Sylvester Stallone Says He Never Accepted Trump’s Hollywood Ambassador Role

Actor Sylvester Stallone told The Sunday Times that he never consented to a role that President Donald Trump announced for him as a "special ambassador" to Hollywood. Stallone said he told Trump the position was "impossible" and that he would have declined it if he had been asked directly.

He explained that Hollywood operates like separate “kingdoms” and that he could not dictate actions to multiple studios. Stallone added that the industry is corporate and that its leaders would not be receptive to his perspective on finance.

Stallone said he learned of the appointment from a television broadcast that also named Mel Gibson and Jon Voight. He said he was surprised by the announcement and would have refused the role had he been approached beforehand.