Cheerleaders, meet Dear Leader… kind of. A guy named Howard, who keeps dressing up like the dictator, tried to introduce himself to the country’s Olympic cheering section. They weren’t having it.
Howard says he just wanted to meet the cheerleaders.
He and the beaming, beautiful North Korean cheering section were both at the women’s ice hockey game, watching the unified Korean team take on Japan at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. So, he figured, why not just bop over to where they were sitting in the stands, bringing his own fun-sized unification flag — and his hi-top haircut, his black glasses, and his tasteful bit of girth about the midsection.
So what if he happened to look like Kim Jong Un?
Poor Howard — or, at least, poor man who has represented himself simply as «Howard» to multiple media outlets. Within minutes the man had been kicked out of his second Olympic event in less than a week. As it turns out, it is frowned upon in Pyeongchang to look and dress like North Korea’s dictator.
Literally, a number of the cheerleaders frowned upon it. Others looked vaguely peeved. A couple appeared to giggle behind their hands. One particularly emotive member of the delegation made quite clear she was not on board.
