{"id":503,"date":"2014-01-16T16:37:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T14:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fascinating-america.com\/blog\/?p=503"},"modified":"2015-04-15T05:00:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T03:00:15","slug":"our-ambassador-dennis-rodman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fascinating-america.com\/blog\/our-ambassador-dennis-rodman\/","title":{"rendered":"Our ambassador, Dennis Rodman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basketball player Dennis Rodman is an unusual character, to say the least. He is 6 feet, 7 inches (201 cm) tall, his body is covered in tattoos<\/a>, he has rings through his ears, nose, lip and other body parts, and his hair is a color that does not occur in nature.<\/p>\n

Rodman has been married three times and has had considerable<\/span> problems as an alcoholic. In 2008, he was made to do community service as punishment for domestic violence<\/span>.<\/p>\n

During the 1990s, his “bad boy” image was well-known. Bad Idea Jeans, which started out as a comedy sketch, then became a real product, used him in one of its commercials. How about that steak sandwich, Rodman?<\/p>\n

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(Go here<\/a> if you can’t see the video.)<\/p>\n

Since then he’s also appeared in various reality TV series. Rodman’s main claim to fame<\/span>, however, is as a talented basketball player. He has been part of five NBA<\/span> teams; the NBA itself calls him “the best rebounding forward<\/a> in NBA history”.<\/p>\n

This reputation has made Rodman fans around the world, including another “bad boy” \u2014 North Korea’s king, Kim Jong-un. In February 2013, around the time when Kim Jong-un was threatening a nuclear war against South Korea and its main ally, the United States, Rodman was in North Korea playing an exhibition game for him.<\/p>\n

Rodman got to talk to Kim for two days and make him “a friend for life”. “I don’t condone<\/span> what he does, but as a person to person, he’s my friend,” Rodman told ABC News. He returned with a message: their two countries should talk. In other words, Barack Obama, who is also a basketball fan, should “pick up the phone and call” Kim.<\/p>\n