2 FAST 2 FURIOUS star Eva Mendes' family members celebrate their Christmas holidays in a bizarre manner - they all sit around the dinner table insulting each other.

The sexy actress and her Cuban relatives look forward to gathering every year - even if it means they each have to be subjected to verbal lashings.

She says, "I have a big, big crazy Cuban family. We actually sit around the table with a bunch of food, but we sit there and we insult each other, and it's the funniest thing ever.

"We really, really get into it. We pick on anything and everything. We go below the belt. But it's all done in love, so it's all very fun.

"The funny thing is, my family doesn't drink, so it's not like they're drinking up. They're just naturally rude."

23/12/2003 09:07