The U.S. government is adamant that North Korea hacked Sony Pictures in retaliation against the controversial film The Interview, but Dennis Rodman isn’t buying it.
The former NBA star, who is now a close pal of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said he doesn't think the hermit kingdom would go to the trouble of hacking Sony over a comedy film that depicted a plot to assassinate Kim.
"How many movies have there been attacking North Korea?" he told The Hollywood Reporter. "And they never hacked those. North Korea is going to hack a comedy, a movie that is really nothing? I can't see that happening. Of all the companies… Really? Over a movie?!"
Rodman has made three trips to North Korea to meet with his "friend" Kim. He has called his meetings with the despotic leader "basketball diplomacy."
Rodman is currently promoting a documentary film entitled Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in Pyongyang, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film documents a trip he took with a team of basketball players to the country.
Rodman added that he didn't really think it was "cool" that The Interview depicts the assassination of Kim.
He said that representatives for the film's star Seth Rogen reached out to him in 2013 about the movie. Rodman said that he thinks they may have wanted him to consult or appear in the film, but he didn't get back to them in time.
However, Rodman said he would still be willing to take Rogen on a trip to North Korea if he is interested.
"I would ask Seth and all those involved in the movie to go to North Korea with me," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "And then do an interview with me about the movie."