SYLVESTER STALLONE: “I Wasn’t Stupid. I Was Just Misunderstood.” artwork
On Purpose with Jay Shetty

SYLVESTER STALLONE: “I Wasn’t Stupid. I Was Just Misunderstood.”

Sep 28, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

Jay sits down with Sylvester Stallone to trace the extraordinary journey from a painful, unwanted childhood to the creation of Rocky, and the $360,000 offer he turned down rather than compromise his self-respect. Stallone reflects on the decades of rejection, health struggles, and career setbacks that shaped the man behind the legend. He opens up about his mother’s emotional distance, his father’s…