Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone has been smacked by an Australian court for bringing 48 vials of an illegal human growth hormone into the country. The king of all sequels was fined $2,500.

Yahoo News has Sly’s statement about the hormones:

“This stuff gives your body a boost and you feel and look good,” Stallone said in a customs interview. “Doing Rambo is hard work, and I am going to be in Burma for a while. Where do you think I am going to get this stuff in Burma?”

So maybe Burma isn’t a hot spot for finding pump up juice, but here’s my question…where do you get off doing Rambo at age 60? Unless the film is going to be titled Rambo: The Grandpa Years I don’t see the point.

Sylvester Stallone didn’t get quite the wamr reception he was expecting from the folks down under. Sly was in Australia to attend the premiere of his latest flick “Rocky Balboa” when he was busted by customs cops at the Sydney airport. At the time of the oops Sly told everyone it was just a “misunderstanding.” But then they showed up to search his hotel room and his plane. Oops again.

E! News reports:

As officials stopped by the Park Hyatt hotel to issue the actor a summons to answer charges on the prohibited substances, Stallone and his cohorts were allegedly seen tossing something out of the windows of their hotel room. A search of the room allegedly resulted in additional evidence, per the Telegraph.

A full sweep of his private plane ensued, though the actor was cleared to leave the country later in the day as the investigation proceeds.

The going rumor is that Sly was busted for possession of illegal bodybuilding substances. Well, duh. The guy is like 80 years old and he’s trying to be a boxer. This guy is probably so full of growth hormones and horse steroids that he fired his physician and now travels with a personal veterinarian instead.

Oh Sly, say it ain’t so. Sylvester Stallone is old. I mean really old. Not the aging gracefully and becoming distinguished thing that makes guys like Harrison Ford and Sean Connery sexy. Sly has gone the other direction. He’s in the trying to fight off father time and losing category.

Between the Botox, hair dye and 1970’s fashion, Sly went way overbaord in his desperate attempt to recapture his youth. He just looks scary. His face looked better in the last round of one of his actually believable Rocky fights.

I really hope the new flick is a good one. I’m a sucker for Rocky, but I’m kind of amazed that Sly didn’t break a hip during filming.