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.
