Sly Stallone compares violent United Airlines incident to 'Rocky'

Rocky Balboa's fighting days may be long over, but Sylvester Stallone just aimed a punch squarely at United Airlines.

As the controversy around the United passenger forcibly removed from a flight reverberates around the internet, Sylvester Stallone called out the airline in a humorous Instagram post, sharing a meme of his Rocky character with a bloody face.

"Today, Rocky would have some of his greatest fights on the plane! They definitely would've had some severe turbulence!… #United" he wrote in the caption.

Stallone wasn't the only famous name with an opinion on the United drama. Jimmy Kimmel dedicated the beginning of his Monday night show to the incident, airing a parody advertisement that shamed the airline. 

"We’re United Airlines. You do what we say when we say, and there won’t be a problem," a "flight attendant" says in the spoof. "If we say you fly, you fly. If not, tough (expletive). Give us a problem, and we’ll drag your (expletive) off the plane. And if you do this, we’ll beat you so badly you’ll be using your own face as a flotation device. United Airlines: (expletive) you.”