Getbig Bodybuilding, Figure and Fitness Forums

Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Flexb on April 17, 2010, 07:32:40 PM

Title: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Flexb on April 17, 2010, 07:32:40 PM
(http://www.mannythemovieguy.com/images/Jean-Claude+Van+Damme+3z.jpg)

 :o
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Army of One on April 17, 2010, 07:35:19 PM
it isn't so..
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Wiggs on April 17, 2010, 07:37:45 PM
Handsome Belgium beast.
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: chaos on April 17, 2010, 07:40:30 PM
Handsome Belgium beast.
Outed.
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: ~UN_$ung~ on April 17, 2010, 07:45:18 PM
what happened to him??
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: newmom on April 17, 2010, 07:47:21 PM
he needs botox
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Flexb on April 17, 2010, 07:49:46 PM
Getting older SUCKS
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Wiggs on April 17, 2010, 07:51:59 PM
Cocaine happened to him.
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: johnnynoname on April 17, 2010, 08:03:46 PM
Hank Aaron, Gretzky, Jordan and Montana all got old as well
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: MadeYaMelt on April 17, 2010, 08:26:41 PM
Did cardio next to him about a month ago and he didn't look that bad.  Older and thinner sure.  JNN I guess I should have slipped him your screen name? 
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Hulkotron on April 17, 2010, 08:28:37 PM
Considering his age and the amount of narcotics I suspect he's consumed, JCVD looks good!
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Flexb on April 17, 2010, 08:29:34 PM
Hank Aaron, Gretzky, Jordan and Montana all got old as well

Yes, but it's always sad to see the greats fade away
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: johnnynoname on April 17, 2010, 08:31:08 PM
Yes, but it's always sad to see the greats fade away
 

true but it also opes doors for him to play older roles
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: johnnynoname on April 17, 2010, 08:33:18 PM
  JNN I guess I should have slipped him your screen name? 

thinks for offering but JCVD has been making a habit of avoiding me the last few years despite all the emails and letters i have sent
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: MadeYaMelt on April 17, 2010, 08:34:31 PM
thinks for offering but JCVD has been making a habit of avoiding me the last few years despite all the emails and letters i have sent

 :-\  I'm sorry to hear this.  I hear he's a ladies man, so I recommend dressing up in drag the next time you send him pics. 
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Kwon on April 18, 2010, 07:04:57 AM
(http://www.mannythemovieguy.com/images/Jean-Claude+Van+Damme+3z.jpg)
 :o

You think he'd stay in Bloodsport-form forever?
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Team Diver on April 18, 2010, 07:16:03 AM
(http://www.mannythemovieguy.com/images/Jean-Claude+Van+Damme+3z.jpg)

 :o

I AM SURE HE CAN STILL DO THE SPLITS!!!!  >:(
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: michael arvilla on April 18, 2010, 07:17:52 AM
looks the same................

                                no?
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Flexb on April 18, 2010, 07:18:25 AM
You think he'd stay in Bloodsport-form forever?

Of course not, but I didn't think he'd look this old either.
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Flexb on April 18, 2010, 07:19:21 AM
looks the same................

                                no?

umm, not quite :D
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: devilsmile on April 18, 2010, 07:20:18 AM
it is true

so is this  :-X



vandamme gives the same facial expression as my aunt gave me... but my aunt didn't kiss me with passion on a swety cheek and the rub me a little  :-X :-* :o
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: TEsticles on April 18, 2010, 07:23:41 AM
 his acting has improved , with this look he's less concerned with his image  and more on his substance..............
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Kwon on April 18, 2010, 07:24:56 AM
Of course not, but I didn't think he'd look this old either.

Well, his use of recreational drugs surely did their part as well, but old age rarely improve your features.
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: devilsmile on April 18, 2010, 07:25:17 AM
his acting has improved , with this look he's less concerned with his image  and more on his substance..............

only if he figured it out 20 years earlyer... damn... oh well, better later than too late, and better too late than never... and shiet...
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: G_Thang on April 18, 2010, 07:31:18 AM
Cocaine happened to him.

thank you.  if i'm correct gladys got him by 4-5 yrs but took care of herself and he is broke down like chris cormier  :-X from the drugs.

(http://media.mathrubhumi.com/images/2008/May/17/21167.jpg)

also note...that women tend to age a bit more than men.  ricana with afro blood also helped her.
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Flexb on April 18, 2010, 07:31:24 AM
Well, his use of recreational drugs surely did their part as well, but old age rarely improve your features.

I never read anything about him being on drugs. What was the drug of choice? Coke I take it? or a concoction of a few?  
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: YngiweRhoads on April 18, 2010, 07:32:21 AM
Cocaine happened to him.

QFT

Apparently he is bipolar as well.

http://bipolar.about.com/cs/celebs/a/jeanclaude.htm

Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: TEsticles on April 18, 2010, 07:41:10 AM
only if he figured it out 20 years earlyer... damn... oh well, better later than too late, and better too late than never... and shiet...
...... 20 woulda been good, the old 'with age comes knowledge'  worked for him,
can't say the same for that gronk  seagal, now there's a guy with 2 levels of acting ability..... serious and very serious
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: devilsmile on April 18, 2010, 07:49:53 AM
true...

differend times back then

now days people demand I know the same shit most experienced people know in their 50's... I think it's good...
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Kwon on April 18, 2010, 07:50:36 AM
I never read anything about him being on drugs. What was the drug of choice? Coke I take it? or a concoction of a few?  

Jean-Claude Van Damme speaks of teenage depression that worked itself out in physical endeavors: karate, ballet and "rosy dreams." Early in his life and career, said Van Damme, he was " ... compensating for [then undiagnosed] manic-depressive disease with training. When I didn't train for a couple of days, I felt so low and nothing could make me happy."

