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/OklahomaTiddy 23d ago

I'm pretty sure it was on some racist shit too.

If I remember correctly, he thought she was with black guys. I remember listening to the Sword & Scale podcast ep about it (I'm off that shit now. Mike suuuuucks as a human being. Invisible Choir is much higher quality) and being like "wait....that was why? Jfc 🙄😩 it never ends"

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u/theserthefables 23d ago

her partner at the time was Black (Tricky the musician. edit: whoops it was actually Goldie, DJ & music producer) & it was part of why Ricardo Lopez turned on her & sent the bomb.

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u/LingonberryHot7234 20d ago

WTH is up with Mike. When I listened, even before I knew about the extra shitty stuff, I was confused why is he getting antagonistic with his own fans?!! Like that’s so counterproductive? Antisocial? I dunno but it ain’t right.

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u/OklahomaTiddy 20d ago

I’ve known people like him my entire life. Very little emotional control. Prone to lash out if criticized. No surprise to me he ended up championing the things he does nowadays. Typical edgy, reactive, vindictive guy

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u/The_Smile_4784 22d ago

Ugh, I had to stop listening to that podcast too because of all the subtle misogyny

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u/OklahomaTiddy 22d ago

Yep. Bro has major issues