Sorry for the month-old news but I only just found out, from following today the #JeanClaudeVanDamme hashtag on Mastodon, that JCVD was hospitalized a month ago and had an operation on his spine. The source article and its links are all in French. - https://www.europesays.com/fr/309483/ Here’s a very brief one in English: - https://www.newsminimalist.com/articles/van-damme-had-back-surgery-near-montpellier-825599f3 I’ll give my unprofessional translation of the EuropeSays article below: > Jean-Claude Van Damme was recently hospitalized in the Montpelier region, Saturday 9 August 2025, ‘Midi Libre’ has revealed his stay of several days in a private clinic. Here’s what we know. > It wasn’t the prospect of a holiday in the sun that brought Jean-Claude Van Damme to the Montpelier region. The actor was recently brought to Hérault where he spent some time in hospital. He was in the care of the Parc à Castelnau-le-Lez clinic, where he was operated on his back, ‘Midi Libre’ revealed on Saturday 9 August 2025. “Normally I do not comment on the identity of our patients during their stay. But yes, I can confirm to you he was with us for 8 days”, stated Dr Serge Constantin, head of the private patient department of the clinic. > In the newspaper report, the doctor took the opportunity to expound on the qualities of his establishment. “We have a team of four surgeons specialized in spinal column surgery.” Which drew the Belgian martial arts expert, who “knew the Clinic from having been there himself before”. Without giving precise details of the operation undergone by Jean-Claude Van Damme, the journalists reported that it went well. Afterwards, the actor, who lives in Hong Kong and Los Angeles, has been resting in a hotel in the region.