After singing a birthday song to the bloodthirsty ruler of the most totalitarian nation on earth, Dennis Rodman apologised for his rant against CNN journalists by admitting that he was wasted at the time.

He said he had been getting stressed out and, in order to soothe his shattered nerves, he got drunk and appeared on national television.

Rodman caused controversy when he suggested that Kenneth Bae, who has been held in north Korea since 2012, had done something illegal that warranted his 15-year sentence.

Rodman said in a statement:

I want to first apologize to Kenneth Bae’s family. I want to apologize to my teammates and my management team. I also want to apologize to Chris Cuomo.

Bae’s family said they were appalled by Rodman’s comments about the captive American:

He was in a position to do some good and to help advocate for Kenneth. He refused to do so. But then instead he has chosen to hurl these outrageous accusations against Kenneth. He clearly doesn’t know anything about Kenneth, about his case. And so we were appalled by that.

Hey, at least now you know he was drunk. That makes it better, doesn’t it?

[Source : CNN]