It’s going to be a “Rocky” split for Sylvester Stallone.
The 76-year-old actor has covered up a second tattoo dedicated to estranged wife Jennifer Flavin, who filed for divorce in August after 25 years of marriage.
Stallone once again tapped Oklahoma City artist Zach Perez to design a brightly covered leopard face to mask the tattoo of Flavin’s eyes on his left arm.
This is the second Flavin-themed tat Perez has covered for Stallone; shortly before news of the divorce filing broke, he transformed a huge portrait of her face into an image of Butkus, the dog from “Rocky.”
After reports that a dramatic argument over a new (unrelated) dog named Dwight led to the demise of the couple’s relationship, Stallone set the record straight, telling TMZ: “We didn’t end the relationship on such a trivial argument. .” However, he admitted that they disagreed on “how to care for the dog”.
A canine companion was also not the original plan for Stallone’s first tattoo cover-up, with artist Mike DeVries saying Wonder Woman was the actor’s best choice.
DeVries told People he took Stallone out of that idea, which he thought wouldn’t “work” because of the superhero’s signature tiara; “Everything of [Flavin’s] hair would just shine through,” he said.
Although it was DeVries who inked the Flavin portrait in 2007, Perez ended the piece with Butkus.
In her divorce petition, filed in Palm Beach, Florida, Flavin, 54, alleged that the “Rambo” star “engaged in the deliberate waste, depletion and/or squandering of marital assets” — but a source told Vidak For Congress: ” It’s so ridiculous, I have no idea why Jennifer’s lawyers put this in the divorce petition, it’s just a pure lie. Sly hasn’t sold as much as a T-shirt yet!”
The former couple share three daughters – Sophia, 26, Sistine, 24 and Scarlet, 20 – who filmed a reality show for Paramount+, although it’s unclear what will happen now that the family is in turmoil.
Maybe Sly could make a cameo on “Ink Master” instead.