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“He’s not a dad. Maybe by blood, but nothing
else,” Trinity Rodman told host Alex Cooper on the Call Her
Daddy podcast.
Rodman said that growing up, her mother tried to shield her two
children from the chaotic lifestyle of the former NBA star.
Rodman's mother, Michelle Moyer, divorced Dennis Rodman in 2012.
Trinity Rodman, who won a gold medal with the United States this
summer at the Paris Olympics, has a brother, DJ Rodman, who
currently plays in the NBA's G League.
Dennis Rodman responded to his daughter on Instagram, saying he
is sorry he “wasn't the dad you wanted me to be” and said he
tried to be a father and will keep trying.
“I will try even when it’s difficult and if it takes a long
time. I’m always here And tell you all the time rather it’s your
voice or voicemail how proud I am. I always had one wish and it
was I wish my kids would call me and come see me. Hopefully one
day I can get that,” 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 hadn't spoken to her father in months and was emotional
during the game, then was photographed crying in his arms
afterward.
“The whistle blew and I was so mad, like, ‘You took this happy
moment from me. You (expletive) with my head again,’" she said
on the podcast.
“I think after that was when I lost hope of ever getting him
back. It was just like, he's popping in whenever he's going to
be on a camera,” Trinity Rodman said. “Even at that game, I
don't think it was for me, I think he wanted to have a good
conscience. and then be like, 'Headline, Dennis Rodman showed up
to his daughter's game.'”
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
game she didn’t speak to her father again until after the 2023
Women’s World Cup.
Dennis Rodman won five NBA championships over a 14-year career.
He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in
2011.
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