The Worm has slithered to a new low.
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman sang “Happy Birthday” to North Korea’s nutty dictator Kim Jong Un in front of a cheering crowd of thousands in the communist country’s capital.
The flaky ex-hoopster said Kim, who was in the audience with his wife and other senior North Korean officials, was his “best friend,” the BBC reported.
It is the fourth time Rodman has visited the North Korean strongman – who recently had his own uncle killed for his alleged betrayals.
The nutjob – who once won NBA championships playing alongside Michael Jordan – has angrily defended the visits after human rights groups and others blasted his antics.
But the crowd of 14,000 at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium cheered wildly as the player nicknamed “The Worm” warbled an off-key “Happy Birthday” on Wednesday.
Rodman is with a team of former NBA players who staged an exhibition match for the hoops-happy Korean.
But at least one of the players, Charles Smith – a Bridgeport, Conn., native and ex-Knick perhaps most famous for blowing four last-minute layups in a 1993 playoff game against Jordan’s Chicago Bulls – said he regretted making the trip.
“I feel a lot of remorse for the guys because we are doing something positive, but it’s a lot bigger than us. We are not naive, we understand why things are being portrayed the way they are,” Smith said, referring to Rodman’s antics and the controversy over the country’s horrid human rights record.
Rodman said the match was to honor Kim Jong Un’s birthday, although the government has kept the dictator’s birth date and age a state secret.
The celebration comes weeks after the execution of Kim’s uncle, Chang Song Thaek, once seen as a major power in North Korea.