Sylvester Stallone, 80, says, 'You're never too old to be in love'

He power be cinema's consummate durable guy, but at 80 years old, Sylvester Stallone is prepared to be vulnerable.

In an event of The New York Times' "The Interview" podcast released on September 26, the "Rocky" celebrity reflected on aging, parenting, anxiety, and the regrets he carries into his 80s.

Looking rear on his life, Stallone stated he didn't detect "real, true love" until he was 70.

"To really have unequivocally true love, that total abandonment, that reckless affection that you would jump into a volcano for someone, that came late," he said, which he called "a big pity." He continued, "I was so consumed alongside not being another bum from the neighborhood."

Stallone has been wed to his third wife, Jennifer Flavin, since 1997, and the two share three daughters. They briefly divided in 2022, but reconciled.

"I built a castle alongside thousands of stones made of regrets," he said. "I'm trying to create up for it in my own petty way, and I don't cognize if there's adequate time. There is not adequate time. What I have to do is fair concentration on the ones who really need me and the ones who I desire to go on and have their own existence and legacy."

Since coverage companies put existence expectancy at 78, Stallone stated he's "two years into borrowed time."

"You're never too old to be in love, never too old to dancing alongside the awesome memories that you've had, and not wallow in the worst swamp of all, which is the swamp of loneliness. That is really premature burial," he said.

Though he stated he's motionless in "panic mode" concerning his age.

'I really wasn't a extremely fine parent'

After a troubled upbringing — his mother abandoned him, and his begetter was physically abusive — Stallone didn't have the easiest period being a dad, either.

"I really wasn't a extremely fine parent. My wife, Jennifer, is the top female ever. And she is the most giving," he said. "I don't have that equipment of fair abandonment of your own individual oneself for person else. She raised my daughters that way."

Stallone stated his occupation additionally came archetypal during his archetypal marriage to Sasha Czack, from 1974 to 1985. They had two sons, Sage and Seargeoh.

Sage died in 2012 because of an undiagnosed bosom circumstance at 36.

About a week following his death, a "wail" came out of Stallone that was "just ache and sorrow and guilt," he said.

"You don't get complete that."

Stallone additionally opened up concerning his anxiety, but stated he doesn't accept in therapy

Despite decades of panic attacks, Stallone doesn't go to therapy.

The "Rambo" performer stated he had his archetypal panic assault at 36, and they returned "again and again and again," before a concise respite for five years.

"Then it continually seems to happen, like, fair as you're getting prepared to go on the 'Today' display — boom! 'Anybody got a Xanax?' It's too late," he shared.

"All that anxiety everyone has, it's coming from item that's so deep-rooted," he said. "Our emotions are continually on the verge of eruption."