Sylvester Stallone’s model wife has revealed a controversial theory explaining the alleged prevalence of transgender children in Hollywood, Daily Mail reports.
According to the report by Daily Mail, Sylvester Stallone’s wife Jennifer Flavin while speaking on The Katie Miller Podcast in a clip obtained by Fox News, claimed that Hollywood nepo babies are lacking in ‘structure,’ which she saw as an explanation for the alleged trend.
‘I just think Hollywood is, you know, it’s all about expression. So, you know, however you want to express yourself,’ Sylvester Stallone’s wife Jennifer Flavin, 57, told Katie Miller, who was a former press secretary to President Donald Trump, communications director to former Vice President Mike Pence and spokesperson for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Miller, who left DOGE for private sector work with Elon Musk in May, is also the wife of Stephen Miller, the homeland security advisor and deputy chief of staff for policy for Trump, who has reportedly been a major architect of ICE raids across the country and National Guard deployments in major cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, DC.
‘If you feel like a cat today, you’re a cat. And it’s so loosey-goosey,’ Flavin continued, seemingly alluding to a myth that litter boxes have been placed in some American schools for children who identify as cats, which has been repeatedly debunked in recent years.
‘I don’t think that we’re really understanding that these kids are not our accessories,’ said Sylvester Stallone’s wife Jennifer Flavin, who fled California with her husband for Republican-controlled Florida last year. ‘They’re little human beings that need structure. And structure is really important for them because it helps their brain organize everything.’
The model, who married Stallone in 1997, also suggested that the immense wealth of people in Hollywood contributed to an alleged trend of transgender children.
‘I think growing up in a Hollywood home, there’s really no structure because you have this thing going, and you’ve got private planes,’ Flavin said. ‘And you’ve got all these giant homes with chefs and secretaries and assistants and, you know, housekeepers and nannies.
‘There’s just too much of everything,’ she continued. ‘It gets really confusing for a little person.’
Despite her concerns, Flavin seemed to suggest that someone’s gender identity wasn’t a big deal once they were an adult.
‘And it’s OK what you decide to be as an adult,’ she said. ‘But raise them just with good common sense.
‘I mean, my daughters were tomboys. They preferred to wear pants than dresses, you know. And they loved sports,’ Flavin added. ‘But I never said, “Oh, you’re a boy now.” I just said, “You love to play sports, you love to hang out with boys, that’s awesome.”‘
Hollywood stars including Robert De Niro, Cher, Jamie Lee Curtis and Annette Bening have notably expressed support for their transgender children in recent years.
However, there isn’t any data suggesting that the children of Hollywood stars or industry figures are more likely to be transgender.
The perception may exist due to the higher visibility of Hollywood stars.
Flavin has been more muted about her political allegiances than her husband, who has publicly supported multiple Republican candidates over the years, including Trump in the lead-up to his second term.
However, Stallone, 79, has also donated to multiple Democratic politicians, including former President Joe Biden
The Rocky star and Flavin share three daughters: Sophia, 29; Sistine, 27; and Scarlet, 23.
Stallone also welcomed two older children with his first wife, actress Sasha Czack: sons Sage, who was born in 1976, and 44-year-old Seargeoh.
Sage died in 2012 as the result of heart disease, while Seargeoh, who has autism, has mostly avoided the spotlight compared to his younger siblings.
Stallone’s fans were shocked in August 2022 when Flavin filed to divorce him after 25 years of marriage.
However, the two had reunited just a month later, and Stallone — who admitted to having cheated on Flavin before they were married with the supermodel Janice Dickinson — later said that a ‘reawakening’ led him to do everything possible to try to save his marriage.
‘There was a reawakening of what was more valuable than anything, which is my love for my family,’ Stallone, 79, told The Sunday Times in 2022. ‘It takes precedence over my work and that was a hard lesson to learn.’