Sylvester Stallone and his family have opened up their lives for a new reality show — The Family Stallone — which premiered on Wednesday with the first two episodes.
The show centers around the Rambo vet, 76, and his wife of nearly three decades, Jennifer Flavin, 54, as well as their three daughters — Sophia, 26, Sistine, 24, and Scarlet, 20.
In the first episode Stallone meets up with his famous pal Al Pacino, 83, for lunch. The Godfather icon reveals that though he knows how to text, he doesn’t know how to take a photo on his phone, at which point Stallone attempts to teach him how to take a selfie.
The show portrays the Hollywood icon as an ‘overprotective’ father who is scary to any boy that his daughters bring home.
That overprotective spirit is on full display during his birthday party, after Sistine plays a pregnancy prank on him prompting Sly to freak out and say, ‘I’m going full Rambo, pal.’
The first episode, titled Meet the Stallones, starts out with Sylvester as he arrives to the set of his show Tulsa King.
The actor is seen mingling with the crew before going over his scene with the other actors.
Sylvester is then seen in a confessional, as a producer asks him how he ended up doing a reality show.
‘I thought ok, I’m on the road so much, I probably have been on the road 60% of my life and looked around and said, “My God, my daughters are grown up.” I’m going, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to just spend some serious time with them, where they couldn’t escape, they had to be with me?’ he answered with a laugh.
Stallone then discussed his intense filming schedule, and how he wants to spend more time with his family.
‘Tulsa King has been a hell of a journey, we shot through the spring, through the summer, it was tumultuous. It’s been a long six months.’
‘Earlier in my career the movie schedules were much longer. 130 days, 140 days. I used to look at that as “Ah, what an adventure, this is fantastic.” And now I look at it as punishment. I don’t want be away anymore, I want to stay around the people I love.’
The next scene shows Jennifer with daughters Sistine, Sophia and Scarlet in their lavish California home.