You just knew some relative would come out of the woodwork and blame Sylvester Stallone for the death of his son Sage. It was going to have to be a relative who is probably not inheriting any money, so it makes sense that it is Sly's nephew that is doing the blaming. On Facebook, Edd Filitti, who is just 18 says that Safe called his dad on July 6th to wish his dad a happy birthday and that his dad never even bothered to call back. I actually believe him. I also think that Sylvester is kind of taking advantage of people's emotions to make it seem like he was closer with his son than is reality. If you go just by his comments, then you would think Sylvester Stallone was running over to his son's house everyday so they could play catch and take HGH together. The truth though is they rarely spoke or saw each other and most of that is on Sly.
After reading this, seeing Ben holding his two girls in the pic below lifts my spirits. As a parent you become concerned with the relationship you will have with your kids when they are adults, on top of the adults they turn out to be. Sad. Very sad.
ReplyDeleteLet the man be, he just lost his son.
ReplyDeleteYeah, seriously. If he wanted to wish his Dad happy birthday, they couldn't have been on that horrible of terms. He is a man who's actions may not have been up to par, but I think we can all agree he loved his son and is hurting. Why don't we wish them strength and grace instead of pointing the blame. And to be honest, if he died in the fashion they're predicting, the only person at fault is Sage.
ReplyDeleteI read about this last night elsewhere. First off, this has nothing to do with money, so that's kind of a crappy thing to insinuate.
ReplyDeleteThis cousin posted quite a few rants on Facebook, but has since taken them down. He did say in one of rants that Sage wasn't allowed at Sly's house, and blamed everything on Sly's wife, Jennifer.
Who knows if it was true that they were no longer close, but if that was the case, the loss is probably that much harder to accept.
There's always those people in every family that aren't happy unless there's major drama going on. Give him a break, his kid died! It shouldn't matter if they were best friends or enemies, he lost his child.
ReplyDeleteI am curious about one thing. The lawyer/friend keeps saying that Sage was going to get married this weekend. Where is the fiancé and why wouldn't you talk to the man you were just about to marry for days? Also, why wouldn't she or he have been over at his house checking on him?
ReplyDeleteEven If all the allegations are true, what possible good does it do to air this info now? It wont bring the man back from the dead. I wish people wld think before they shit off their mouths.
ReplyDeleteAnd this toni-ann, who is SUPPOSEDLY slys half sister from wacky ass jackie stallone, is not uber credible. It is her son making these charges. Jstfu!(just shut the f*ck up)!
Meant shot off, but actually shit works too, lol!
DeleteI found it interesting that in the statement Sly released, he specifically pleaded that people have compassion for Sage's mother. I got the impression from that that he and Sage were not particularly close as of late, but I thought it was impressive that he wasn't using his son's death to get attention for himself. That's a big pet peeve of mine - when the living pretend to be much closer to the deceased than they actually were just to make it about themselves.
ReplyDeleteIn the pictures of Sage, you could just see this deep, haunting, heart wrenching pain in his eyes. I'm sure there's a lot of gossip going around that family right now. It's too late to blame. Looks like Sage had a lot of enablers around him who denied anything was wrong. :(
ReplyDeleteAnd there isn’t a parent in the world that would ever sit and judge another parent. Getting on with an adult child is really hard. As everyone already said, leave Sly alone, he’s got to bury his son soon.
ReplyDeleteI too wonder about the "fiancee." If this guy was going to get married, where was she?
ReplyDeleteAs far as blaming Sly, they were both adults. Maybe Sage wanted space from his father. What about Sage's mother? She doesn't seem to be in the picture either. Sage might have been dead for five days with no one knowing about it.
Even if they weren't close, from the sounds of it, it wasn't suicide. It sounds like an accidental overdose to me. But I guess we'll find out once the tox reports come in... RIP.
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ReplyDeleteI happened to see a clip last night on extra or something like that where they reported that his fiance tried calling him a few times the night before. when she couldn't reach him so called his mom, who called his housekeeper on Saturday.
Why the fiance didn't go to Sage's house herself, etc is kind of weird.
I agree that regardless of their relationship that whether Sage ODd or took his own life that Sage is the only one to blame for his death. At some point we have to become responsible for ourselves and our choices and stop blaming our parents even if they did mess us up.
That seemed insensitive to Sage. RIP
DeleteI am sure he had his demons, it's sad all around.
Sly is more than likely feeling horrible about this. But, if it was an accidental overdose then what is there to blame him for? He didn't return a phone call, so he caused the overdose? If it was suicide, it is never caused by just one thing. The saddest part, as mentioned many times, is that he was not found for so long. Perhaps he was known for being out of touch for long periods of time. I know if someone I hear from regularly is suddenly silent, I will say a little 'hello', just to be sure.
ReplyDeleteWhat, Sly didn't immediately return a call??? The horror! I know I return every voice mail the SECOND I finish listening. Then I send a follow-up email with an overview of the conversation, a list of any deliverables (with expected completion time) and a summary. Every returned call is a project.