The Belgian-born actor, who achieved stardom in 1988 with the film Bloodsport, was married four times between 1984 and 1994. He says he started using cocaine in 1993, during the filming of Sudden Death. At that time Jean-Claude Van Damme was married to his third wife, Gladys Portugues, but had begun an affair with Darcy LaPier, who would become his fourth wife in 1994. His career began to suffer, as three movies in a row were box office flops.

In late 1996 he checked into a month-long rehab program, but left it after only a week. Then in mid-1997, after the filming of Knockoff was finished, Van Damme came near to suicide - but instead reached a turning point.

Not long after that, he was formally dosed with rapid cycling bipolar disorder and placed on sodium valproate, which he calls "that simple salt." E! Online quoted him as saying, "You just have to take a little salt, and since I'm doing that it's, like, BOOM! In one week, I felt it kick in. All the commotion around me, all the water around me, moving left and right around me, became like a lake."

In late 1997 LaPier filed divorce papers charging him with drug addiction and spousal abuse.
A settlement was eventually reached. In the meantime, a mellower Jean-Claude Van Damme returned to his third wife, whom he remarried in 1999.

About the turning point in his life, when he faced his cocaine addiction and quit cold turkey,
he said, "It became a point where I wanted to die. I didn't have any reasons to live. Maybe it's selfish to say that, but I was not excited about anything. Then you have to find back your self-esteem. And then, slowly, every piece of yourself becomes precious again. One day it's, like, either you pass or you don't. It's not the drugs, it's a problem with yourself, which you have to cure."
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Natural Man on April 18, 2010, 07:56:00 AM
Yes, but it's always sad to see the greats fade away
what is sadder is people like you who will never be great but will fade away too.
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Kwon on April 18, 2010, 07:57:22 AM
We all fade away, great or not.

It's unavoidable.
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Natural Man on April 18, 2010, 07:59:01 AM
thank you.  if i'm correct gladys got him by 4-5 yrs but took care of herself and he is broke down like chris cormier  :-X from the drugs.

(http://media.mathrubhumi.com/images/2008/May/17/21167.jpg)

also note...that women tend to age a bit more than men.  ricana with afro blood also helped her.
who are these two women? i wonder how many times he cheated on his wife, is it her on the left...
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Kwon on April 18, 2010, 08:01:25 AM
who are these two women? i wonder how many times he cheated on his wife, is it her on the left...

His wife Gladys on the left was a bodybuilder once, chick on right is their daughter probably.
(http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Cannes+2008+Un+Conte+De+Noel+Premiere+-Yf5llqRTlLl.jpg)

Younger Gladys
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514JNBMD66L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)(http://s11.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/c/2/c24tccv3v97042c7.jpg)
(http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6738/20604041709210d4a1a7oak2.jpg)
(http://image65.webshots.com/765/2/75/21/2649275210032888022vBAkcv_ph.jpg)

Gladys pumping legs

Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Natural Man on April 18, 2010, 08:03:11 AM
god she must love him that's for sure, after everything he must have done to her...
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: johnnynoname on April 18, 2010, 08:03:52 AM
he married Gladys twice

he was his first and third and current (i believe) wife

see, i'm going all by memory- no wikipedia referencing from me on JCVD


kinda like how i know van damme's birthday but i (no joke) always forget my mom's
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Flexb on April 18, 2010, 08:06:45 AM
what is sadder is people like you who will never be great but will fade away too.

You have no clue what I've done and who I am.  ::) This attempt at a personal attack shows your insecure about something. What's wrong Uberturd?
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Big Worm on April 18, 2010, 08:11:35 AM
I never read anything about him being on drugs. What was the drug of choice? Coke I take it? or a concoction of a few?  
Cocaine and Alcohol... It was on an E! True Hollywood Story ,with his ex wife... Had he not lived such a hard life (drugs)he would have looked so much better... I don't understand ,why people just can't say ,no thank's... Anyone.......that tries drugs,has a chance of becoming addicted!
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Natural Man on April 18, 2010, 08:13:39 AM
Cocaine and Alcohol... It was on an E! True Hollywood Story ,with his ex wife... Had he not lived such a hard life (drugs)he would have looked so much better... I don't understand ,why people just can't say ,no thank's... Anyone.......that tries drugs,has a chance of becoming addicted!
emotional insecurity and troubled past, unhealthy relationships with parents-esp mothers- make you more prone to succomb to drug addictions.
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: johnnynoname on April 18, 2010, 08:14:20 AM
there seems to be alot of "sorrow" of how JCVD "ended up"

not for nothing and all hero worship aside, there is something very romantic about the way he has evolved

kinda like that older guy who sleeps up at the boxing gym that used to be the number 1 contender
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Flexb on April 18, 2010, 08:15:36 AM
Cocaine and Alcohol... It was on an E! True Hollywood Story ,with his ex wife... Had he not lived such a hard life (drugs)he would have looked so much better... I don't understand ,why people just can't say ,no thank's... Anyone.......that tries drugs,has a chance of becoming addicted!

Ya, I never knew he had a lot of personal issues of such. Crazy how it seems every successful celeb has done their share of stints in rehab and almost killed themselves or were suicidal, etc. Fame is certainly a double edged sword
Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: YngiweRhoads on April 18, 2010, 08:18:39 AM


Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Flexb on April 18, 2010, 08:22:51 AM


this is pretty cool  ;D. From JCVD's best movie ever -- Lionheart

Title: Re: Say it isn't so..
Post by: Big Worm on April 18, 2010, 01:15:37 PM
emotional insecurity and troubled past, unhealthy relationships with parents-esp mothers- make you more prone to succomb to drug addictions.
If you don't try it ,how can one succomb to it? If you are an occasional tooter,drinker,then I can understand what you're saying..