Sylvester Stallone addresses the President Donald Trumpsurprising decision to appoint him as a special ambassador for Hollywood.
“Well, it just happened. I was watching TV one night and they said, ‘So Stallone and.’ Mel Gibson And Jon Voight will be…’ And I said, ‘What?'” recalls the 80-year-old Stallone The Sunday Times in an interview published on Sunday, September 20th. “I said, ‘Sorry? Really?’ Because if they had asked me at the beginning, I would have said, ‘That’s not possible.'”
In January 2025, Trump, 80, named Stallone, Voight, 87, and Gibson, 70, as “special envoys to me to bring back Hollywood, which has lost a lot of business to foreign countries in the last four years – BIGGER, BETTER AND STRONGER THAN EVER!”
At the time, the president said that the three actors “will be my eyes and ears in Hollywood” and that he will “implement what they suggest.”
Stallone said he told Trump that the ambassadorship was “impossible” and that he would have turned down the title “if they had asked me in the beginning.”
“Hollywood, I guess it’s like feudal states. They have their little kingdoms,” the actor explained. “You don’t go in and tell six studios how to do things. And Mel Gibson and Jon Voight, we’re kind of people doing our own thing. No, that’s not going to work.”
Stallone continued: “I said ‘Thanks and Ciao’ because it’s impossible. Hollywood works and it will evolve. It’s corporations and corporate people aren’t going to want me telling them anything about finance.”
Sylvester Stallone
Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesAlthough Stallone has publicly supported Trump and has already introduced him at a party at Mar-a-Lago following his re-election in 2024, The Steps The author has supported politicians from several parties.
He explained: “I’m not a political animal. I’m almost a political atheist.”
Us has reached out to the White House for comment.
In a separate interview with The Hollywood Reporter Earlier this month, Voight was asked if there will be another golden age in Hollywood.
The actor said he worked to improve the industry during Trump’s time in office.
“If we catch up with the tax benefits of the rest of the world, if we make this breakthrough, there will be an energy explosion,” he shared. “It will happen immediately. As someone mentioned, our company is a shovel-ready company. They’ll call people tomorrow, people will get ready right away. (Then) it will impact the communities they work in. Will it come back? Yes, I think it will.”
