NBA legend Dennis Rodman’s strangely notorious personality has always landed him amid controversies. The five-time NBA champ had a roller-coaster career as he bounced back from one team to another several times. However, he managed to attain major success came with the Chicago Bulls. The worm helped Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen win a second three-peat from 1996-1998, making the Bulls a world-renowned franchise. Notably, even the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is believed to have had a liking for the Chicago Bulls. Back in 2013, Dennis Rodman exposed the details of his first meeting with Kim Jong-un.
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Kim Jong-un’s love for the Bulls gave Rodman an opportunity to develop a friendship with the North Korean Supreme Leader. He made frequent visits to a country isolated from most of the world. Unfortunately, Dennis Rodman received a lot of backlash for his trips to North Korea.
Dennis Rodman shocked after meeting Kim Jong-Un
The narrative goes that media company Vice managed to get access to North Korea to shoot a documentary series in the country off limits to Americans. The producers got permission by using Kim Jong-un’s love for the Chicago Bulls. The media company reached out to Rodman and invited him for a trip to North Korea. Surprisingly, Dennis Rodman agreed to an exhibition basketball game with three members of The Harlem Globetrotters in February 2013.
During a 2013 interview, Rodman admitted to getting shocked when he first met the North Korean leader. The Worm shared that a little guy walked in during the first game at the stadium in North Korea. Dennis Rodman was sitting on the bench while The Harlem Globetrotters were playing. Jong-un approached the bench and sat next to Rodman. The Bulls legend said, “Seriously, I didn’t know who this f***er was!”
“People were sitting there kissing his hand and crying and giving their babies to him. I couldn?t believe these people?men and women sitting there crying for 25 minutes,” he added.
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Moreover, Dennis Rodman revealed that people were crying and kissing Kim Jong-un’s hand and some even gave their babies to him. The Bulls legend could not believe the sight of women sitting around the North Korean leader and crying for 25 minutes. In addition, Rodman was shocked by the respect people gave to Kim Jong-un.
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Rodman seemed to be appalled by watching people chant Kim Jong-Un’s name and bend their knees for their leader. He was also quite thrilled by his first meeting with Kim Jong-un and visited six-more times to North Korea during that period. Thus, the Worm chose to find a friendship in a far-off world despite being questioned by his countrymen.