Overview
- Stallone was celebrated as a 2025 Kennedy Center Honoree in Washington, D.C., walking the December 7 red carpet with a black cane alongside his wife, Jennifer Flavin.
- Coverage also noted he used the cane during the medal-presentation ceremony on Saturday.
- Photographs show him leaning on the walking aid, and Us Weekly reported it sought comment from his representatives with no new medical details provided.
- HELLO! characterized the appearance as the first time he has been seen using a cane in public.
- In prior remarks on The Family Stallone, he said he never recovered from action-film injuries; reporting cites a metal plate in his neck and spinal fusion surgery, with his wife Jennifer and daughter Scarlet describing the repeated procedures and long-term pain as frightening for the family.