By Ikrame Daoudi
Published
December 22 at 7:12 p.m.
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The actor and director Jean-Claude Van Damme loved several women in his life, including Gladys Portugues whom he married twice. This is who she is!
Jean-Claude Van Damme, also known by his initials JCVD, is known for being a great actor, director and producer, but also for his passion for bodybuilding. This Sunday, December 22, Jean-Claude Van Damme is the guest of the Portrait of the Week in the show Seven to Eight on TF1. Throughout his career and life, he loved several women, including one whom he married twice. This is Gladys Portugues, who, at the time, practiced bodybuilding at a professional level. The now 67-year-old woman had even placed twice in the top 10 of the supreme Ms. Olympia competition. Gladys Portugues also made the front page of magazines, which made Jean-Claude Van Damme's heart sink. “I see her in the magazine, and I know she will be my wife”told JCVD in the show 50 Minutes Inside in 2021. The actor first married his beau in 1986.
JCVD and Gladys Portugues became parents of two children: Kristopher and Bianca. Three years later, the couple divorced in 1993. Despite their different paths for several years, they gave each other a second chance… And got married again in 1999. “My wife has always loved me. I separated, she stayed alone in an apartment for three years, she waited for me”he confided in 50 Minutes Inside before adding: “She said to herself: 'He's going to come back, he loves me too much, I know the specimen'. And I came back. Without this woman, I would not be here today”.
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In 2014, divorce rumors began to circulate. Gladys Portugues had filed for divorce for “irreconcilable differences” before reversing her decision. Jean-Claude Van Damme told the media TMZ in 2015: “Couples must work to resolve their problems. I've already been divorced, it's not funny. (…) We still love each other, of course, and all the people I have met in my life, I love everything about them.” Sf rumors of separation still persist, in 2023, Gladys Portugues published a photo of the actor on Instagram for his birthday.
Article written in collaboration with 6Medias.
