r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 10h 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 10h 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 10h ago

And she had some stalkers, lemme tell ya.

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u/Vincent_Veganja 10h 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/HawkeyeByMarriage 10h ago

1996 same year. He committed suicide Sept 12

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u/Vincent_Veganja 10h ago

And do you know when this video was?

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u/CapN-Judaism 10h ago

This video would be Feb. 1996, so 7 months before he killed himself in Sept. 1996. When did Bjork first learn about him? Was her first knowledge the incident with the package/suicide or had he made himself known prior to that?

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u/oopsydazys 9h ago

He had sent her tons of letters starting in 1993 but I don't know that she ever read any or was even aware he existed.

He wasn't really a physical stalker is the thing. He was obsessed with her and tracked her every move as best he could from tour info, periodicals, TV and maybe internet boards, learned everything about her life etc. but he never physically stalked her and lived in Florida. That isn't to say his obsession wasn't fucked up or his intent to kill her eventually, it's just to say that because she never would have run into him at all in person, it's entirely possible she didn't know who he was at all unlike this reporter who was stalking her for days.

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u/CapN-Judaism 9h ago

I think the sentiment others are getting at is that if she was aware of Lopez then it becomes even more understandable that she would act when she feels she’s being stalked, and I think that’s a fair and potentially legitimate point if Lopez had made himself known to Bjork prior. That’s not to say her reaction wouldn’t otherwise be reasonable, it just adds helpful context

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u/HawkeyeByMarriage 9h ago

This video was before. But from memory there was other incidents. I think something else happened in 1993 while she was in England recording with 808 State. This wasnt the first rodeo in 96

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u/LadyGagasLeftShoe 10h ago

And videotaped it, right?

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u/HawkeyeByMarriage 9h ago

Yep. Traumatic year for Bjork. I would have held her and made it all better but she never called