A U.S. Customs Officer Did A Split For Jean-Claude Van Damme

December 06, 2017

Jean-Claude was welcomed to America by a very flexible U.S. customs officer.

TranscriptCONAN: PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU AND I'M JUST TRYING TO IMAGINE, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME? I MEAN, WHAT YOU GO PLACES, PEOPLE MUST GET VERY EXCITED. IF YOU'RE JUST OUT IN THE WORLD, IF YOU'RE GETTING OFF A PLANE, WALKING THROUGH THE AIRPORT, PEOPLE MUST GO NUTS. JEAN-CLAUDE: YES, THEY LIKE ME SO MUCH. NO, IT'S TRUE. [LAUGHTER] CONAN: I LOVE THAT YOU DIDN'T PRETEND TO BE MODEST. JEAN-CLAUDE: BUT A STORY ABOUT THAT. WHEN I CAME TO THE U.S -- WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE AIRPORT, SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY EMOTIONAL. AND WHEN THEY COME TO THE CUSTOMS, YOU KNOW, IF AN OFFICER LOOK AT THEM, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS FOR A SECOND, THEY GET VERY NERVOUS AND, DID I DID SOMETHING WRONG, RIGHT? SO I'M COMING TO THE CUSTOMS IN LOS ANGELES AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME, I'VE GOT MY HAND AND THE GUY LOOK AT ME AND HE GO, LIKE -- I GO, I'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG? I DON'T KNOW. YOU NEVER KNOW, MAYBE. I COME IN THERE, HE SAY, PASSWORD. WHOA, MAN, JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME. SO HE COME OUT OF HIS BOOTH, HE LOOK LEFT AND RIGHT, HE DO THE SPLIT. AND HE GO, OK, PAPER. CONAN: HE'S BEEN WAITING HIS WHOLE LIFE FOR YOU TO COME THROUGH SO HE CAN DO THE SPLIT FOR YOU. JEAN-CLAUDE: HE STAYED VERY IN HIS BUSINESS. CONAN: HE TOOK THE TIME TO SHOW YOU. ANDY: A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE UNIFORM PANTS.

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