Sylvester Stallone reveals he survived an abortion – and he’s one of thousands

On a recent episode of the podcast “Unwaxed with Sophia & Sistine Stallone,” Hollywood action star Sylvester Stallone dropped a bombshell: He is an abortion survivor.

His daughters were interviewing him about his autobiographical Netflix documentary, Sly, which covers the Stallone story from his underdog days to celebrity fame. His daughters asked him about his mother, Jackie Stallone. “You had said that your mom was nervous to have you,” said Sistine. “She didn’t want you, right?”

“Not at all,” replied Stallone. “My mother would say, ‘The only reason you’re here is because the hanger didn’t work’ or ‘bouncing down those steps didn’t cause you to get lost.’ And she said that, ‘You know, truthfully, Sylvester… you know, if there was something really wrong with your brain, I would have definitely opened up the window and put you on the windowsill and let you freeze because I’d be doing you a favor.’”

As Nancy Flanders of Live Action News noted: “Based on these remarks, it sounds as if Stallone’s mother had tried to kill him in at least one, perhaps multiple, DIY abortion attempts.” Stallone’s story clearly seemed to stun his daughters – Sistine’s jaw dropped. “What type of mother says that to their child?” Sophia asked him.