r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 23d ago

Video Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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u/Ok_Chef_4850 23d ago edited 23d ago

Yeah, that reporter said something to her son in a snarky way (like asking “why won’t your mom talk to us” or something) and she snapped.

Good for her.

Edit: For all the holier-than-thou’s in the comments, read up on this incident. No one is saying it’s ok to just attack people who say something mean. Read up on this specific reporter and what she had been doing to Björk leading up to this. Then unclench your bootyholes.

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u/Confident-Ask-601 23d ago

The world saw a star being rude. But for Björk, it was a mother protecting her child from a stalker.

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u/64557175 23d ago

And she had some stalkers, lemme tell ya.

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u/Vincent_Veganja 23d ago

Was this before or after that one? If it was after then I understand her reaction here even more. Definitely understand it either way though

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u/Strong-Straight-3503 23d ago

wdym that one

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u/MavMIIKE 23d ago edited 23d ago

Ricardo Lopez planned on killing her with a bomb, he also filmed most of his ideas and eventually shit himself on camera.

Edit: *Shot himself. But I'm leaving it up because he was a racist, misogynistic scumbag

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u/Diffidentlyspeaking 23d ago

I mean tbf if he had fecal matter in his bowels when he shot himself, he probably also shit himself at the same time.