„I think we were tricked”. said the impersonator of Kim Jong-un, Howard X, after North Korea's loss to China in women's boxing at the Paris Olympics yesterday, novini.bg reported.
Dressed in a black jacket and wearing the typical Kim hairstyle and glasses, the impersonator was quick to lament the loss and accused China of doping.
Pan Cholmi of North Korea lost to Yuan Chan of China in the women's 54kg semi-final.
Kim's doppelgänger also carried a Winnie the Pooh plush toy, symbolizing Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Howard was punching the toy and taunting. At one point he asked the doll: “Can't you just give us the medal?“
Howard X, who also went to the final of the mixed doubles table tennis match, in which North Korea again lost to China.
The impersonator says he is appearing as Kim at the Paris Games to “taunt“ of the leader and to shed light on human rights issues in the country. According to him, his antics were well received in Paris and almost everyone got the joke.
Even the Chinese representatives laughed. They laughed with me. This is important, he added, quoted by bTV.
That is not the case with the North Korean delegation, as their every move is closely monitored.
Howard commented that the North Korean athletes and coaches were instructed not to react in any way. So he went a step further, walking with Winnie the Pooh in front of the North Korean delegation and flag.
„All dictators fear being laughed at. They want to be taken seriously. They want people to fear them all the time. By making fun of them, you remove that fear that they are trying to instill in the population. And that's what makes me do it“, Howard H.
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