Saturday, December 21, 2024 - Five-time NBA champion, Dennis Rodman has apologized to his daughter, Olympic gold medal-winning soccer player Trinity Rodman, after she criticized him for being absent for much of her life.
“He’s not a dad. Maybe by
blood, but nothing else..
“Hearing his voice is
painful.” she told Call Her daddy podcast host Alex Cooper.
Dennis Rodman in response on Thursday, December 19 posted a
public apology to his daughter on Instagram shortly after the podcast episode
was published.
“Sorry I wasn’t the Dad you
wanted me to be but either way I still tried and I still try and never will
stop,” he wrote on Instagram.
“I will keep trying even when
you’re being told as an adult not to respond to my phone calls. I will try even
when it’s difficult and if it takes a long time.
Former NBA star Dennis added that he watches Trinity play
soccer “all the time” and once flew to watch a game but ended up watching from
his hotel balcony after being told not to show up because of who he was with.
Despite her father reportedly earning more than $27 million
in salary across his NBA career, Trinity explained that she had at one point
been forced to live in a car.
“We had (a Ford) Expedition
and we kind of lived in that for a little bit,” she said. We tried to live with
him, but he’s having parties 24/7, he is bringing random b*tches in. He loves
the spotlight. He loves the cameras.
“Before the divorce (from
Trinity’s mother Michelle Moyer in 2012) happened, my dad was actually helping
money wise,” she continued. “He would actually give money to my mom and let us
kind of live life a little bit, but then when the divorce happened, it was just
like, ‘F**k you guys.’
“I think he’s an extremely
selfish human being,” she added. “I think everything has always been about
him.”
Trinity has 10 goals and nine assists in 45 appearances for
the US Women’s National Team (USWNT). She was one of the stars of the team
which took gold at the Paris Olympics this year, contributing three goals and
one assist, including an extra-time winner in the quarterfinals against Japan.
When she was drafted by the Washington Spirit at 18 years
old in 2021, she became the youngest player ever drafted into the NWSL at the
time. That season, Dennis turned up unannounced to the Spirit’s playoffs
quarterfinal match against the North Carolina Courage, having not spoken to his
daughter in months.
“When he showed up at my
game, I was, like, so mad,” Trinity said . “I started crying on the field. So
I’m trying to play the soccer game and I’m crying.”
The Spirit won the game 1-0 and went on to claim the NWSL
title, but Trinity was furious with her father.
“I was so mad. I was like
‘You took this happy moment from me. You f**ked with my head again,’” she said.
“I’m walking over there (towards Dennis) so mad, like ‘F**k you.’ I walk over
there, he grabs my head and I just start bawling into his arms as if it’s a
daddy-daughter (moment).”
The resulting embrace went viral, and Trinity released an
Instagram post in which she expressed hope that their relationship might
improve.
“After that, radio silence. I
didn’t see him for, like… until this year,” she told Call Her Daddy host
Cooper.
“Stupid me for thinking that
was gonna be some type of new spark. That was me every single time. He would
come around, and I’d be like ‘Okay, here it is again. We’re gonna start
something. He’s gonna be around.’ Boom, months and months and months (without
speaking to him). This time, it was years.
“I think after that was when
I lost hope in ever getting him back.”
Dennis met Trinity’s mother, Michelle Moyer, in 1999.
Trinity’s brother – Dennis “DJ” Jr. – was born in 2001, followed a year later
by Trinity. The couple married in 2003, before Moyer filed for divorce in 2004.
After a period of reconciliation, they finalized the divorce in 2012.
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