“I was wrong”: Jean-Claude Van Damme makes sad remarks about his children's lack of love

This Sunday, December 22, Jean-Claude Van Damme was Audrey Crespo-Mara's guest on Sept à Huit. An interview during which the actor confided in particular about his relationship with his three children.

IN BRIEF

• On September 22, Audrey Crespo-Mara interviewed Jean-Claude Van Damme on Sept à Huit, where he talked about his complicated family life.
• Jean-Claude Van Damme expressed his regrets about his distant relationship with his children.
• Find out how Jean-Claude Van Damme manages family challenges while pursuing his film career.

A difficult relationship. This Sunday, September 22, on Sept à Huit, Audrey Crespo-Mara received Jean-Claude Van Damme. Coming soon to the film The Gardener, directed by David Charhon, the Belgian actor confided in many subjects, in particular his family life which leaves him with a bitter taste.

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“I have a wonderful life but I have some regrets. I lost the relationship with my children. I left [home] very young and I worked in hotels for fifty years. So they don't know me. For the moment, I don't think my children like me very much“, Jean-Claude Van Damme lamented, before adding: “when I started to succeed, I gave it my all, but they [his children] won't understand it. Even when I'm dead, they won't will not understand it.”

Jean-Claude Van Damme: “there is a little jealousy”

Jean-Claude Van Damme is the father of three children from two different marriages: Kristofer (37 years old) and Bianca (34 years old), born from his union with the bodybuilder Gladys Portugues, and Nicholas (29 years old), the fruit of his love with Darcy Lapier. Now remarried to Gladys Portugues, the 64-year-old actor revealed during the interview that his three children still live in the parental home and that they want to follow in their father's footsteps by becoming actors in turn.

Unfortunately, the results seem to be slow in coming for them. Enough to draw a sad conclusion for Jean-Claude Van Damme. “I told them we would be a movie family, but I was wrong“, regretted the actor on the set of the TF1 show. And to conclude: “my children admire me a lot but there is a little jealousy.”