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  • Ex-NBA legend Dennis Rodman recalls having a wild party with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un
  • Rodman visited Pyongyang back in 2013 along with a group of players from Harlem Globetrotters
  • The former basketball athlete shared that Kim had invited him to a party in his house with "hotties and vodka" 

NBA legend Dennis Rodman has revealed how he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un partied hard when he visited the country back in 2013.

Rodman, 58, recalled his previous encounter with Kim, dishing on how the pair used to party with “hotties and vodka” when they first met, New York Post reported. The basketball superstar reportedly went to Pyongyang for a trip in February 2013, alongside a group of players from the Harlem Globetrotters and “dignitaries.”

The basketball players’ visit was solely for an exhibition match in the country’s arena that was jampacked with viewers. Apparently in the audience was the 36-year-old North Korean leader. And just last week, Rodman opened up about the “basketball diplomacy” that led to his meeting with Kim during ex-boxer Mike Tyson’s HotBoxin’ podcast.

“I’m thinking I’m going to do an autograph show or play basketball. I ain’t know anything about North Korea, stupid as f–k, right?” the former basketball athlete said.

Rodman also added that he was clueless when he first met Kim after their basketball match. The ex-hoopster then recalled the North Korean leader asking him if he liked the country.

“I said ‘yeah, it’s fine, it’s cool, it’s okay’,” Rodman recalled.

Kim told the former NBA star that he had previously asked Michael Jordan to come to the exhibition match. But Jordan was apparently unavailable, leading him to request for Rodman instead.

After a quick chat over their mutual love for basketball, Rodman claimed that Kim invited him to his home for a wild afterparty. “Let’s have dinner tonight. A little karaoke and have some vodka,” the basketball retiree recalled the North Korean dictator telling him. “Some hotties and stuff like that.”

After the invitation, Rodman shared that he eventually found himself having dinner in Kim’s home. “Next thing I know, we are having dinner and we are drunk as sh--t, he starts singing karaoke and I have no clue what the f--k he’s talking about,” he said.

The former basketball star then recalled how Kim had a band of “hot” women come out to entertain the guests. “Everyone starts clapping and then he has this 18-piece girl band come out and these girls are hot but they just played one song,” Rodman shared.

He also expressed his disappointment when the women only presented one song performance, saying, “Just one f---ing song. It was the theme from Dallas."

With North Korea being known for its strong military base, Rodman dropped that though he had seen the hermit kingdom’s “military [and] missiles,” the former athlete never got into a conversation with Kim involving their politics.

“The politics, I don’t get involved with that,” he shared. “I came here to bring sports.”

This wasn’t the first and last visit that Rodman had in North Korea. The former basketball Hall of Famer was known to have taken frequent trips back to the country. During his first visit, Rodman revealed he had previously suggested to Kim that they learn other tunes like Pearl Jam, Van Halen and Rolling Stones. Then on his following trip back to the country, they had played all his requests.

US President Donald Trump had downplayed reports of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's poor health and possible demise
US President Donald Trump had downplayed reports of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's poor health and possible demise AFP / Brendan Smialowski