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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Murray

Sylvester Stallone says he found out about Hollywood ambassador appointment on TV after rejecting Trump’s offer

Sylvester Stallone has claimed he was caught off guard after Donald Trump named him as one of three “special ambassadors” to Hollywood last year.

Trump announced on Truth Social that the Rocky star, 80, along with vocal Republican actors Jon Voight and Mel Gibson, would “serve as my eyes and ears” to bring back business lost to “foreign countries.” It was never made clear what the job entailed.

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