Sylvester Stallone calls himself an ‘idiot’ for doing his own stunts, details nine back surgeries
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Sylvester Stallone admitted that he was an “idiot” for performing his own stunts after extensive medical procedures.
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During an interview with Fox News Digital, the “Tulsa King” star opened up about the “millions” of regrets he has after decades of being an action star.
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I could literally spend a half hour talking about injuries, the amount, not even like one, I’m talking about 30 hours, 30 minutes of just individual ones, because it becomes compounded.
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I have been injured many, many times, but after ‘Expendables,’ I ended up with nine back operations, three neck fusions.
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Both shoulders ripped out, eye, you know, all kinds of lens put … it’s been brutal,” Stallone began.
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Stallone admitted that he’s never been “quite the same” since the surgeries.
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“Now you have to like make peace with the pain as much as you can,” he shared.
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“Don’t be a stage hawk, or whatever you call it, a showboat.
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I know a lot of people are thinking about doing stunts … don’t.
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Let the pro do it,” Stallone said.
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“Let me explain something, you cannot beat gravity, when you hit the ground, you lose, and it’s going to come back.”
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He continued, “I mean, just ask every football player in the world.
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So yeah, that and people go, ‘Aren’t you proud of them?’
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I think I’m an idiot for doing that.
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I’m proud that I broke myself in pieces.
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The Stallone-led “Tulsa King” is gearing up to release its fourth season on Oct. 16.
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The actor told Fox News Digital what still excites him about his character, Dwight Manfredi.
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“He still hasn’t achieved his goal, just when he thinks he’s arrived, another situation, another dramatic episode presents itself, which is exactly what the show needs.
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We don’t want him to be like, ‘I can finally exhale.’
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No, you don’t wanna,” Stallone said.
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Stallone said the new season opens with a jolt, putting Dwight under pressure from new enemies and tensions within his own crew.
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“Well, it’s quite shocking to start off with because certain elements happen that it’s … quite unnerving.
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And now I’m presented with a new level of, you might say, adversaries, gangsters, criminals that are coming at me technologically, politically, and mafioso-ishly from New York,” he said.
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“So, I’m getting bombarded from all sides.
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Plus, I have internal struggles with some of my own crew.
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So it’s kind of like having like a cuckoo’s nest and trying to reign it all in, you know what I mean?”
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“Tulsa King” season 4 comes out on Friday, October 16, 2026, on Paramount+.
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He told Fox News Digital the move helped him feel “invigorated” after he began growing complacent in California.
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“In New York, I was a New York animal, like we all are here, I just said, you have to be.
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And then I got to California and I thought I was in Nirvana,” Stallone began.
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“I did very well in California.
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And then California sort of changed. And became more populous and everything else.
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And I felt myself becoming very complacent and dull.”
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Stallone and his wife, Jennifer Flavin, moved out of California for Florida permanently in 2024.
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“When we went to Florida, I didn’t know one person.
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And now we have a great circle.
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So it’s the best move.
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I think a lot of people would like to get a little peace and quiet.
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You know, they’ve been around so many billions of people that actually have water and birds and things like that.
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