Sylvester Stallone hits out at Jack Whitehall Oscar “lies”

"Why would anybody create insulting lies that only distort wonderful memories?”

Sylvester Stallone has criticised Jack Whitehall after falling for one of the comedian’s jokes.

Earlier this week Whitehall, who is a stand-up as well as appearing in TV shows Fresh Meat and Bad Education, said in an interview that he had been at The Oscars this year and consoled Stallone after he missed out on the Best Supporting Actor prize to Mark Rylance. Stallone was nominated for the award for his role in Rocky spin-off Creed.

“I walked straight into Sylvester Stallone afterwards at the Governors Ball,” he said. “I had to console him about missing out on his Oscar, telling him there was always next year. Or maybe if he did Creed 2 he might get a nod. I think it reassured him.”

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Stallone noticed the online coverage of Whitehall’s tongue-in-cheek comments and posted an angry reply on Twitter.

“NEVER met this young man. Pity it has to be under these circumstances,” he wrote.

The Rocky Balboa actor star later posted an Instagram screenshot of the Mail Online article that he had read Whitehall’s comments on. “I was very proud of my nomination, worked hard for it , so why would anybody create insulting lies that only distort wonderful memories,” he wrote. “Why do it?”

Responding to Stallone’s social media complaints, Whitehall told Mail Online: “It’s sad Sly doesn’t remember meeting me. Clearly I made very little impression. The same thing happened to me with Eamonn Holmes at the TV Choice awards.”

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