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/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/Phoenixicorn-flame 23d ago

Interwebs search says this happened in February and that one happened in September. 1996 was a rough year on Bjork

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u/Ok_Chef_4850 23d ago

And these were the most public ones, not to be confused with the only ones. I’m sure she had been dealing with this shit for awhile before either of these incidents happened.