If you’ve seen photos of Kim Jong Un strutting around the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, don’t panic -- it’s just a look-alike causing all the chaos! An Australian music producer, who goes by Howard X on X, is notorious for his side hustle moonlighting as the North Korean dictator ...
and he struck again, making a dramatic entrance to cheer on North Korea’s Pang Chol-mi as she battled China’s Chang Yuan in the women's boxing semi-finals. Howard was also spotted waving North Korea's flag ..
. and he took a bold swipe at China’s leader Xi Jinping by flaunting a Winnie the Pooh teddy bear last Sunday. ICYDK, the character’s been banned in China due to satirical comparisons with Xi.
Howard documented his antics on X ...
making it crystal clear he was mocking the North Korean delegation, despite having angered North Korean officials 6 years earlier doing the same thing at the PyeongChang Winter Games. Chinese onlookers burst into laughter when they saw him with the Winnie the Pooh teddy bear ..
. so, looks like no offense was taken -- in Paris at least. Howard’s presence didn’t turn the tide for Pang, who lost to Chang.
But he wasn’t done -- he was also seen at North Korea's table-tennis match against Japan, and even teamed up with a Vladimir Putin look-alike for a photo in front of the Notre Dame cathedral. Seems Howard's not scared of Kim, who's been linked to numerous brutal acts, including ordering the 2017 assassination of his half-brother, Kim Jong-nam . The moral to the story .
.. it's all fun and games, until it isn't.
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