During an interview with Fox News Digital at Sunday’s 48th Kennedy Center Honors<\/a>, Flavin \u2014 who accompanied her famous husband while walking the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C.\u2014 said the move from L.A. to Florida has done wonders for their family.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I’m having the time of my life. I feel like it’s been a rebirth for our family,” Flavin said. “Since my entire family moved to the East Coast, we’re having such a great time. It’s new friends, new adventures, really great people. I’ve met some incredible friends that I never had in L.A.<\/a> Sly and I are so enjoying our time there.”<\/p>\n SYLVESTER STALLONE, GEORGE STRAIT LEAD TRUMP’S KENNEDY CENTER HONORS RED CARPET<\/a><\/p>\n Sylvester Stallone’s wife, Jennifer Flavin, said their family’s move from L.A. to Florida has been like a “rebirth.” (\u00a0Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Stallone’s response to living in Florida? “A lot more perspiration,” he told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n In 2024, the “Rocky” star announced that he and his family were leaving Hollywood behind for good on the season two premiere of the reality show, “The Family Stallone.”<\/a><\/p>\n “After long, hard consideration, your mother and I have decided, time to move on and leave the state of California permanently, and we\u2019re going to go to Florida,” Stallone told his three daughters:<\/a> Scarlet, Sistine and Sophia \u2013 referring to his wife of 27 years.<\/p>\n He added, “We’re gonna sell this house. We already have the place, it’s a done deal.”<\/p>\n During an interview with Fox News Digital in September, the “Tulsa King” star stated that the lifestyle in Florida is a much better fit for his personality than life in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n Stallone previously told Fox News Digital that Florida is a much better fit for him.\u00a0 (James Devaney\/GC Images)<\/p>\n LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n “I love it,” Stallone said of Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n “First of all, the air seems to always be clean. We’re very, very near the water and that makes my wife incredibly happy. It makes me happy, and it’s just something about it. It’s just so lush.”<\/p>\n “I went to college there for a couple of years. So, I’m not a stranger to the environment, but it fits my personality much better,” he concluded.<\/p>\n JOHN O’HURLEY SAYS IT’S ‘DIFFICULT TO WORK’ IN HOLLYWOOD AS A WHITE MAN HIS AGE, WEIGHS LEAVING CALIFORNIA<\/a><\/p>\n President Donald Trump <\/a>welcomed actors, country music stars and entertainment industry titans to kick off the 48th Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday.<\/p>\n US President Donald Trump, left, presents a medal to actor Sylvester Stallone during the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025.\u00a0 (Bonnie Cash\/UPI\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n When Fox News Digital asked Trump how Stallone could thrive as a Hollywood ambassador, the president gushed over the “Rocky” actor.<\/p>\n ANDREA BOCELLI GIVES TRUMP IMPROMPTU OVAL OFFICE PERFORMANCE DURING WHITE HOUSE VISIT”<\/a><\/p>\n “If Sly is himself, that’s all he can be. If he tries to be somebody else, it wouldn’t be good,” Trump said. “He’s a great guy. He’s done a fantastic job and he really deserves this honor<\/a>. You know, it’s something he’s wanted for years and this is bigger than it’s ever been.”<\/p>\n WATCH: SYLVESTER STALLONE’S WIFE SAYS LEAVING HOLLYWOOD FOR FLORIDA HAS BEEN A \u2018REBIRTH\u2019 FOR THEIR FAMILY<\/p>\n In a recent interview with AARP<\/a>, the 79-year-old actor discussed feeling like Hollywood had abandoned him, noting that “for almost a decade, I couldn\u2019t find work.”<\/p>\n “Nobody wanted me after ‘Cop Land.’ Even my agents,” he told the outlet. “I was fired from CAA. My personal manager at the time let me go. He said, ‘I can\u2019t do anything for you. Nobody really wants you anymore.’ And I go, ‘How\u2019d this happen?’ I was told these studios feel as though you\u2019re not what you were.”<\/p>\n Stallone recently opened up about he felt like Hollywood had abandoned him.\u00a0 (Getty Images)<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n Stallone said he once told his former agent that he would “take anything,” and in response was told, “I\u2019ll try to help you, but it\u2019s not up to me.”<\/p>\n Despite being told his “time has passed” and that his “genre is over,” Stallone didn’t give up. “I wanted to go back to ‘Rocky,'” Stallone recalled, calling it his “safe place.”<\/p>\n “But there I am, 60 years old, and the previous one, ‘Rocky V,’ was an abject failure. So, the original producers didn\u2019t want to do the sixth film, ‘Rocky Balboa,'” he said. “They said, basically, ‘Over our dead bodies.’ Even my wife was going, ‘I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s such a good idea.'”<\/p>\n The actor currently stars in the Paramount + series, “Tulsa King<\/a>,” and also appears in the reality show, “The Family Stallone,” alongside his wife and his daughters, Sophia, 29, Sistine, 27, and Scarlet, 23.<\/p>\n![\"Sylvester](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sylvester-stallone.jpg\")
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