A TikTok account has published an old interview with American actor Sylvester Stallone.
In this video, Stallone can be heard talking about his grandparents, adding that they are Arbëreshë of Albanian descent.
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was noted that the material was manipulated.
Link to the post published on TikTok by the account "flori_jon84":
After research conducted through the automated program "InVID", hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic interview of Stallone, given in 1977 for the British television BBC. (see here)
During that interview, the American actor had talked about the script for the movie "Rocky", in which he was the protagonist, and which at no point spoke about the origins of his grandparents.
Description of the video material published by the "BBC Archive" channel on Youtube, translated into Albanian:
Sylvester Stallone talks to Barry Norman about the arduous task of turning Rocky – his thrilling screenplay about a struggling boxer – into an Oscar-winning film. Chief among the issues was his desire to play the lead actor Rocky Balboa, despite being a “bit part” actor, while Hollywood studio executives wanted a big name like James Caan, Burt Reynolds or Ryan O’Neal in the role. Like the film itself, the story of Rocky’s on-screen behavior is a story of Stallone’s determination, perseverance and uncanny ability to keep getting up after being knocked down.
In addition to this fact, hibrid.info has also verified Stallone's biography, published on Wikipedia, which also does not contain any information that his grandparents were Arbëreshë. (see here)
Analyze:
After verifying the facts, it has been confirmed that the TikTok account "flori_jon84" published a portion of Sylvester Stallone's 1977 interview with the BBC, which was manipulated by adding another voice with the false claim that the American actor stated that his grandparents were Arbëreshë.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this video material as "Fraud".