Just weeks after Sylvester Stallone and his wife of 25 years, Jennifer Flavin, ended their marriage, new details have surfaced about his altered tattoo of Flavin.
DailyMail.com reported in late August — just days before their split was announced — that Stallone, 76, changed his tattoo of Flavin to a depiction of his late dog and Rocky castmate Butkus, which, according to Stallone’s reps, was a result of a botched touch-up that wasn’t to his liking, leading to the Butkus ink.
Now People is reporting that Stallone was thinking about changing the tattoo of Flavin to Wonder Woman… last year.
Tattoo: Just weeks after Sylvester Stallone and his wife of 25 years, Jennifer Flavin, ended their marriage, new details have surfaced about his altered tattoo of Flavin
Butkus: DailyMail.com reported in late August — just days before their split was announced — that Stallone, 76, changed his tattoo of Flavin to a depiction of his late dog and Rocky castmate Butkus, which, according to Stallone’s reps, was a result of a botched touch-up that wasn’t to his liking, leading to the Butkus ink
The new details come from tattoo artist Mike DeVries, who gave Stallone the original Flavin tattoo back in 2007.
‘I already knew that he wanted to do something, because last year he emailed me, called me, and we discussed talking about making Jennifer Flavin into [Wonder Woman],’ DeVries revealed.
The artist mentioned that Wonder Woman wears a yellow tiara as part of her costume, and that wouldn’t work with the darker part of her hair in the tattoo.
Original: The new details come from tattoo artist Mike DeVries, who gave Stallone the original Flavin tattoo back in 2007
‘All of her hair would just shine through,’ DeVries added, though he added he didn’t do the cover-up work on that tattoo.
The Butkus tattoo was created by Zach Perez, with the artist posting photos of the work in mid-August, just days before their split was announced.
Stallone’s spokesperson, Michelle Bega, insisted that the tattoo cover-up was no sign of trouble in the relationship, though.
Hair: ‘All of her hair would just shine through,’ DeVries added, though he added he didn’t do the cover-up work on that tattoo
‘Mr. Stallone intended to refresh the tattoo image of his wife Jennifer however the results were unsatisfactory and, unfortunately, unfixable,’ she said.
‘As a result, he had to cover the original image with a tattoo of his dog from Rocky, Butkus,’ Bega clarified.
‘Mr. Stallone loves his family. The Stallones are presently filming a reality show together which will debut on Paramount+,’ Bega added.
Refresh: ‘Mr. Stallone intended to refresh the tattoo image of his wife Jennifer however the results were unsatisfactory and, unfortunately, unfixable,’ she said
Split: Regardless of Bega’s statement, the split was confirmed a few days later, with Flavin filing for a dissolution of marriage and other relief, with court records saying the union was, ‘irretrievably broken’; seen in 2016
Regardless of Bega’s statement, the split was confirmed a few days later, with Flavin filing for a dissolution of marriage and other relief, with court records saying the union was, ‘irretrievably broken.’
DeVries added that the Butkus tattoo, ‘looks good’ and he had reached out to him to see if he wanted further work done on it.
‘I was basically telling him, “Hey, if you need the dog fixed up or any more, I’m here for you,”‘ DeVries added.
Looking good: DeVries added that the Butkus tattoo, ‘looks good’ and he had reached out to him to see if he wanted further work done on it; seen in 2016