Dennis Rodman's Craziest Comments on North Korea's Leader

Classic — and controversial — Rodman statements.

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Quotable Dennis Rodman - Dennis Rodman was recently in North Korea to film a documentary about the country. Website ThinkProgress.org compiled eight of his more outlandish comments from an interview with ABC's This Week when he returned. Read on for some classic, and controversial, Rodman statements. — BET.com “I hate the fact that he’s doing that [human rights violations], but the fact is that, you know what, that’s a human being, though. He let his guard down one day to me, a friend,”  Rodman said of North Korea's Kim Jong-un. (Photo: REUTERS/KCNA)

Hugging It Out - “It’s a different story because guess what, the kid is only 28 years old, 28. He’s not his dad, not his grandpa. He’s 28 years old.” Rodman was the highest-profile American ever to meet Kim, who succeeded his father as ruler in 2011.(Photo: REUTERS/KCNA)

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Hugging It Out - “It’s a different story because guess what, the kid is only 28 years old, 28. He’s not his dad, not his grandpa. He’s 28 years old.” Rodman was the highest-profile American ever to meet Kim, who succeeded his father as ruler in 2011.(Photo: REUTERS/KCNA)

Touring North Korea - “What I saw in that country, I saw in that country and I saw people respect him and his family and that’s what I mean about that.” Rodman visited the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, but not the political prisons, where up to 200,000 people are held.  (Photo: AP Photo/KCNA via KNS)

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Touring North Korea - “What I saw in that country, I saw in that country and I saw people respect him and his family and that’s what I mean about that.” Rodman visited the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, but not the political prisons, where up to 200,000 people are held.  (Photo: AP Photo/KCNA via KNS)

Call Me - “He wants Obama to do one thing, call him [...] He said, 'If you can, Dennis, I don’t want to do war.' I don’t want to do war. He said that to me," said Rodman.(Photos from left: Mark Wilson/Getty Images, AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File)

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Call Me - “He wants Obama to do one thing, call him [...] He said, 'If you can, Dennis, I don’t want to do war.' I don’t want to do war. He said that to me," said Rodman.(Photos from left: Mark Wilson/Getty Images, AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File)

Dennis Rodman - In the words of Secretary of State John Kerry, as a diplomat, Dennis Rodman is a great basketball player. The bad boy of the NBA left us scratching our heads when he befriended North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a few weeks ago, but now we think it's time for him to give up his "basketball diplomacy" and focus on domestic matters. (Photo: REUTERS/KCNA)

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BFFs - “He loves power. He loves control because others, you know, dad and stuff like that, but he’s just a great guy. He’s just a great guy.” Rodman said he was aware of Kim and North Korea's human-rights record, but that he wasn't making any apologies for Kim.(Photo: REUTERS/KCNA)

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Bonding Over B-Ball - “He loves basketball. And I said Obama loves basketball. Let’s start there, all right. Start there,” Rodman said.  (Photo: AP Photo/VICE Media, Jason Mojica)

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Bonding Over B-Ball - “He loves basketball. And I said Obama loves basketball. Let’s start there, all right. Start there,” Rodman said.  (Photo: AP Photo/VICE Media, Jason Mojica)

Presidential Power - “It’s just like we do over here in America, right? It’s amazing that we have presidents over here do the same thing, right? It’s amazing that Bill Clinton could do one thing and have sex with his secretary and really get away with it and still be powerful,” Rodman said. (Photos from left: Kyodo /Landov, Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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Presidential Power - “It’s just like we do over here in America, right? It’s amazing that we have presidents over here do the same thing, right? It’s amazing that Bill Clinton could do one thing and have sex with his secretary and really get away with it and still be powerful,” Rodman said. (Photos from left: Kyodo /Landov, Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

An Awesome Guy - Rodman, who had earlier called Kim an "awesome guy," and said Kim's father and grandfather were "great leaders," ended his interview on ABC's This Week by saying "don’t hate me" in response to expected criticism. Last week the U.S. State Department criticized North Korea for "wining and dining" Rodman while its own people starved.(Photo: AP Photo/ABC Television, Lorenzo Bevilacqua)

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An Awesome Guy - Rodman, who had earlier called Kim an "awesome guy," and said Kim's father and grandfather were "great leaders," ended his interview on ABC's This Week by saying "don’t hate me" in response to expected criticism. Last week the U.S. State Department criticized North Korea for "wining and dining" Rodman while its own people starved.(Photo: AP Photo/ABC Television, Lorenzo Bevilacqua)