Dennis Rodman Offends Psy, Creates Twitter Gold

Sam Laird2013-02-27 17:57:02 UTC

Imagine a world where a flamboyantly bizarre NBA legend and the progenitor of a inexplicable viral dance craze can get into a minor tiff over geopolitical distinctions — in public and for all the world to see.

That's the world we live in now, thanks to Twitter.

NBA Hall of Famer and cross-dressing bad boy Dennis Rodman is currently in North Korea for a "basketball diplomacy" mission of some sort that will apparently eventually be turned into some sort of HBO programming by Vice magazine. (Yes, that's weird.)

North Korea — ruled by decades of harsh communist dictatorship — is, of course, a much different place than neighboring South Korea, where capitalism and freedom of expression thrive. Psy's omnipresent "Gangnam Style" song was born in the South.

Tensions between the two countries run high but Rodman, it seems, doesn't know the difference:

@dennisrodman I'm from #SOUTH man!!! kk

— PSY (@psy_oppa) February 27, 2013

Rodman — known during his playing days as "The Worm" — isn't necessarily who the State Department would have handpicked to make a rare American visit to North Korea.

Something tells me this nugget of Twitter gold is just the beginning of what should be a very eventful trip full of awkward moments — and hopefully free of major international incident. Stay tuned here for more as it unfolds.

Dennis Rodman image via Jacob Andrzejczak/Getty Images; Psy image via Mike Coppola/Getty Images

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