Adele is seemingly a huge Rocky fan and when she recently made an offer to buy Sylvester Stallone’s mansion, she made it contingent that she keep the poolside statue of the fictional boxer.
In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Stallone said he wanted to keep the statue but the “Hello” singer said, “‘That’s a no deal.
That’s gonna blow the whole deal,'” with the actor adding, “She wanted the statue.” Adele is busy renovating the home she bought from him with Stallone saying, “I like what she’s doing, she’s making it gorgeous.” Stallone first played Rocky Balboa in the 1976 film Rocky, directed by John G.
Avildsen and written by the star himself. The success of the film spawned a whole series of films through the 1980s ending in 1990 with Rocky V.
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