The actor had his wife Jennifer’s face replaced with Butkus’s face. Finished love?

Her cry of love “Adrianaaaa!” addressed to the film girlfriend on the set of Rocky has remained in history and memory. But in real life years ago, 76-year-old Sylvester Stallone wanted to show his dedication to third wife Jennifer Flavin even more incisively by having her face tattooed on his shoulder. But even that love was not so indelible. A few days ago the actor had the face of Butkus overwritten the tattoo with his wife’s face. His beloved dog of the bullstiff breed, which also appeared in Rocky films.

The suspicion that between Stallone and Flavin (who is 22 years younger than her husband) relations were no longer idyllic had already arisen. A few days ago the former model posted on Instagram the photo of a hug between her and her three daughters Sphia, 25, Sistine, 24, and Scarlet, 20): “These girls are my priority, nothing else matters . The four of us forever, “she wrote to comment on the image. No mention of her husband, married in 1997.

Via the tattoo dedicated to the wife: better the dog
A circumstance that, together with Stallone’s decision to swap the tattoo of his wife’s face with that of a dog, suggests that a separation may be imminent. A spokesman for the actor downplayed, explaining that Stallone “wanted to refresh the image of his wife Jennifer. The result, however, was not satisfactory, and unfortunately there was no way to correct it. So, he decided to cover the original image with a tattoo of Butkus, his dog in the movie Rocky. ” The spokesperson therefore avoided answering questions about a possible relationship crisis, limiting himself to mentioning that “Stallone loves his family, with whom he is filming a reality show that will be broadcast on Paramount ”

The tattoo change, however, appears a little too sudden to be really an attempt to cover up an error: on August 7, in an Instagram post on his profile, Stallone was still showing the colorful tattoo with Jennifer’s face; only 10 days later, on August 16, the tattoo artist Zach Perez instead shared the images that show him at work on the actor’s shoulder, and therefore the final result: Butkus’s face.

That Stallone was particularly fond of that dog is a well-known story: Butkus, who played the part of Rocky’s dog in the first film of the series, was the actor’s four-legged friend even in real life. But, said the same actor in an Instagram post a few years ago, “it was 1971 and Butkus and I were both thin and hungry, and we lived in a dump above a subway station”. And in that lean period “there wasn’t much to do but spend time with each other. Since I never went out I relied on his company ». Years later, “when things got even worse, I had to sell it for $ 40 in front of a 7-Eleven store because I couldn’t afford the food.” Shortly after, «a modern day miracle: I sold Rocky’s script and I was able to buy back Butkus… But the new owner knew I was desperate and asked me for 15 thousand dollars to give it back. But he was worth every penny! ».