Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishHollywood tough guys Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme have finally ended their legendary feud in an unexpected twist after three decades. Once mortal enemies, the two martial arts icons shocked fans after being seen posing together at Seagal’s birthday dinner at a restaurant last week.The bad blood between the action stars had run so deep, the photo of the sudden truce has sent fans into a frenzy, with some even crying AI.At the height of his fame in the 90s, Seagal, 73, famously took every opportunity in interviews to call out Jean-Claude, 64, as a fake martial artist.The actor and martial artist, famous for his hard-charging 90s action movies, Under Siege, Marked for Death, and On Deadly Ground, has previously boasted he would ‘squash’ Van Damme ‘like an ant’ in a fight.He even threatened to laugh in the face of an interviewer who suggested Van Damme was a ‘tough guy’ and martial artist.Yet in a video posted on Van Damme’s Instagram on April 10, he put his arm around Seagal, called him his ‘good friend’ and wished him a happy birthday. Once mortal enemies Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme revealed they buried the hatchet after posting a photo together at Seagal’s birthday dinner last week In an Instagram video shared on April 10, Van Damme put his arm around Seagal, called him his ‘good friend’ and wished him a happy birthdayFans couldn’t believe it at first, questioning whether the footage was fabricated using AI.Seagal’s official account replied on the April 10 post, confirming the pictures were ‘absolutely real’.Seagal cryptically captioned the pictures of him and Van Damme: ‘Another journey that some would strive to rise to legendary work.’And Van Damme even hinted at some future collaboration, writing: ‘Big announcement coming soon!’ on his Instagram post.In a compilation of past Seagal interviews posted on YouTube in 2017, the former action star said getting in a fight with Van Damme ‘would be like me squashing an ant’.’If he sees me he runs,’ Seagal said in one clip. The truce was so unexpected fans even questioned whether the footage was fake or generated by AI, prompting Seagal to reply Seagal’s official account replied on the April 10 post, confirming the pictures were ‘absolutely real’ ‘I think that that’s a matter of opinion that he was a champion anywhere,’ Seagal said on one 1990s talk show. ‘There are an awful number of people who say that’s not true.In an AXS TV interview, Seagal was asked on his ‘thoughts on Van Damme’ as a true ‘Hollywood tough guy’. Seagal replied: ‘Can I laugh in your face? … Do I think Jean-Claude is a tough guy or a martial artist? No.’Van Damme’s loyal fans had not forgotten the critical comments.Posting on his Facebook page under the photos of the two Hollywood hard men together, follower Randall Nadeau wrote: ‘Wow! If I were you I wouldn’t sit down with him regardless of what day it was after the things he has said about you.’ The two action stars rose to fame in the 90s, giving way to their rivalry. Pictured left is Van Damme in 1994 film Streetfighter; Seagal is seen right in 1997 film Fire Down Below Seagal famously took every opportunity in interviews to call out Jean-Claude, 64, as a fake martial artist and fanned the flames with his comments on Arsenio Hall’s talk show ‘After all the crap Seagul [sic] said about JCVD throughout the years he proved who’s the real grownup,’ added another fan, Lucian Mihai. ‘What an absolute legend is Van Damme!’Seagal’s reconnection with his Hollywood nemesis comes after he moved to Eastern Europe and Russia, following a years-long friendship with Putin.Seagal has called Putin ‘one of the greatest world leaders’, and told the Moscow Times in 2014 he ‘would like to consider [Putin] as a brother’.DailyMail.com revealed last year the former action star took part in a 30-minute Russian propaganda documentary about the Ukraine war titled In The Name of Justice.Footage revealed 6ft 4in Seagal’s figure had ballooned to over 320lbs, and he was filmed barely able to wrap his arms around his burgeoning belly.The documentary follows the portly Putin partisan wandering around Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, between drone shots of rubble and bombed-out buildings. Van Damme also hinted at some future collaboration, writing: ‘Big announcement coming soon!’ on his Instagram postSeagal left his life in America behind after gaining Russian citizenship in 2016, which was granted after numerous requests according to a Kremlin spokesman. His paternal grandparents had emigrated to the United States from Vladivostock in the country’s far east.Seagal’s departure for Russia came after news broke that the Los Angeles District Attorney was reviewing a sex abuse case against him, after decades of allegations by women who worked with Seagal.The office eventually declined to prosecute due to the statute of limitations running out.It was far from the first time the Out for Justice star had been accused of sexual harassment and other misconduct by women including Portia de Rossi, Julianna Margulies, Jenny McCarthy, Katherine Heigl, Dutch model Faviola Dadis, and Inside Edition correspondent Lisa Guerrero.On top of the sexual assault allegations, Seagal also has been accused of fostering hostile working environments on set. Seagal’s reconnection with his Hollywood nemesis comes after he moved to Eastern Europe and attained Russian citizenship in 2016 Seagal has had a years-long friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and has even called him ‘one of the greatest world leaders’He had a reputation for allegedly punching stunt doubles that were on the sets of the movies he was working on.Actor John Leguizamo called the marital artist a ‘bully’ on set from his experience working together on the 1996 film Executive Decision.Leguizamo told the New York Post that no one had a good time working with him and that Seagal kept ‘hitting the stuntmen on purpose’ until the now-deceased Gene LeBell, highly regarded as one of the most famous stuntman in Hollywood, intervened by putting him in a chokehold.Even Saturday Night Live were perturbed by Seagal’s behavior after the martial artist starred in one of the most infamous episodes that have aired on the show in 1991.The action star’s unwillingness to go along with the show’s plan and his horrendously bad ideas for skits almost led to SNL to consider replacing him as the host and do a cast show, according to former SNL actor David Spade in his book Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live.
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