Sylvester Stallone calls Trump’s ‘special ambassador’ role ‘impossible’

ENTERTAINMENT Sylvester Stallone calls Trump’s ‘special ambassador’ role ‘impossible’ By Katie Scott Global News Posted September 22, 2026 3:18 pm 4 min read View image in full screen (L-R:) Sylvester Stallone attends the Paramount+ premiere of ‘Tulsa King’ Season 3 at The Langham Hotel on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, in New York and U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah LEAVE A COMMENT SHARE THIS ITEM ON FACEBOOK SHARE THIS ITEM ON X SEND THIS PAGE TO SOMEONE VIA EMAIL SEE MORE SHARING OPTIONS DESCREASE ARTICLE FONT SIZE INCREASE ARTICLE FONT SIZE Sylvester Stallone is sharing details about U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to appoint him as a Hollywood “special ambassador.” In January 2025, Trump announced his plans to make Hollywood “stronger than ever before” and named stars Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight “special ambassadors.” The Rocky actor said that he didn’t exactly sign up for the role of “special ambassador.” 4:53 Sylvester Stallone stars as mob-boss in new series ‘Tulsa King’ Stick to the Facts Add Global News as a Preferred Source on Google to see more of our stories in your search results. “Well, it just happened,” the 80-year-old actor said in a recent interview with The Sunday Times. “I was watching TV one night and they go, ‘So Stallone and Mel Gibson and Jon Voight will be…’ And I went, ‘What?’ I said, ‘Excuse me? Really?’ Because if they had asked me in the beginning, I would have said, this is not possible.” STORY CONTINUES BELOW ADVERTISEMENT Stallone said that he told Trump “it won’t work” after the appointment. He said that he, Gibson and Voight are all “do-our-own-thing people.” “I guess it’s like feudal states. They have their little kingdoms. You don’t go in and tell six studios how to do things,” the Tulsa King actor said of Hollywood. “I said thank you and ciao, because it’s impossible. Hollywood works, and it will evolve,” Stallone continued. “It’s corporate, and corporate people won’t want to hear me tell them about finance.” Get breaking Montreal news Get breaking Montreal news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story. SIGN UP FOR BREAKING MONTREAL NEWSLETTER GET STARTED BY PROVIDING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO GLOBAL NEWS' TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY. Trump named the three actors…