Kim Jong Un and Dennis Rodman bonded over basketball yesterday, with the former NBA star telling the North Korean dictator "you have a friend for life."
Seriously, this happened.
Rodman, 51, who is filming a documentary with U.S. media company VICE, is in Pyongyang along with members of the famed Harlem Globetrotters.
"The Worm" spent quality time with the reclusive North Korean leader - a big fan of his as a kid - dining on sushi and drinking with him at his palace.
It's still unclear what exactly will result from this "basketball diplomacy" mission in terms of media (or diplomacy), but whatever it is should be something.
The unlikely encounter makes Rodman the most high-profile American to meet Kim Jong Un since the young North Korean leader took power in 2011.
Yes. Dennis Rodman in North Korea.
His trip also takes place against a backdrop of tension between Washington and Pyongyang, which conducted an underground nuclear test just two weeks ago.
Kim, a diehard basketball fan, told the former Chicago Bulls star he hoped the visit would break the ice between the United States and North Korea.
Kim laughed and slapped his hands on the table before him during the game as he sat nearly knee to knee with Rodman, who chatted with him in English.
"They bonded during the game," VICE's Shane Smith said by phone from New York after speaking to the crew. "They were both enjoying the crazy shots."
"The Harlem Globetrotters were putting on quite a show."
Oh to be a fly on the wall during those conversations.
No word if Dennis, who may or may not know South Korea is a different place, plans to tell Kim to hand over the keys to the nukes at the end of the trip.
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