Angry Dennis Rodman Defends Bizarre North Korea Trip

At the Boston Herald, "Raving Dennis Rodman puts a lid on it":

The Red Sox would rather not discuss Dennis Rodman’s choice of head gear after the cigar-chomping, North Korea-lovin’, face-pierced freakshow went nuts on CNN yesterday — all while sporting a black and gray “B” cap!

“I don’t have anything for you on this one,” a team spokesgal told the Track.

Not surprising. Dennis’ on-air meltdown isn’t exactly the best PR for the World Series champs!

In case you somehow missed it, Madonna’s ex-BF did an interview with Chris Cuomo on CNN yesterday and went off the rails when Chris questioned the wisdom of his latest trip to North Korea to play hoops with a band of 10 other former NBAers in honor of tin-pot dictator Kim Jong Un’s B-day.

Rodman angrily insisted that the trip was a “great idea for the world” as Cuomo questioned his bromance with KJU and whether he would press the North Korean boss on the welfare of American prisoner Kenneth Bae, who’s been held for more than a year there.

“If you understand what Kenneth Bae did. Do you understand what he did in this country? No, no, no, you tell me, you tell me. Why is he held captive here in this country, why?” ranted Rodman, who didn’t appear to know the answer to the question.

But The Worm really turned while discussing the 10 former pros — including former Celtics Kenny Anderson and Vin Baker — who were sitting behind him during the interview. All 10 looked like they’d rather be out walking KJU’s uncle-eating dogs than listening to Rodman rave.

“You know, you’ve got 10 guys here, 10 guys here, they’ve left their families, they’ve left their damn families, to help this country, as in a sports venture. That’s 10 guys, all these guys here, do anyone understand that? Christmas, New Year’s ...

“I don’t give a rat’s (expletive) what the hell you think! I’m saying to you, look at these guys here, look at them! They dared to do one thing, they came here. ... We have to go back to America and take the abuse. Do you have to take the abuse that we’re gonna take? Do you, Sir, are you going to take the abuse?”

As you might imagine, Red Sox fans were less than pleased that Rodman was wearing the Sox 
Basic Storm Grey 59FIFTY Fitted Cap ($34.99 on MLB.com) for his televised meltdown.

“Why, Dennis Rodman? Why did you wear a Boston Red Sox hat when sounding like an (expletive)hat? Why?” tweeted @DanDrezner, the Twitter handle of Tufts Fletcher School international relations professor Daniel W. Drezner.