Kim Jong-un lookalike gives Singapore wax museum visitors fright of their lives posing as statue of North Korean leader
He’s been running amok around Singapore since the Trump-Kim summit this week, and now the Hong Kong-based impersonator has turned his attention to scaring visitors at Madame Tussauds
While the real Kim Jong-un has been engaging in historic discussions with Donald Trump in Singapore, his most famous lookalike has been making mischief elsewhere in the city.
An Australian Kim impersonator, known only as Howard X, teamed up with waxworks museum Madame Tussauds to give visitors the fright of their lives.
With a pair of thick-rimmed glasses and his side-shaved hairstyle slicked back into the North Korean leader’s signature look, Howard is a dead ringer for the reclusive dictator.
The North Korean leader actually hasn’t yet been bestowed with a wax likeness by the global chain of museums. Nevertheless, standing very still in the Singapore branch this week, Howard attracted visitors to pose for photos with what they thought was a statue of Kim – until he moved.
Entertaining footage shows Tussauds’ guests practically jumping out of their skin as Howard breaks his statuesque pose to give them a warm greeting in his Aussie accent. He also poses with wax sculptures of other important figures, including Queen Elizabeth, Chinese President Xi Jinping and former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
“People got freaked out at first, but then they’d want a photo. One lady almost knocked over Nelson Mandela,” he chuckles to the Post over the phone. “It was a lot of effort standing still; when I got itchy, I couldn’t do anything.”
