Balgarianovinite.com
President Donald Trump took a quick detour while hosting the Kennedy Center awards dinner on Saturday evening to share why honoree Sylvester Stallone was the perfect guy to star in Rocky — because he wasn’t fat.
Trump told the crowd that several studios were interested in making the 1976 Oscar winning flick, but they wanted to have a “top” actor in the lead role, not Stallone. A number of Hollywood A-listers at the time were considered, including Burt Reynolds and James Caan, although Trump did not name anyone in particular.
“But the stars didn’t have good bodies. They were flabby,” Trump said. “They were not really boxers.”
He continued a moment later, saying one unnamed movie star was pegged to play the iconic role of boxer Rocky Balboa.
The studio boss then realized, “He can’t play the role — he had a lot of flab around the upper-chest area. It’s supposed to be solid like a rock.”
That ended up working out well for Stallone, Trump said. Stallone wrote the script and was being offered big bucks to sell it — but Stallone held firm, insisting he wanted to star in the movie.
“Finally they looked at Sly and said ‘Oh, you’re in good shape. You think you could play the role?’” Trump said on Saturday.
The president then applauded Stallone for the other movie franchise he is known for, Rambo. Stallone, on his end, previously hailed Trump as the “Second George Washington“ after he won the 2024 presidential election.
Trump’s amusing comments on the Rocky backstory came as he honored several other medal winners, including Kiss, country star George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, and Michael Crawford.
He also took a swipe at Jimmy Kimmel a little earlier in the evening, saying the ABC host was “horrible” and that, if he did a worse job hosting the event than Kimmel did hosting the Oscars, he did not deserve to be president.
Watch above.
The post Trump Riffs Hollywood Stars Were Too ‘Flabby’ To Play ‘Rocky’ As He Honors Sylvester Stallone at Kennedy Center Dinner first appeared on Mediaite.
Trump Riffs Hollywood Stars Were Too ‘Flabby’ To Play ‘Rocky’ As He Honors Sylvester Stallone at Kennedy Center Dinner 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-07 04:02:20 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law