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

[swellsoire]

He has a face like a catcher's mitt. The rich Corinthian leather needs oiling.

[CalifroniaMark]

Wow! He is starting to look like a transvestite. Scary.

[Roschelle]

Oh my! He looks a hot mess. I was such a fan...but the drugs, boozing and woman beating...­this reporter needs to RUN!!! RUN LIKE FOREST GUMP!!!

[gr8abz]

The man has a real problem.

[luckyoldson]

"I will be the one with the very broad shoulders, dark hair and a simple mind. I will be the one who cannot spell crass. I will be the one who is heading for re-hab...a­gain.

I am a fool."

[jukesgrrl]

"I will be the one who cannot spell crass." That's hilarious!

[Wolf Larsen]

Soon he will be bunking with Steven Segal.....­come on Jean.....h­ave you ever done a decent movie?

How would you like to be on a desert island with.....S­teven Segal...Je­an-Claude Van Damme.....­Ashton Kutcher and Dane Cook......­.god could it get any worse?

[Big0725]

Well then then better get a really big bed.

Have you seen Segal lately? Jesus Christ, the shadow of his a$$ must weigh 42 lbs.

[formerprosecutor]

all those steroids catch up with you

[Quotidien]

what a loser.

he isn't even a real frenchman.­.. he's from belgium - the canada of france.

[funkulous]

The Canada of France...o­uch!

[jukesgrrl]

And well-known as the European capital of child pornography.

[theotherfringe]

JCVD is an old player trying out his old game on a young girl. He needs a reality check. He is tired. His game is tired.

[sammyscout]

van dam van diesel JV what, huh who, ahhh, who cares?

[daedelus]

He puts the Euro in trash.

[theotherfringe]

NO, he puts the trash in Euro.

[daedelus]

Whatever.

[metropolitan]

WTF?
newsweek has 22 year olds writing for them? geez...

[DG3]

Just an entertainment reporter. It doesn't take much experience.

[HatingTheGame]

Yeah, its Faux that puts the young-uns with no experience on the political beat.

[jukesgrrl]

"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 ..."

O. Dear. God. If they had an Academy Award for pick up lines, that would be the standard. And he wasted that on a 22-year-old Newsweek stringer? Imagine what he pulls out at Cannes!

[sherrzinpa]

Heh I groaned when I read that and said "oh please" to myself when he fed that line.

[preemptivelove]

wow, what a charmer. his fifth wife must be very happy.

[bobdob]

Eeeeeewww! What a creepy old man.

[Deken]

Jean-Claude Van Damme is the guy who starred in Phantom of the Opera, right?

That ghastly picture of him in make-up was the give-away.

[talidapali]

If you're talking about the recent (2004) version of "Phantom of the Opera" then the answer is no. Gerard Butler, who played King Leonidas in "300" was the Phantom.