Sylvester Stallone Dated Vanna White
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Can we buy an "O" for "OMG?" Vanna White and Sylvester Stallone were an item back in the day!
Sylvester Stallone and Vanna White's Relationship
The Wheel of Fortune staple and action star were a cute couple in 1988, attending the White House Correspondents Dinner together that April.
The Buffalo News reported that the pair first met at a book convention.
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A month later, UPI reported that Stallone, then 42, joked about White, then 31, while chatting up a young fan with cerebral palsy named Anthony Byrge, Jr.
According to the outlet, Stallone compared the inquisitive Byrge's rapid-fire questions to a Mike Wallace interview and told the 10-year-old, "Don't take Vanna from me."
That June, Stallone dropped in on a Chicago Tribune interview with White, in which she was described as "basking" in his visit.
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The Tulsa King star also joined White at a dinner for the Wheel of Fortune staff.
Alas, the fling clearly wasn't built to last. Stallone went on to date a series of models, perhaps setting the stage for Leonardo DiCaprio later on, and married Jennifer Flavin.
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White went on to marry restauranteur George Santo Pietro in 1991.
They've since split and she's in a long-term romance with John Donaldson.
Next, look back at Sylvester Stallone's love life through the years.