Sylvester Stallone is “permanently” leaving California and is being welcomed with open arms in Florida.
The “Rocky” icon made the announcement on the season two premiere of the fact show, “The Family Stallone.”
“After long, hard consideration, your mother and I actually have decided, time to maneuver on and leave the state of California permanently, and we’re going to go to Florida,” Sylvester told his three daughters: Scarlet, 21, Sistine, 25, and Sophia, 27 – referring to his wife of 26 years, Jennifer Flavin.
He added, “We’re gonna sell this house. We have already got the place, it’s a done deal.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ wife, Casey DeSantis, welcomed the Stallone family to Florida in a message on X, formerly often known as Twitter, on Friday.
“Welcome to the Free State of Florida!” Casey wrote alongside a clip of Stallone’s conversation together with his daughters.
“Along with respecting and protecting your God-given, constitutional right to be free, you can even buy toothpaste without having an armed guard in CVS unlock it for you,” she added.
In 2021, Stallone purchased a sprawling $35.4 million home in Palm Beach, in response to the Palm Beach Day by day News.
Sly’s latest Palm Beach home sits on roughly 1.5 lakefront acres, facing over 250 feet of beach with a dock, per the outlet.
The whole living space — including a fundamental house, a guest house, and a pool pavilion near the keyhole-shaped pool within the backyard — is over 13,000 square feet. Between the fundamental and guest spaces, the property counts seven bedrooms and 12 baths, per its Realtor.com listing.
Since purchasing their home in Florida three years ago, Stallone and his wife Jennifer Flavin have been spending time in each Florida and California.
Flavin spoke with Fox News Digital on the inaugural “Rocky Day” celebration in December concerning the couple’s relocation, saying, “It’s an incredible move, I actually have to say I’m really joyful with our move and our change.”
“I used to be born and raised there, two of our youngsters were born there, but now everyone’s out, our daughters moved to the East Coast … so there wasn’t really anything left for me in California,” she continued. “A couple of of our greatest friends also moved, so I feel it’s [a] good change, just making latest friends, living a completely different lifestyle, I like it, I’m really joyful.”
She wasn’t alone in her desire for a fresh start.
Within the opening scenes of his Netflix documentary, “Sly,” Stallone spoke concerning the decision to maneuver, saying it was useful to his creativity.
“I wasn’t moving because, ‘Oh, wow, I wanted one other beautiful view.’ Any time changing that paradigm which you turn into used to, it’s literally to jump-start that process again,” he explained.
Flavin also made it clear in her interview that change was the first factor, not any concern over crime rates expressed by some celebrities.
“There’s crime all over the place, there’s crime in Florida, too, so I didn’t move due to crime. You will discover it anywhere you look, even in small towns,” the mother of three said.
“I feel California might be probably the most beautiful state in the US, I absolutely like it, but I just needed a change,” she added. “I felt like I’ve been there long enough, and life is brief, so I desired to make a change and never just be sitting in a single house the remaining of my life.”