Sylvester Stallone hired Navy SEALs to train daughters in self defense ahead of NYC move
Sylvester Stallone is father to five children, sons Sage and Seargeoh and daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sylvester Stallone takes being a protective father to another level.
The actor has three daughters, Sophia, 27, Sistine, 25, and Scarlet, 21, in addition to sons Sage and Seargeoh. He's long been known to be protective over his girls, but Sophia and Sistine are revealing now that when they moved to New York City, he took extra measures to ensure their safety.
Before the move, Sylvester took it upon himself to hire Navy SEALS to give his two oldest daughters a lesson in self-defense.
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Jennifer Flavin, Sistine Stallone, Sylvester Stallone, and Sophia Stallone at the Ralph Lauren Spring 2023 ready-to-wear runway show held at The Huntington Museum and Gardens on Oct. 13, 2022, in San Marino, California. (Michael Buckner/WWD via Getty Images)
Speaking to the New York Post ahead of the season two premiere of "The Family Stallone," the family's reality show, Sophia and Sistine discussed the difficult experience. Sistine explained that the training was filmed for the show, and that the footage was edited to appear "really nice and kind of fluffy," but in reality, it was the "hardest" thing.
"It was about six hours we were in those woods," she continued. "They made it a cute little montage, Sophia and I got our a--es whooped by these guys, they were the real deal."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sylvester Stallone is photographed on the red carpet with his daughters (L-R) Sistine, Scarlet and Sophia, as well as his wife, Jennifer Flavin Stallone. (Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Harper's BAZAAR)
Sistine also said that she was "not surprised my dad put us through something like this, because our entire life we grew up with him doing these sort of military-esque self-defense trainings."
Sophia agreed, saying, "It was a rigorous routine, it was every day at 6 a.m. he would make us eat eggs with ketchup, for some reason that combination was like an elite combination."
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}She said their upbringing was "a lot of sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, clean and jerks, it was golfing, it was pool table, it was shot put …"
"He made the perfect boys," Sistine joked.
Jennifer Flavin Stallone shared this photo of herself with husband Sylvester Stallone and daughters (L-R) Sistine, Scarlet, and Sophia. (Instagram)
In a scene from "The Family Stallone" that shows the Navy SEALs training, Sistine and Sophia were instructed to chase a chicken, mimicking a scene from "Rocky II." As Sylvester explained, "Chasing a chicken sounds like a fun game. You have to have speed, patience, agility and understand that you're going to be beaten by something that weighs three pounds and has a beak."
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"That is deceivingly hard," Sistine told The Post. "I went in there a little cocky, no pun intended. I got beat by the chicken."
Sylvester Stallone places importance on his daughters' safety. (Elisabetta Villa)
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}When asked if their father was less nervous now that they've been in New York for a year, she answered, "I don’t think he’ll ever be less nervous. He’s like a classic, overprotective dad. Three daughters at an age where, you know, we’re kind of all over the place and we’re out and about."
Scarlet, who is currently a student at the University of Miami, said, "He's always cared about safety no matter what, that safety is before anything for him."
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sophia noted that one thing that helps him feel better about the distance between them is that their mother, Jennifer Flavin, keeps track of their location on an app.