Sylvester Stallone has married three times but his three daughters come from his third marriage to model Jennifer Flavin. Their eldest, Sophia, was actually born a year before their wedding in 1997.
The three sisters appear on Stallone’s new reality show “The Family Stallone.”
In May 2023, the first season of “The Family Stallone” dropped on Paramount+. The series digs into the lives of Sylvester and his family.
On the “Today” show, Sophia and Sistine said that the reality show was their idea after producers approached them following the success of their joint podcast, “Unwaxed.” They then roped the rest of their family into doing the show.
The series was renewed for a second season a week after its premiere.
Sophia Rose Stallone, 27, is the oldest daughter of Stallone and Flavin.
Sophia Rose Stallone graduated from the University of Southern California in 2019 with a degree in communications, and a minor in entrepreneurship and film.
She has had two heart surgeries.
When Sophia was two months old, she was diagnosed with a cardiac malformation that was treated successfully. However, in 2012, she had to have heart surgery again because she had a heart valve problem.
“Every day I think of my heart,” Sophia told Paris Match magazine at the time (via Hello Magazine). “I eat really healthy, and as I get more tired than normal, I have to be very careful when doing sports. Now I have to have surgery again because the tissue they put in 16 years ago has widened and I have problems with the valves. If all goes well, I will spend five days in the hospital.”
Sophia spoke about the 2012 incident on episode six of “The Family Stallone,” explaining that she was “born with a hole in my heart.”
She said that when she was 16, she fainted while playing volleyball, which is when she discovered she needed another surgery.
“It was really scary having to go from living this normal life when I was 16 to having to have my chest sawed open,” Sophia said. “The moment I found out I needed an operation was one of the most pivotal experiences in my entire life because I never had to consider death before. I think what was really hard during that time was Mom had rashes all over her body, Dad couldn’t even talk to me without crying about it.”
She added: “It’s really traumatizing when you see the people you think are going to be like the ones that should be like, ‘You’re going to be 100% fine,’ break down harder than you were.”
In 2017, Sophia said she wanted to be an entrepreneur and have her own fashion line.
In 2017, when asked about her future goals during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Sophia spoke about wanting to work in fashion.
“I want to be an entrepreneur and run my own fashion and makeup line,” she said. “I think today it’s all about digital and social media, and so being recognized is a huge asset. Like, Kylie Jenner Lip Kit is blowing up. So getting my face out there is a big part of it.”
She also said she didn’t want to become an actor after going behind the scenes of the industry.
“I used to love theater and thought I wanted to be an actress,” she said. “But when I went behind the scenes in the industry, I didn’t mesh well at all. You have to have a certain personality to be an actor in Hollywood. We see the long hours, the rejection. None of it is in your hands.”
She later showed her love of fashion as a guest judge on “Project Runway.”
She currently runs a book club on Instagram.
Over the last few years, Sophia has moved into the online influencer field by starting her own podcast and book club.
In 2020, she and her sister Sistine created the podcast “Unwaxed. A year later, Sophia created a book club Instagram page, where she reviews and recommends books.
Sophia is also writing a young adult novel.
Episode seven of “The Family Stallone” explores Sophia’s passion for words.
In the episode, she told her father she is writing a young adult romance and historical fiction novel called “Weight of Her Words.” She said she had written 15 chapters of the book at the time of filming.
“I’m like a quarter-ish way through it,” she told her father in the episode. “The writing is so tough. I love doing it but it’s so tough.”
Sophia added that she’s quit multiple hobbies because she feels like she has to be “perfect” or held to a higher standard due to her family name.
“I want this book to work but I already know that people are going to want this to look stupid and people are probably going to say it’s shitty,” she tells her father. “I just have this added pressure. No one’s pressuring me but I’m pressuring myself now and I’m just shutting down a little bit.”
She later said that she feels “insecure” about the book because it’s a venture that she’s doing by herself.
Sistine Rose Stallone is 25.
Sistine Rose Stallone is Sylvester’s second child with Flavin and was born in 1998. She originally followed in her mother’s footsteps, signing with IMG Models in 2016.
That year, Sistine walked her first fashion show for Chanel at the age of 18 and was featured in Glamour magazine.
In 2017, she was on the cover of Elle Russia and also walked the Dolce & Gabbana runway at Men’s Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, with her sister.
Sistine loves riding horses.
In episode six of “The Family Stallone,” Sistine reconnects with her love of horse riding.
