After welcoming three daughters and having a seemingly great marriage, Jennifer Flavin decided to call it quits in 2022. "I'm sad to announce that after 25 years of marriage, I have filed for divorce from my husband, Sylvester Stallone," she shared in a statement to People, throwing the "older spouse calls the shots" age gap myth into the wind. According to a source close to the family, their 23-year age difference caught up with them. The insider revealed that the two "are very different people, age-wise and in temperament," (via People). They continued, "What was once exciting and challenging is now routine and irritating."
The couple had reportedly been dealing with lingering issues for years, prompting Flavin's desire for separation. However, history repeated itself, and the couple rekindled their romance a month later, as Page Six confirmed. During their time apart, Stallone covered two of his tattoos dedicated to Flavin, replacing one, of her face, with Butkus, his late bullmastiff featured in the first two "Rocky" movies, and the other, of her eyes, with a leopard's face, per the Daily Mail.
Despite the action star's impulsive decision, the couple's representative clarified, "They decided to meet back up at home, where they talked and were able to work out their differences." Prior to their official announcement calling off the divorce, Stallone shared a photo of him and Flavin holding hands on Instagram, captioned simply, "Wonderful."
