In a candid podcast interview with his daughters, Sylvester Stallone, the actor, writer, and director best known for creating the Rocky and Rambo franchises, revealed that his mother had once attempted to abort him.
Stallone recounted hearing from his mother that “the only reason you’re here is because the hanger didn’t work,” and described growing up in a household where he often felt unwanted.
Stallone’s story joins those of other famous figures who narrowly escaped abortion, including Andrea Bocelli, Jack Nicholson, and Cristiano Ronaldo, all of whom credit their mothers’ choice to continue their pregnancies for the lives they now lead.