'Kim Jung Un loves 80s music, basketball and dotes over his baby daughter': Dennis Rodman defends his 'friend for life'

PUBLISHED: 10:03 EST, 19 March 2013 | UPDATED: 10:40 EST, 19 March 2013

Former basketball star Dennis Rodman revealed more about his controversial trip to North Korea, and accidentally spilled that the country's dictator has an heir to his power.

He said that Kim Jung Un- the ruler that Rodman called a 'kid'- has a young baby girl and that he heard Kim's wife talk all about her at length during his trip to the exiled regime.

The 51-year-old athlete also told how the North Korean leader likes 80s disco music, is humble and normally wears normal clothes when not appearing for cameras.

The description that Rodman is touting comes in direct contrast to the widespread understanding of the dictatorial leader and the military rogue state that constantly threatens nuclear war.

New pals: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman laugh and cheer at they watch North Korean and U.S. players during a game at a Pyongyang, North Korea arena

'It was insane, they treat him like a god. But Kim is not one of these Saddam Hussein-type characters that wants to take over the world,' Rodman told The Sun.

Rodman went over to the rogue nation as part of a basketball team that was filming a documentary for VICE magazine.

He has spoken extensively about the trip but he continues to reveal more details about the fun he had with the dictator whose country appears to be preparing for nuclear war against the United States.

The public image of the 30-year-old Kim hell-bent on destruction of the West is different from the one that Rodman saw, and he says that the dictator is effectively being propped up by military leaders.

'His grandad built all this s**t and then his dad built some more s**t but he is a normal guy,' Rodman told The Sun.

Pulling out all the stops: Rodman told how the 15-course banquet featured noodles, fish and meat, but that is not typical in the country as much of the population is starving

The image that Rodman is portraying is far from the one of a brutal leader who leaves much of the country in poverty as he postures for an international war.

Kim told Rodman to return from the highly publicized trip saying that he wants President Obama to call him- a move that is clearly not going to happen because a Celebrity Rehab star told him to.

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'He loves basketball and so does President Obama, so they have that in common — and there is even more they could talk about if Obama would just pick up the phone and call him.

Rodman revealed other details about the lavish trip, including the contents of the 15-course banquet (fish, noodles, and meat), the décor of the palace (‘marble everywhere’) and the height of Kim’s wife, Comrade Ri Sol-ju (5’5” which is ‘quite tall for a Korean’).

The trip was apparently a major success, and Rodman has already accepted a second invitation to visit Kim again for six days in August.

Friends: Rodman said that Kim Jung-un wants peace and is a cool 'kid' that he plans to visit again in August for six days

Rodman, who has had well documented issues with alcohol, gave a bizarre and inflammatory interview on ABC's 'This Week' on Sunday morning in which he called Kim Jung-un a ‘friend for life’ and said the dictator wants Obama to call him.

'He's very humble,' Rodman told host George Stephanopoulos. ‘He's a great guy, he's a great guy.’

Rodman continued with his pro-North Korean pronouncements to anyone who would listen later that day at the bar in the Serafina restaurant in the hotel.

‘He kept saying what a nice guy Kim is, and how Kim just wants to talk to President Obama about basketball,’ an observer told the New York Post.

‘He was waving around a signed copy of the dictator’s huge manifesto, telling everyone they should read it.’

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Friends for life? Are they both going for the rest of their lives to the same loony bin?

- Val , Cleveland OH, United States, 19/3/2013 18:28

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Look, Rodman by no means is a deep thinker, however he may indeed have a point about Jong Un being a figurehead with the military really running the show.

- Baron Von Orlock , New York, 19/3/2013 18:07

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He proves that mental illness can be hereditary!

- sg , Phoenix, 19/3/2013 18:06

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When it comes down to it, I would hope our President would just call the guy if it could prevent a nuclear war.

- katie , new Hampshire USA, 19/3/2013 18:02

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Did he give Rodman a tour of the starving villages and gulags?

- Chris , Glasgow. UK, 19/3/2013 18:02

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So now we're suppose to take into consideration what Dennis rodman thinks of this guy oh ok I forgot he's a genius maybe he can put his wedding dress back on and they skip around holding hands talking about how great they are

- ashilanski , Northumberland, 19/3/2013 17:58

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And food.

- Au Contraire , UK, 19/3/2013 17:47

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Gee, just pick up the phone and call him. Excellent idea. Why doesn't Obama just do that?

- Joanne , Victoria BC, Canada, 19/3/2013 17:45

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I would never consider a man who threatened a nuclear attack on my country a "friend for Life" or a "great guy". Dennis Rodman is an idiot and a traitor and I hope he gets fired on Sunday.

- RV , USA, 19/3/2013 17:34

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Kim would make a great villain in the next Austin Powers movie. Rodman could be his evil sidekick.

- googs , Minneapolis, United States, 19/3/2013 17:33

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