{"id":430899,"date":"2025-12-07T11:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/430899\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T11:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:57:17","slug":"trump-79-cant-pronounce-movie-star-pals-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/430899\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, 79, Can\u2019t Pronounce Movie Star Pal\u2019s Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump managed to flub his friend and supporter Sylvester Stallone\u2019s name while presenting him with a medallion during a Saturday evening ceremony in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n

The ceremony\u2014held ahead of Sunday\u2019s Kennedy Center Honors event, which will feature tributes to each honoree as well as performances\u2014saw the president and his handpicked honorees<\/a>, including Stallone, \u201cI Will Survive\u201d singer Gloria Gaynor, actor Michael Crawford and rock band KISS, crowd into the Oval Office for a livestreamed presentation.<\/p>\n

\"DonaldTrump flubbed Stallone’s surname while awarding him with a medallion. Aaron Schwartz\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

When introducing Stallone, Trump described him as \u201ca friend of mine, a wonderful person, a really spectacular person, one of the true great movie stars there are,\u201c before reading out his name as \u201cSylvester \u2018Sly\u2019 Sallone,\u201d omitting the t in Stallone\u2019s surname. <\/p>\n

Stallone did not react to the flub, which Trump repeated a second time while muttering to himself as he presented Stallone with a medallion that was designed, created and donated by Tiffany & Co. <\/p>\n

Stallone publicly revealed himself<\/a> as a supporter of the president at a gala in November 2024, after Trump had won the election.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in the presence of a really mythical character,\u201d Stallone said of Trump at the time. \u201cI love mythology and this individual does not exist on this planet. Nobody in the world could pull off what he pulled off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stallone had also been honored on Friday night with an event held at Vice President JD Vance\u2019s residence<\/a>, where Vance praised the representation Stallone\u2019s films offered to families like his. <\/p>\n

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Thank you @VP<\/a> Vance and @SLOTUS<\/a> for the beautiful reception in honor of the @kencen<\/a> and the 2025 honors recipient. I was honored to be part of this special celebration of the one and only Sylvester Stallone – an icon of \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8cinema and a source of pride for Italian Americans \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 pic.twitter.com\/E8j3xsSc7Z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Marco Peronaci (@MPeronaci) December 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIf I think about why my grandmother, the woman who raised me Sly, why she loved she loved your movies so much,\u201d Vance told attendees. <\/p>\n

\u201dIt\u2019s because she didn\u2019t see people like us on the big screen that much. She saw working class people, people of humble beginnings, people who worked their asses off and made the American dream a reality, not because it was handed to them, but because they worked hard, had good support, and they got a little lucky along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SylvesterActors Sylvester Stallone and Michael Crawford were two of the president’s handpicked Kennedy Center honorees for 2025. Aaron Schwartz\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s ceremony at the Kennedy Center will be recorded and televised later in December. The president has confirmed he plans to host the event, something no president has ever done before; typically, the commander in chief sits in the audience with the honorees.<\/p>\n

Trump said he was looking forward to the celebration, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s going to be something that I believe, and I\u2019m going to make a prediction: this will be the highest-rated show that they\u2019ve ever done and they\u2019ve gotten some pretty good ratings, but there\u2019s nothing like what\u2019s going to happen tomorrow night.\u201d<\/p>\n