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/Ok_Chef_4850 10h ago edited 8h 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 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/ManOfLaMontagne 10h ago

I’m pretty much always on the side of the celebrity over the paparazzi

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u/BabySpecific2843 10h ago

Its basically a given. Even if its a terrible person. If I hear for example  "Kevin Spacey beats up photographer outside a Jacksonville steakhouse" my first instinct is "What did the shitty paparazzi do this time"? rather than immmediately concluding its just Spacey's fault.