Dennis Rodman being trailed for Sports Illustrated cover

Dennis Rodman is being shadowed for a potential Sports Illustrated cover story after his well publicized trip to North Korea put America's most colorful, self-named ambassador back in the public eye, reports The New York Post.

Rodman will pose for an SI shoot that will be a riff on his infamous May 1995 cover in black hot pants, a bustier and a dog collar and holding an exotic parrot, according to Page Six. 

"The piece will be about how he’s still relevant and an original," a sports spy told the gossip site.

Coincidentally, the SI crew will be shadowing the former NBA star the night Rodman celebrates his 52nd birthday at his favorite Manhattan strip club Cheetahs on Monday.

The "no holds barred" Cheetahs party is expected to involve topless dancers, sushi served on naked bodies and giveaway thongs that read: "Make Love Not War."

Not a bad night's work following The Worm. It sounds pretty diplomatic to me.