ReplyDeleteParents and their adult kids not talking often doesn't mean anything. My mom lives a block away and I have had a v/m from my dad's nursing home that was left a week and a half ago and I need to get her to listen to it. I keep forgetting to call.
And when my husband has to call his dad, he prays that he'll get the machine and get to leave a message rather than have an awkward conversation.
It doesn't matter how close he was or wasn't to his his son. It was his son. It it stills is devastating to lose a family member.
ReplyDeleteThere's always one little louse hiding in the woodwork. And there's always someone who thinks that there must be someone to blame. Sometimes there isn't anyone to blame. Sometimes bad stuff just happens, and you don't have anyone to point a finger at. But let's not stop that from letting us abuse a grieving father, eh?
ReplyDeleteThe fact is, Sage was 36 years old. By that time, your decisions are your own, not down to your parents. Sly may or may not have been the best father ever, but it's pretty low for anyone - whether distant relatives or 'entertainment lawyers' to start bitching at Sly right now.
And if anyone's going to leap to Enty's defense about this, read that article again. The snide tone, the little insinuations, the 'I believe it' when he's got no evidence at all. It's a nasty little attempt at a hatchet job, for all its subtlety.
@auntliddy, that typo actually does make sense -- and it ramps up the intensity!
ReplyDeleteGee Wiz, I don't always return calls that wish me Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas....and I don't expect others to return all my calls...
ReplyDeleteLeave them alone in their grief. Sage was a grown man who knows what history there was between them.
You all couldn't have said it better. Leave a grieving father alone. So what if they had separate lives and weren't enmeshed. From what I've read it sounds like Sage was a bit of a recluse and wanted it that way. It's no one's fault but his. The same way we wouldn't give a pass to a drunk driver to say my Mommy didn't love me enough, that's why I need to drink. He's an adult. He chose to dabble in drugs, he lost his life. Sly is going through alot right now, give him some peace for God sakes. The real shame is that someone is dead because of drugs. That's a battle lost, children that Sage will never have, another casualty of addiction. That's what I find sad.
ReplyDeleteI personally thought it was a nice touch he mentioned Sasha.
ReplyDeleteThis is just so sad all the way around, and yes like Matt said, every family has at least one louse.
This whole situation is so sad. My thoughts are with those who loved him and are mourning his loss.
ReplyDeleteVery sad. I remember him being in that Rocky movie. He was about my age then and I thought he was very cute.
ReplyDeleteSAGE, not "Safe." The man passed away; show some respect and at least get his name correct. Sweet God, the typos on this site!
ReplyDeleteAnd I know that somebody is going to tell me to relax because it's a gossip site, but I don't care. Shody work anywhere is shody work. And this site is terribly shody. I only come because the readers/commenters are more intelligent, literate and entertaining (for the most part) than this Enty character.
*Shoddy
Delete1. Much, much too soon.
ReplyDelete2. No facts supporting the innuendo that it's "on Sly."
3. Sage was a grown man, responsible for his own actions.
I don't believe all this crap but I do want to say IF Sage was on drugs, I wouldn't allow him in my house either if I had younger children.
ReplyDeleteHe had five teeth extracted two weeks before he was found dead per UK Daily.
ReplyDeleteOkay, they were estranged. But it doesn't sound like the death was suicide, so while their emotional distance may be unfortunate, what correlation can really be drawn between the two. In addition, there were reports that Sage was somewhat of a hoarder, lived in a certain amount of isolation (this is probably EXACTLY what Sly wants people to stop gossiping and speculating about -- it is kinda mean to focus on it), which I imagine also lends itself to estranged familial relationships. I could also see Sly being the one to maintain the distance. It really doesn't matter, though. An estranged family member can still grieve and request privacy and respect for the family, I don't think that's misrepresenting their relationship.
ReplyDeleteMany adult children don't speak with their parents as often, and it's usually because they're out making their way in the world.
ReplyDeleteI doubt that means they didn't love each other.
Almost off the subject:
ReplyDeleteI find it odd that they said the place was filthy, yet they sent "his housekeeper" to check on him. Doesn't sound like she/he was very good at their job.
Maybe it was Moms' housekeeper.
Sometimes...people go apart and just don't 'like' the other too. Doesn't matter id you're related or not. They were both adults.
ReplyDeleteHe has to bury his son and handle his own demons, the press should leave him alone.
"Safe called his dad"? Come on Enty, put a little effort into it...
ReplyDeleteThe guy lost his son. I don't really care what this relative thinks...leave him alone to grieve.
ReplyDeleteI missed most of the story but now one of the evening tabloids is saying the oral surgery he had may have had something to do with him dying.
*SIGH*
ReplyDeleteTouché, Lucas...touché.
I hadn't had any coffee yet when I wrote that, and I don't write professionally. What's Enty's excuse?
And my point is still valid. A little respect for the dead is a GOOD thing.
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