United States ahead Trinity Rodman says her relationship together with her father, Dennis Rodman, stays strained and that he’s nonetheless largely absent from her life.
“He is not a dad. Possibly by blood, however nothing else,” Trinity Rodman instructed host Alex Cooper on the “Name Her Daddy” podcast on Wednesday.
The podcast feedback echo what Trinity Rodman instructed ESPN’s Charlotte Gibson in June 2022.
Rodman stated that rising up, her mom tried to defend her two youngsters from the chaotic life-style of the previous NBA star. Rodman’s mom, Michelle Moyer, divorced Dennis Rodman in 2012.
Trinity Rodman, who received a gold medal with the USA this summer time on the Paris Olympics, has a brother, DJ Rodman, who performs within the NBA’s G League.
Dennis Rodman responded to his daughter on Instagram, saying he’s sorry he “wasn’t the dad you wished me to be” and stated he tried to be a father and can maintain making an attempt.
“I’ll strive even when it is troublesome and if it takes a very long time. I am all the time right here And let you know on a regular basis somewhat it is your voice or voicemail how proud I’m. I all the time had one want and it was I want my youngsters would name me and are available see me. Hopefully at some point I can get that,” he wrote within the put up.
Trinity Rodman, who additionally performs for the Washington Spirit within the Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League, recalled how her father confirmed up unannounced at a Spirit playoff sport in 2021.
She hadn’t spoken to her father in months and was emotional through the sport, then was photographed crying in his arms afterward.
“The whistle blew and I used to be so mad, like, ‘You took this completely happy second from me. You f—ed with my head once more,'” she stated on the podcast.
“I believe after that was once I misplaced hope of ever getting him again. It was similar to, he is popping in every time he will be on a digicam,” Trinity Rodman stated. “Even at that sport, I do not suppose it was for me, I believe he wished to have conscience after which be like, ‘Headline, Dennis Rodman confirmed as much as his daughter’s sport.'”
Trinity Rodman went on to win a title with the Spirit that yr and was named NWSL Rookie of the 12 months. She stated that after that sport she did not converse to her father once more till after the 2023 Girls’s World Cup.
Trinity Rodman and the Spirit misplaced to the Orlando Pleasure within the 2024 NWSL Championship sport.
Dennis Rodman received 5 NBA championships over a 14-year profession. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2011.
Info from ESPN’s Charlotte Gibson and The Related Press was used on this story.
