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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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'It Was Insane': Sylvester Stallone Shares Horrifying Details About His Violently Abusive Father

The Rocky and Rambo star reveals new details about what he called an abusive upbringing, linking his childhood trauma to the ferocity behind characters like Rambo (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Sylvester Stallone has revealed new details about what he described as an abusive childhood in a candid interview published on 26 September 2026, recounting an upbringing he said was marked by abandonment, physical violence and a lack of affection.

The 80-year-old Rocky and Rambo star said he deliberately left some of the darkest stories out of his memoir, The Steps, because he did not want 'a pity party.'

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