignified, amicable, and private manner out-of-court,\u201d the order read. The couple was seen\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/sylvester-stallone-jennifer-flavin-enjoy-date-nyc-divorce-reportedly-dismissed\">enjoying a date night<\/a>\u00a0in New York City late last month. They also attended the Ralph Lauren SS23 Runway Show in Los Angeles with their daughters days later.<\/p>\n<p>In the recent interview, Stallone discussed patching up his complicated relationships with his daughters. \u201cI asked them about their day, and they started at first a little monosyllabic. Then I heard one say, \u2018I was just thinking about you.\u2019 Oh my God. I\u2019ve never heard that before in my life,\u201d Stallone said.<\/p>\n<p>Their split surprised many, but having second thoughts (and following your heart) is common in any romance, including many Hollywood love stories.\u00a0Sherene De Palma, a partner of the New York-based firm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hannondepalma.com\/\">Hannon De Palma<\/a>, told Fox News Digital that a couple\u2019s divorce decision could be due to their \u201coutdated\u201d agreements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople change their minds about getting divorced for all sorts of reasons,\u201d De Palma said.\u00a0\u201cSome of the most common reasons I have seen over the last 20-plus years of representing high net worth individuals and public figures include preserving the couple\u2019s image and not wanting to look bad to the public, colleagues, family members, and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stallone and Flavin, 54, first met in 1988 and married in London in 1997. They have three daughters: Scarlet, Sofia, and Sistine. Stallone and Flavin aren\u2019t the first celebrity couple to walk back from divorce talks, and they certainly won\u2019t be the last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sylvester Stallone reflected on a \u201creawakening\u201d he had that led him to\u00a0call off a divorce\u00a0with his wife, former model Jennifer Flavin, earlier this fall. \u201cLet\u2019s just say that it was a very tumultuous time,\u201d the \u201cRocky\u201d actor recently told The Sunday Times. \u201cThere was a reawakening of what was more valuable than anything, which is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":1633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,23],"tags":[283,280],"class_list":["post-1624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","category-relationships","tag-reconciliation","tag-sylvester-stallone"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sylvester Stallone Reflects on the Revelation That Led Him to Call Off His Divorce<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sylvester Stallone and his wife filed for divorce in August. 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