United States ahead Trinity Rodman says her relationship along with her father, Dennis Rodman, stays strained and that he’s nonetheless largely absent from her life.
“He is not a dad. Perhaps by blood, however nothing else,” Trinity Rodman advised host Alex Cooper on the “Name Her Daddy” podcast on Wednesday.
The podcast feedback echo what Trinity Rodman advised ESPN’s Charlotte Gibson in June 2022.
Rodman mentioned that rising up, her mom tried to protect her two youngsters from the chaotic way of life of the previous NBA star. Rodman’s mom, Michelle Moyer, divorced Dennis Rodman in 2012.
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Trinity Rodman, who gained a gold medal with america 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 needed me to be” and mentioned he tried to be a father and can hold attempting.
“I’ll strive even when it is tough and if it takes a very long time. I am all the time right here And let you know on a regular basis relatively it is your voice or voicemail how proud I’m. I all the time had one want and it was I want my children 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 joyful second from me. You f—ed with my head once more,'” she mentioned on the podcast.
“I believe after that was after I misplaced hope of ever getting him again. It was identical to, he is popping in every time he will be on a digicam,” Trinity Rodman mentioned. “Even at that sport, I do not suppose it was for me, I believe he needed to have a great 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 12 months and was named NWSL Rookie of the Yr. She mentioned that after that sport she did not communicate 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 gained 5 NBA championships over a 14-year profession. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2011.
Data from ESPN’s Charlotte Gibson and The Related Press was used on this story.