She said that she started riding when she was 15, competing in several contests in LA, and also qualified for the national championship for her age group.
However, that all came to an end when Sistine decided to pursue her modeling career in New York.
“Which sounds quite embarrassing to say out loud that I would choose to be a coat hanger instead of a cowgirl. I don’t understand how I just didn’t see it at the time,” she said.
Sistine originally said she wasn’t interested in acting but has since changed her mind.
Sistine has starred in a TV show and two films, including Bruce Willis and Megan Fox’s movie “Midnight in the Switchgrass.” However, in 2017, she didn’t seem keen on acting.
“As for me, I don’t think I could ever act,” she told The Hollywood Reporter at the time. “I’m good for modeling because I don’t have to talk. Acting is something you’re born with. My mother is a model. I have dreamed about being a model since I was a little girl.”
Sistine is producing a horror movie.
According to episode seven of “The Family Stallone,” Sistine has been working on her own horror movie since 2018.
In the episode, Sistine discussed the script for the upcoming horror movie “Scavenger Hunt” with director Elle Callahan, which they were about to pitch to MGM.
Sistine said she’s been working on the script since 2018 when she wrote the first treatment and pitched it.
“I’ve gone through countless meetings. Pandemic hit so had to restart again. So it’s just been a long process,” she continued. “We’ve probably interviewed 40 to 50 different writers and directors and I landed on this brilliant mind named Elle Callahan. We are just about done with the script and it’s going to be sent to MGM. So I’m really happy it’s happening right now.”
The MGM deal was successful and Sistine signed on as a producer for the movie.
Sistine and Sophia started a podcast together in 2020 called “Unwaxed.”
On the “Unwaxed” podcast, Sistine and Sophia talked about their personal lives from fitness to breakups and everything in between.
Reality stars such as “Real Housewives of New York” cast member Leah McSweeney and actors Greg Sulkin and Cameron Fuller have appeared on the podcast.
The sisters stopped releasing episodes in December 2022.
Sistine and Sophia moved to New York together
In episode six of “The Family Stallone,” the elder sisters talked about their new living conditions after moving into apartments next to each other in LA.
However, in November 2022, the pair said on their podcast that they want to move in together to New York.
They have since made that move earlier this year.
Sistine and Sophia said that many people have dated them because of the Stallone name.
In episode two of “The Family Stallone,” Sophia and Sistine said that being a Stallone has made dating harder for them because men want to date them because of their last fame.
“Dating with the last name that I have is incredibly hard,” Sophia said. “One time I dated a guy, he was wondering how long it would take to date me until he got courtside seats. And that’s when I knew I was going to be in for a really tough ride in the dating scene.”
Sistine added: “You never really know someone’s intention when you first start dating. They just think it’s cool to date a Stallone. One guy brought his resume on the date. One guy brought a script. One guy said he was an aspiring actor and I said, ‘Do you want to date me or Sly?'”
Scarlet Rose Stallone is the youngest daughter at 21.
Scarlet Rose Stallone is Stallone’s youngest child. She was a track-and-field star at her middle school, St. Paul the Apostle School in Westwood, Los Angeles. She graduated high school in 2021 and now attends the University of Miami.
In “The Family Stallone” finale, she said that she had joined a sorority.
The reality star also appears to be dating Louis Masquelier-Page, another student from her university.
Scarlet acted alongside her father in the first season of the Paramount+ series “Tulsa King”
Scarlet starred in five episodes of Sylvester’s new series, “Tulsa King.”
In “The Family Stallone” episode five, Scarlet said that she “fell in love with acting” as a child and did numerous plays and acting classes as she grew up.
In the episode, Sylvester said that he helped her get a part on “Tulsa King” to see if she had the acting skills to make it in the industry.
“When ‘Tulsa King’ came along, I thought, ‘I’d love to do something with her.’ I mean while I’m still on this earth wouldn’t it be nice to have some moments with my daughter?” the “Rocky” star said.
Scarlet said she was “super nervous” but had a great time on her first day in front of the camera.
Sylvester added: “She blew me off the screen.”
On her sisters’ podcast, Scarlet said it was a “dream come true” to star in the show.
“I’ve wanted to act my whole life,” she said. “And I kind of manifested it a little bit. Ever since I was 14, I wrote in the back of my book, ‘I’m going to star in a movie with Dad.'”
She continued: “It’s also really funny to work with him because he likes to mess with me a little bit on set while filming.”