{"id":6457,"date":"2013-11-17T08:46:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T12:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=6457"},"modified":"2013-11-17T13:25:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T17:25:19","slug":"sly-and-the-paparazzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/17\/sly-and-the-paparazzi\/","title":{"rendered":"Sly and the Paparazzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2013\/nov\/111713sly_tmz.png?resize=500%2C485\" width=\"500\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On <strong>November 15, 2013<\/strong>, <strong>Sly<\/strong> was out with some friends and as usual was dogged by <strong>paparazzi<\/strong>. \u00a0<strong>Sly<\/strong> is used to their behavior and as regular readers know, <strong>Sly<\/strong>\u00a0interacts positively with them despite the annoyance that they can cause. \u00a0As <strong>Sly<\/strong> was walking down the street and speaking to friends he made a comment about them or one of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s hard to tell from the audio what exactly was said, but <strong>TMZ<\/strong> made a post that <strong>Sly<\/strong> had &#8220;hurled&#8221; the &#8220;N-word&#8221; at them. \u00a0First of all, if it is hard to tell what was said, does it make sense to say that he &#8220;hurled&#8221; anything at anyone? \u00a0Next, isn&#8217;t it safe to assume that had he said the &#8220;N-word&#8221; there would have been a major commotion?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the time <strong>Sly<\/strong> wasn&#8217;t even aware that he was being accused of using the &#8220;N-word&#8221; or you can be sure, knowing <strong>Stallone<\/strong>, that he would have stopped and addressed it immediately. \u00a0Despite reporters speaking to others who were there and who have denied <strong>Stallone&#8217;s<\/strong> use of the word, and a professional audio engineer who analyzed the recording and confirmed that <strong>Stallone<\/strong> didn&#8217;t use the &#8220;N-word&#8221; the story took on a life of its own.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>TMZ: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2013\/11\/15\/sylvester-stallone-n-word-paparazzi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Hurls&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Daily Mail: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2507664\/Sylvester-Stallone-displays-massive-veiny-forearms-lunch-Italian-restaurant-Beverly-Hills.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Displays&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>[No mention of the incident]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Epoch Times: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/361078-sylvester-stallone-allegedly-uses-n-word-in-response-paparazzi-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Allegedly&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gossip Cop: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gossipcop.com\/sylvester-stallone-n-word-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Denies&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Business Standard: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/news-ani\/sylvester-stallone-denies-hurling-racial-slurs-at-paparazzi-113111600452_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Denies&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ace Showbiz: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aceshowbiz.com\/news\/view\/00065902.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rep, Friend and Audio Expert Confirm Stallone Didn&#8217;t Use N Word<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Perez Hilton: <a href=\"http:\/\/perezhilton.com\/2013-11-16-sylvester-stallone-defends-himself-after-racial-slur-rumors#sthash.DRn8NjLD.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Responds&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>PhillyMag: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillymag.com\/news\/2013\/11\/15\/sylvester-stallone-n-word-paparazzi\/\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ &#8211; Sylvester Stallone&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>EurWeb: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurweb.com\/2013\/11\/sylvester-stallone-denies-calling-photographer-n-word-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Denies&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>RumorFix: <a href=\"http:\/\/rumorfix.com\/2013\/11\/sylvester-stallone-has-sound-analyst-debunk-use-of-racial-slur-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone has Sound Analyst Debunk&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Daily Mail: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2508022\/Sylvester-Stallone-denies-hurling-racial-slur-paparazzi.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Denies&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Daily Mail: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2507748\/Sylvester-Stallone-reveals-orange-face-New-York.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Reveals&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>[No mention of the incident]<\/li>\n<li><strong>411 Mania: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.411mania.com\/movies\/news\/304169\/[Gossip]-Witness-&amp;-Sound-Engineer-Say-Sylvester-Stallone-Did-Not-Use-The-%5C'N-Word.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Witness and Sound Engineer Say&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>West Australian: <a href=\"http:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/thewest\/entertainment\/a\/-\/entertainment\/19885019\/stallones-rep-denies-racial-slurs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stallone&#8217;s Rep Denies&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 15, 2013, Sly was out with some friends and as usual was dogged by paparazzi. \u00a0Sly is used to their behavior and as regular readers know, Sly\u00a0interacts positively with them despite the annoyance that they can cause. \u00a0As Sly was walking down the street and speaking to friends he made a comment about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-117","category-celebs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3r2Pe-1G9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6457"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6459,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6457\/revisions\/6459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}