(Video) The Untold TRUTH Of Jean Claude Van Damme!

Back in the nineteen eighties and nineties nineties, Jean-Claude Van Damme was practically the picture our minds project when we talk about action movies. However, his prominence has waned since then, landing him in the direct-to-DVD category. Despite this shift, there’s a trove of fascinating tales about this action hero that often go overlooked or have slipped from memory. Truths be told, a significant part of his life was concealed from the public. It has not been a smooth ride. Join us as we explore the untold truth of Jean Claude Van Damme..

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Jean-Claude Van Damme is one of the most famous martial arts action superstars of American cinema.

Van Damme with family.

However, as a child he was a weak, sickly boy, wearing thick glasses, always bullied by his peers. But with will and determination, his life completely changed.

Dance and karate

Born in Belgium to an accountant and a florist, Jean-Claude was a frail boy. His parents were devastated when they saw their son being bullied by his peers.

They tried to help the boy, but each went his own way: The mother enrolled Jean-Claude in dance classes to improve his posture. The father took the ten-year-old boy to a karate studio so he could defend himself against bullies.

As it turned out, both were right. Through classical dance, Jean-Claude learned to feel his body, became flexible and supple. This later served him well when he became truly passionate about martial arts.

Soon, no one recognized the boy who flinched at his name and withdrew his head into his shoulder. Jean-Claude grew taller, his muscles toned, and his eyes grew confident and defiant. The bullies disappeared. Now, this mature boy was popular with girls.

A few years later, he became the “Brussels muscle”, then – having a black belt, began to win one fight after another… Karate seemed not enough for Jean-Claude, he began to conquer Thai boxing, Kung fu, kickboxing and other martial arts. And it was here that ballet movements became very useful to him.

Find your own opportunities

Van Damme.

Jean-Claude overcame his inferiority complex and became a very charming young man. Why don’t I become an actor? – he thought about it more and more. And he decided to go to America. But here he faced two difficult problems.

First, it turned out that no one in Hollywood was waiting for him, and there were no roles for him. Second, he didn’t know English! Had to urgently learn the language. Wait for roles. And make a living as a waiter, a server, a driver…

There came a time when Jean-Claude got tired of waiting. And one day, he almost broke into the office of the “big boss” – a famous Hollywood film producer. Not letting him recover, for two hours Jean-Claude “introduced himself”, moreover, very fiercely, he spoke and demonstrated his talent.

Finally, the producer gave him a role in the movie “Bloodsport”, whose script had been on the shelf for quite a while. To the surprise of the producer, the movie was a big hit. Now, in the list of the main bodybuilders of cinema, besides Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, there is the confident Belgian Jean-Claude Camille Francois Van Varenberg. However, the name given to him at birth has been replaced by a shorter and more catchy name: Jean-Claude Van Damme.

The decisive battle

Van Damme and Anna Kaverina.

From the mid-80s to the early 90s of the last century, Van Damme reigned on the screen. He made young girls’ hearts flutter with his masculine beauty, making the boys in the audience sigh with envy.

But few fans know that to perform his most famous scenes, the muscular boxer had to rely on drugs. According to him, to gain courage, he needed to take a dose of cocaine. This habit cannot go unnoticed.

Van Damme was once arrested for driving under the influence. After a medical examination, he was sent to a rehabilitation center, but mild alternative treatments were ineffective. At that point, realizing that there was no other way, Van Damme decided to “rehab” himself.

It was drastic. It required complete abstinence from addictive drugs, voluntarily and resolutely, without any alternative. It was extremely difficult, painful, even dangerous. But Van Damme did it. He won the decisive battle of his life.

Attractive, athletic, of course, Van Damme was loved by women. And he reciprocated the feelings of many. The actor admitted that he did not even know the exact number of women he had been close to. At the age of 18, Van Damme married for the first time, Maria Rodriguez, a lovely 25-year-old girl from a well-off family.

The marriage ended very quickly. Shortly after he moved to the United States, Maria filed for divorce. Some say she did not believe in her husband’s success and did not support him. Meanwhile, his new job was producing some results.

Gladys is forever

Van Damme and Gladys.

While working as a driver, Van Damme met Cynthia Derderian, the daughter of a construction contractor. They got married, but a few months after Van Damme starred in his first film and achieved success, people started talking about him, and he… dumped Cynthia.

Soon, at one of his Hollywood parties, Van Damme fell in love with Gladys Portugues. No surprise: She was a fashion model and bodybuilding champion.

The young couple shared many interests, and Gladys said yes when Van Damme proposed. Later, son Christopher and daughter Bianca were born, but six years after their wedding, Van Damme fell in love with “Miss Hawaii” Darcy Lapierre.

“Old habits die hard”, he immediately divorced Gladys and married Darcy. But soon, she could not stand Van Damme’s complex personality. Moreover, during this period, he became addicted to drugs, then suffered from bipolar disorder, forcing him to undergo long-term treatment.

It was then that Van Damme realized that he needed Gladys, his faithful and loving wife. In 1999, they remarried. It seemed that Van Damme had finally decided to end his endless love affairs.

But no, soon all the media began to talk about his relationship with the Ukrainian model Alena Kaverina. For some time, she was his constant companion at all events and trips. They did not hide their intimate relationship, appearing everywhere in each other’s arms.

Despite his six-year relationship with Alena, when Van Damme broke up with her and decided to get back together with Gladys, she forgave him and accepted him. In his interviews, the actor repeatedly said that he owed almost everything he achieved to his wife.

After all, she is not only a wife, but also a personal trainer. Gladys is her husband’s right-hand man in every situation and helps him cope with life in the most difficult times.