Originally Posted by
Mr KLC
John Green is the fan who sent the then-Ron Artest into the stands on Nov. 19, 2004 by throwing a cup of diet soda at Artest while he lay on press row after getting shoved by the Pistons' Ben Wallace.
Green, who could not be reached for comment, and World Peace did a radio interview in 2009 in which they discussed the friendship that developed after the incident. World Peace decided to reached out to Green while talking to his psychologist, getting in contact through Twitter.
"Ron's a good guy," Green said during a radio interview on ESPN Los Angeles in 2012. "And you wanna know what? I like to think the same thing about myself. Yes, I've made bad choices and maybe Ron has, too, but I think he and I are very similar. We're very passionate people, but we admit when we're wrong, too. … Right away (when he received the call), because Ron's so soft-spoken, I thought it was Michael Jackson or something. … We just started talking and we hit it off. He apologized and I did. … It came from him and it takes a lot to do something like that."