Sylvester Stallone breaks silence amid Tulsa King 'toxic workplace' scandal
Sylvester Stallone has broken his social media silence after he was accused of creating a 'toxic' working environment on the set of his Paramount+ show, Tulsa King.
The Rocky actor, 77, was hit by allegations last week he and director Craig Zisk made cruel remarks about background actors on the show, allegedly branding them 'ugly and fat.'
Zisk has denied the claims while Stallone's representatives have not responded to a comment request from DailyMail.com.
Stallone shared a snap of himself onset in Atlanta as mafia capo Dwight 'The General' Mandfredi and revealed filming had ended on the second season.
He wrote: 'Ringing the Bell on location for TULSA KING part two…'
In Tulsa King, Stallone's character Mandfredi, has just got out of prison after serving a 25-year stretch. He is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely characters.
Sylvester Stallone has broken his social media silence after he was accused of creating a 'toxic' working environment on the set of his Paramount+ show, Tulsa King
The Rocky actor, 77, was hit by allegations last week he and director Craig Zisk made cruel remarks about background actors on the show, allegedly branding them 'ugly and fat'
The claims against Stallone emerged in a now-deleted X post from April 8 by TV writer Julie Benson which read: 'Got this disturbing news from my Atlanta friend who’s background on Tulsa King this wk.
'Casting agent quit because she was so disgusted. My friend is feeling anxious about working now.@TheSlyStallone what do you have to say for yourself, sir? Beyond disappointed, I’m livid.'
Rose Locke, a casting director on Tulsa King has quit the series.
The post included screenshots of a Facebook post which claim Stallone was heard saying to Zisk: 'What the F*** is happening with these F
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