Dennis Rodman Goes To Rehab For Alcoholism After North Korea Visit

By Jon Graef in News on Jan 19, 2014 8:45PM

Dennis Rodman with new BFF Kim Jong Un, from the front page of North Korean newspaper the Rodong Sinmun. (via Shanghaiist)

ESPN reports that former Chicago Bulls star power forward Dennis Rodman has checked himself into rehab for alcoholism. Rodman recently ruffled feathers by visiting North Korea to visit his unlikely friend, dictator Kim Jong Un, to help plan an exhibition game.

Further, Rodman sung "Happy Birthday" to Un and mocked North Korea prisoner Kenneth Bae, a statement which Rodman later blamed on drinking. Previously, Rodman said that his own signature brand of vodka would bring together the United States and North Korea. [h/t WGN]