JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME: ‘DON’T CALL ME MUSCLES FROM BRUSSELS’

JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME: ‘DON’T CALL ME MUSCLES FROM BRUSSELS’



LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) – Action star Jean Claude Van Damme wants to clear the air over his nickname, “The Muscles from Brussels.” The 40-year-old Belgian native says he shudders whenever he hears the expression because it has nothing to do with biceps and everything to do with food. Van Damme recently told New York gossip reporter Baird Jones that the phrase goes back centuries and refers to Belgians’ favorite food – mussels. Van Damme says he fears things will only get worse when his new movie Monk comes out. That’s because he plays a vegetarian monk who scarfs down brussels sprouts and he’s worried he will now be called “The Muscles from Brussels who eats nothing but Brussels Sprouts.”

Tue 07-03-01