Rodman tops least influential celebrity list

Dennis Rodman, the ex-basketball star who visited North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, has been slam dunked by GQ magazine, which has named him least influential celebrity of 2013.

The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant was top of the magazine’s third annual list, which also includes twerking pop star Miley Cyrus, US President Barack Obama and celebrity chef Paula Deen.

GQ called Rodman, 52, a “Q-list celebrity willing to commit borderline treason just to hang out with a dictator who himself aspires to be a Q-list celebrity”.

Deen, whose cooking empire imploded this year after she admitted to having used the N-word to describe black employees, came in at No 2, while former sexting US congressman Anthony Weiner took the No 3 spot. “He’s the saddest lecher in American politics, and that’s saying something, because they’re all lechers.”

Cyrus, who garnered attention this year for her provocative performance with a foam finger, won the No 6 position for “basically trying every inane strategy she could think of to rile up America’s few remaining pearl clutchers”.

Obama came in at No 17 because “nothing gets done”.

Other celebrities deemed non-influential include Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Ryan Reynolds.