Van Damme admits to affair with Kylie Minogue almost 20 years ago

Jean-Claude Van Damme admits to affair with Kylie Minogue while shooting 'Street Fighter' almost 20 years ago

Real street-fighting men don’t kiss and tell. Maybe he’s still in character as a bad guy from his 'The Expendables 2,' villainous turn.

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Jean-Claude Van Damme attends "The Expendables 2" at Le Grand Rex on August 9 in Paris, France. He spills the beans about having an affair with Kylie Minogue to the Guardian. Nice mouth, for the street fighter who turns into a bad guy in “The Expendables 2.”

Even though it took nearly 20 years to admit, Jean-Claude Van Damme finally came clean about having an affair with singer Kylie Minogue back in 1994 during a recent interview.

At the time, Van Damme, now 51, and Minogue, now 44, were costars on the set of action flick "Street Fighter."

And according to Van Damme, who may have been married at the time of the affair, he simply found it too difficult to resist the singer's charms.

"I tell you what, you should ask her. She'll have a better memory. I'm 51 years old, do you know how much I was punched in the face on 'The Expendables'?" Van Damme told UK's The Guardian. "No, no. No. And let's just say it happened, so what? Who wants to know?

"Sometimes you let go of stuff ... I don't know, maybe. Yes. Okay. Yes, yes, yes. It happened. I was in Thailand, we had an affair."

The veteran action star was married to his third wife, Gladys Portugues, until 1992, but began an affair with actress Darcy LaPier and married her in February 1994.

Jean-Claude Van Damme and Kylie Minogue in 'Street Fighter.'

In the Guardian interview, Van Damme then went on to give an extremely detailed account of their brief fling.

"Sweet kiss, beautiful love-making," he told the paper. "It would be abnormal not to have had an affair, she's so beautiful and she was there in front of me every day with a beautiful smile, simpatico, so charming, she wasn't acting like a big star.

"I knew Thailand very well, so I showed her my Thailand. She's a great lady."

It has long been rumored that the pair had an affair, but this is the first time that either has spoken out about it.