The Worm goes unnoticed. His latest craziness? Running for Nobel Peace Prize for rapprochement between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump. Did it help open the relationship between the two countries?
Dennis Keith Rodman, The Worm, He is one of the best defenders in the history of NBA. Winner of five rings and controversial to the point of outrage. Famous for his sex parties while he was a player, for his relationships with Madonna and Carmen Electrafor being the main part of chicago bulls multi-champions with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Phil Jackson; and also for “opening” the door of North Korea.
For a rumor to be considered such and begin to spread, it must meet one important condition: it must be credible. In Rodman’s life anything is possible. No one will dare to say “no, it cannot”; It doesn’t matter if it’s true or not, it’s believable. He claims he had affairs with 2000 women, married Carmen Electra in Las Vegas and divorced after 9 days, Madonna offered him 20 million dollars to get him pregnant, appeared on a wrestling show while playing playoff instances for the Bulls, they found him in a car with a gun in his hand when he played for the Pistons (after the coach Chuck Dally, whom he considered a father, left the team), he drove drunk (he was on probation), his financial adviser cheated him until he was ruined, he robbed a store and took a video, he wanted to enter the Vatican in a Pope Mobile (during the election of Pope FrancisRodman supported the election of the Ghanaian cardinal Peter Turkson to become the first Supreme Pontiff of color), he dressed as a bride for the presentation of his book…
But he also claimed to be considering the Nobel Peace Prize: “My mission is to break the ice between enemy nations”Rodman told the magazine Sports Illustrated.
“Keeping us safe is really not my job, it’s the black man’s (Obama) job. But I’ll tell you one thing: if I don’t finish in the top three (candidates) for the next Nobel Peace Prize, something is seriously wrong.”
Rodman’s incredible story in North Korea
Five voyages are known Dennis Rodman in North Koreato visit his “friend forever” Kim Jong-un, leader of North Korea. The first four occasions were very close, between February 2013 and January 2014, during which he and Chairman Kim Jong-un developed a strong friendship. He arrived in the Asian country with Harlem Globetrotters that they will make an exhibition game for the leader who is a basketball fanatic. “When they asked me to go to North Korea, I was like, ‘Hey, yeah, I’m going.’ I think I’m going to sign autographs and play basketball. I don’t know anything. about North Korea.” He added: “I told my agent, ‘I’ll go there, as long as I’m safe.’ It’s great, when you get off the plane there’s a red carpet, everyone’s in suits.”
Knowing nothing about the country he had arrived at, he was surprised to meet the person who had invited him: “The next thing I know, 22,000 North Koreans rose to their feet and began to applaud. Then I greeted and someone said to me: ‘No, that’s for him and pointed to Kim Jong-un. I asked him ‘Who is that man?’ and they told me ‘that’s our leader'”.
After the exhibition, The worm I received a new invitation: dinner, karaoke and vodka. “The next thing I remember we’re having dinner and we’re drunk as shit and he starts singing karaoke and I have no idea what the hell he’s saying. Everybody starts clapping and then this 18 person girl band comes out and these girls They it was great, but they only played one song. Only one song.” he remembered.
After thanking Kim Jong-un for his hospitality and admitting that from then on it would be like that “a friend for life”three more visits will follow shortly. In September 2013 he met the wife and daughter of the leader of North Korea and said he was in Pyongyang to train the North Korean team and to open (Barak) Obama’s mind about the country. In December of the same year come back in a few days retrain the selected because they will play in January against retired NBA stars.
Returning for that commitment, in January 2014, involved a very complicated international situation. Because there is information Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong-un’s uncle and the country’s second-in-command, was executed for crimes of treason. On the same trip, Dennis Rodman will sing happy birthday to his “friend” and talk to a reporter from CNN that he asked if he would ask the supreme leader for the American missionary imprisoned for “crimes against the state.” Where Rodman shouted, in the middle of the Beijing airport: “I don’t give a damn what you think, one day this door is going to open for these 10 people here,” he said, gesturing to his entourage.
In June 2017, he traveled for the last time: “I hope I can come back with a positive attitude and that the door can be more open,” said Rodman at the airport in the Chinese capital.
This was the only trip he made under the presidency of donald trump, whom he also considers “his friend”; and amid rising tensions where North Korea has shown its intention to develop a nuclear missile that could reach US territory and has American citizens jailed on charges of espionage or subversion. “I’m pretty sure (Donald Trump) is happy that he’s here trying something that we both need,” the eccentric former Chicago Bulls player said on his layover.
“Rodman’s visits to Pyongyang were never sponsored by the United States Department of State nor did they close any tangible progress directly related to his worth,” wrote the The country’s newspaper.
On June 30, 2019, President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un met in the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas.
“Trump briefly entered North Korean territory, always inside the DMZ, on what he called ‘a good day for the world.’ There, he greeted Kim, who he expected to shake hands with.
The North Korean leader emphasized that this was the first time a US president had visited his country, where he praised Trump’s “courage”. “For me, it’s an honor to be here,” said the latter. In turn, Kim was encouraged to cross with Trump briefly to the South Korean side. published by the BBC.
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