‘He’s not a father’: Trinity Rodman talks about his strained relationship with father Dennis Rodman
USA Women’s Team Forward Trinity Rodman She spoke about her strained relationship with her father, Dennis Rodman, saying he was largely absent from her life.
“He’s not a father. Maybe by blood, but nothing else,” Trinity Rodman told host Alex Cooper. On the Call Her Daddy podcast.
Growing up, Rodman said her mother tried to protect her two children from the former NBA star’s chaotic lifestyle. Rodman’s mother, Michelle Moyer, divorced Dennis Rodman in 2012.
Trinity Rodman, who won gold with the United States this summer at the Paris Olympics, has a brother, DJ Rodman, who currently plays in the NBA.
Dennis Rodman He responded to his daughter on InstagramSaying he was sorry he “wasn’t the father you wanted me to be” and said he had tried to be a father and would continue to try.
“I will try even when it’s hard and if it takes a long time. I’m always here and I tell you all the time, it’s your voice or your voicemail how proud I am. I’ve always had one wish and it’s a wish for my kids to call me and come to see me and I hope I get that one day ,” he wrote in the post.
Trinity Rodman, who also plays for the Washington Spirit in the National Women’s Soccer League, recalled how her father showed up unannounced at a Spirit playoff game in 2021.
She hasn’t spoken to her father in months and was emotional during the match, then was photographed crying in his arms afterward.
“The whistle blew and I was so angry, I was like, ‘You took this happy moment away from me.’ You (expletive) with my head again,” she said on the podcast.
“I think after that I lost hope of ever getting him back. It was like he would show up when he was on camera,” Trinity Rodman said. “Even in that match, I don’t think it was right for me. I think he wanted to have a clear conscience. Then he said, ‘The headliner, Dennis Rodman showed up at his daughter’s match.’
Trinity Rodman went on to win a title with The Spirit that year and was named NWSL Rookie of the Year. She said that after that match, she did not speak to her father again until after the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Dennis Rodman won five NBA championships over the course of 14 years. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
Associated Press report.
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