Sylvester Stallone's official Instagram account faced criticism after online sleuths noticed it was following a page widely criticised for anti-Black content. Screenshots showing his account following @blackfatigue_2.0 circulated widely, prompting a wave of backlash from fans.
Stallone's representatives have not commented on the issue. As of the most recent reporting, other social media users had confirmed the account was still following the page, with no public update since on whether it has been removed.
A Viral Video Sparks Scrutiny
The discovery was first flagged by New Jersey-based musician DJ SoulChild AC, who posted a video showing that Stallone's account, @officialslystallone, follows the page and publicly points out the connection.
According to SoulChild, the page is managed by a man named Ty Fairbanks, whom he described as having white supremacist tattoos. SoulChild claims that the account has previously called for violence against Black and Hispanic people. However, these details are characterisations made by SoulChild and have not been independently verified. Nevertheless, the underlying screenshots of the follow have been widely corroborated by other users.
Like many celebrity accounts, Stallone's Instagram may be managed in part by a publicity or digital team rather than the actor personally, and it isn't clear which was responsible here.
That distinction matters, but it hasn't stopped Reddit from weighing in with some pointed reactions of its own. One commenter wrote: 'I'm glad that this is on his public account because he deserves to be exposed, but celebs doing sh*t like this instead of on a private account, like?' Another seemed less shocked by the discovery than by the discovery process: 'First of all, ew, not surprised at all. Second of all, how does one even find these things?'
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Stallone's Trump Support and Political Backdrop
The strong reaction to the situation is largely due to its context. Stallone has attended a number of MAGA events and has been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump, including a November 2024 appearance at Mar-a-Lago where he introduced Trump with a speech that, according to reporting on the event, compared him to Jesus Christ, likened him to his iconic character Rocky Balboa, and referred to him as the 'second George Washington.'
@cbsnews Actor Sylvester Stallone called President-elect Donald Trump the "second George Washington" as he was introducing Trump at an America First Policy Institute event at Mar-a-Lago, Florida on Thursday. "We are in the presence of a really mythical character ... Nobody in the world could have pulled off what he pulled off," Stallone said of Trump. #florida #donaldtrump #sylvesterstallone
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Trump later named Stallone, alongside Jon Voight and Mel Gibson, as a special Hollywood envoy tasked with helping to restore the industry's 'Golden Age.' None of that proves anything about the Instagram follow itself; it has led fans already influenced by his political views to see the two stories as interconnected.
Past Cinematic Controversies
Critics arguing that this reflects a broader pattern point to Stallone's 2019 film Rambo: Last Blood, which faced heavy accusations of xenophobia and anti-Mexican bias on release.
GameSpot's review argued the film villainised Mexico, portraying its citizens as con artists, sex traffickers and killers. The Daily Beast called it a 'Trumpian, anti-Mexican nightmare' tailored to the political moment, while Remezcla's review of Latino critical reaction pointed to what it described as the film's 'glaringly obvious racist optics'.
Some commentators disagreed at the time, claiming the criticism exaggerated a typical action plot, and that disagreement was never fully resolved.
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Set against that history, the confirmed facts are narrower than the online reaction: an account was following a controversial page, a critic has publicly named and accused the page's owner, and Stallone's team has yet to offer any explanation. That silence is unlikely to hold for long, especially with his upcoming Rocky-related projects now firmly in the conversation.
