Rapper PSY and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lavish praise on each other in NY

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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2012 file photo, South Korean rapper PSY leaves the finish tower after he waved the checkered flag at the conclusion of the Korean Formula One Grand Prix at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam, South Korea. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joked during a Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 meeting with the rapper that he felt overshadowed by the star, whose video has scored over half a billion views on YouTube. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is jealous of South Korean rapper PSY.

The U.N. chief joked during a meeting with the rapper that said he felt overshadowed by the star, whose video has scored over half a billion views on YouTube.

“I’m a bit jealous. Until two days ago someone told me I am the most famous Korean in the world. Now I have to relinquish. I have no regrets,” Ban said.

The two lavished praise on each other at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, with Ban even risking a few of PSY’s trademark dance moves from the viral smash video Gangnam Style.

“So now you have first and second famous Korean in the same building,” PSY told reporters at a photo opportunity with the U.N. chief.

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