Jean-Claude Van Damme Hits On Reporter Mid-Interview

Jean-Claude Van Damme did a Q&A with Newsweek's Sarah Ball, and at the end of the interview he stops answering questions about his new film "JCVD" and starts hitting on her instead. Van Damme, 48 and 5'9, is currently married to his fifth wife.

Newsweek reporter is in bold.

I really opened myself up in "JCVD." I peeled back the skin of the fruit, cut the pulp and then took that very hard seed. In this film I cut that hard seed, and inside that seed was a kind of liquid cream substance of the man I am, or the woman you are.

OK --
It was like being naked--I would love to be naked in front of you.

Well, I --
Not being naked being naked. I say such things in Hong Kong and they thought I was being a crazy Frenchman. Being naked of protection.

So you ' ve no regrets at all?
Believe me--I've done very good stuff and very crazy stuff, and I don't regret the crazy stuff. So are you in New York?

Yes, I am.
And are you 27, or 32?

I ' m 22.
Oh, f---. That is very young. Will you come to the premiere?

I don ' t know. When is it?
I don't know. You will wear all black, a black dress and high heels?

Uh --
You can come find me, I will be the one with the very broad shoulders, dark hair and a simple suit. We can have some champagne, you and me.

Comments

[gdcb1128]

LOL...This guy actually hit on me when I was working at a film company that was producing one of his movies. This was about 20 years ago. I'm not sure which wife he was with then, but I asked him, "should we invite your wife to join us?" and that put an end to the conversation. I guess old habits die hard.

[redsongia]

Oh, I'm surprised that ended the discussion. This old hasbeen sounds like he thinks he's pretty hot-stuff.

[Saoirsi]

You should really be careful about responses like that.

[Rosanneofpgh]

Youre lucky that old sleezeball didnt think you wanted his wife to join you for a threesome!!!


EEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[Stalling]

Why should gdcb1128 be careful?

[Ty90]

Wow...that part about him having a liquid to put into her womanhood was uh....inte­nse.

Jean Claude is looking very old and weathered these days...he used to be sexy.

[Blurp]

HIV will do it to ya.

[tlgeiger62]

I just spewed my morning coffee ... that is too funny. Thank you - because I really needed a laugh to get me going this morning. Really...t­hanks!

[waitforme]

"I went up to a man who gave a talk on qi gong, a Chinese exercise I also taught; I was excited to meet another teacher of qi gong. He simply wouldn't engage with me on the level of the subject but stopped and said, 'I hope you won't take this the wrong way...but I think you are beautiful.­..'. The conversation died right there. I recognized this weak-livered ploy, felt disappointed and wished I hadn't bought his tapes, which I never watched."

This is from my comment below. I want to clarify what I mean by 'I recognized his weak-livered ploy'. I recognized it not as trying to get me into bed, but as short-circuiting the conversation, which I had hoped we would both learn something from -- about our subject, which I had driven an hour to hear him talk about. i recognized it from many times before when this had happened, that I didn't get to discuss something, learn from someone, because the man had been feeling either competitive or in some other way (what we sometimes call...) 'threatened'. I still have no idea why he would feel threatened, what about him I threatened, and why he would so willingly and easily want to jettison the opportunity for a rich exchange of ideas. When this has happened to me I have felt deeply deflated, deeply disappointed, weakened as much as he must be feeling weak. And I have felt enraged.

[waitforme]

When there is a combination of beauty, excitement and brains, many men cannot stand it. They divert from the professional relationship into complimenting the woman on something; they cannot get back to the topic, even if the woman isn't buying.

I went up to a man who gave a talk on qi gong, a Chinese exercise I also taught; I was excited to meet another teacher of qi gong. He simply wouldn't engage with me on the level of the subject but stopped and said, 'I hope you won't take this the wrong way...but I think you are beautiful.­..'t. The conversation died right there. I recognized this weak-livered ploy, felt disappointed and wished I hadn't bought his tapes, which I never watched.

During a presidential debate, one which the debate committee DID allow Dennis Kucinich to join, all other candidates were asked substantive questions but Dennis. The questioner eventually addressed him and said to Dennis, 'You have a very beautiful wife...' Completely boxing Dennis in; what could he say, but 'thank you'. How could he say -- since it was his wife -- 'You need to treat me with respect; I'm here to talk about issues facing the American people; you shouldn't distract by using my wife to silence me'. He never did get asked a real question and therefore couldn't put forth his very positive agenda. I yelled at him not to take it, but...I was sitting 3000 miles away and he didn't hear me, unfortunately.

[Bongborg]

And I cut inside that head, and inside was a kind of liquid cream substance that was the essence of what cocaine will do to nerve ganglia.

[DrillhereDrillnow]

I knew wife #2. He visualized her as 'battered'. A generation later, a public undressing.
Change.

[something81]

five wives equals no game, rotten fruit visualization equals no game.

[something81]

my comment is pending again! so b la in - you're wrong

[Quotidien]

I have a JVC DVD player.

[Stalling]

Hilarious. JVC DVD player, hilarious.

[Blain]

You laugh but guys that want to be pick up artists on a pro level take notes. Jeanne Claude is using a visualization technique that is very effective. This is an old player who knows the game.

[something81]

you must be single, cause you are sadly mistaken..­if some dude came at me like that, i'd laugh then push him down and laugh again. i'm visualizing him making a damn fool of himself!

[sustainable]

forget all those fancy words, he should just stick to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_0kKACp11Y

then the girls will know exactly whats on his mind!

[Moxo]

Next time you see Chuck Norris, call him Jean-Claude!

[jymfrancais]

Hey, Jean-claude, you are not french.
You are from Belgium...­did you forget?..o­h i see, you though you had
a better chance of getting laid if you mentionned the french thing.....

[yodaveg]

But inside ze cream is anozer seed, a harder seed. Inside of it is ze sweetest cream of all. Zat is ze cream I will save for you, ma petite.

[something81]

i'm still laughing, its been ten minutes..

[Gooberweevil]

kind of reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_0kKACp11Y

[something81]

oh my god, you brightened my day up too! thanks for making me laugh!!

[Gooberweevil]

Glad to hear it :)