Former basketball superstar Dennis Rodman has responded to his daughter Trinity Rodman’s brutal comments about his parenting.
Dennis has expressed on social media his desire to continue working to mend his relationship with Trinity, who plays for the United States women’s national soccer team.
Trinity recently made headlines when she revealed that Dennis had been absent from her life and detailed some of his excesses.
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Dennis Rodman apologizes to Trinity Rodman
The former Hooper shared a montage of pictures of him and his children on his Instagram page on Thursday. In the post’s caption, the father of three apologized to Trinity: Write“I’m sorry I wasn’t the father you wanted, but either way I tried anyway and I’m still trying and I’ll never stop.”
Dennis also said he did it tried to reach to Trinity, claiming she hadn’t returned his calls. He wrote: “I will keep trying, even though as an adult you are told not to answer my calls. I will try even if it is difficult and if it takes a long time.”
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The former Chicago Bulls power forward expressed his desire to always be there for Trinity by writing, “I’m always here telling you all the time, preferably by voice or voicemail, how proud I am.” He squeezed his Wanting his kids to do that, I called him and came to him and said, “Hopefully I can do that one day.” I’m here, still trying.
Dennis concluded: “I’m here, still trying.” He pleaded with Trinity to pick up the phone, adding: “You’ve got my number, you see me calling, I’m here.” The 63-year-old has his piece Signed “Dennis RODMAN – Dad”.
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Dennis Rodman claims he watches Trinity games
Dennis added an FYI section to his post where he claimed to see Trinity playing all the time.
The former N.B.A Star wrote: “I actually flew in to watch you play and was told not to show up because I was with you instead and I just wanted to support you, so I watched you from my hotel balcony, just to make everyone happy.”
The NBA icon concluded by expressing his love for his children, writing, “I love all my children.”
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Trinity Rodman says Dennis Rodman is ‘not a father’
Dennis Rodman’s post came hours after Trinity’s comments during her appearance on the December 18 episode.Call her dad“Podcasts. She said of her father, “He’s not a father.” Maybe by blood, but nothing else.”
The soccer player continued to share details about her relationship with her father, explaining that she and her brother Dennis “DJ” Rodman, whom her father shares with his ex-wife Michelle Moyer, had remained silent about their strained relationship.
However, Trinity said she is now ready to talk about it. She added: “My brother and I were very generous and very selfless in the way we talked about it. We never want to make him look bad, and that comes at the expense of having to hold on to a lot of issues that are important to us.” “I’ve been through trauma.”
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Trinity emphasized that in previous interviews she had always tried to make it clear that her father was not present, and revealed that her relationship with him deteriorated drastically after he and her mother divorced in 2012.
She also revealed that Dennis had offered her mother financial support during her early childhood but stopped doing so after the divorce. The 22-year-old said she lived in a car with her mother and brother throughout her childhood, but Moyer did her best to calm the difficult situation.
Trinity says Dennis “wishes he could fight his demons”
The Washington Spirit forward revealed that her father would party all the time and bring random women to their house and they found it difficult to live with him. She stressed that it was frustrating to see Dennis speak openly about his parenting in interviews.
“I think he wishes he could fight his demons,” she said via AND! News. “I roll my eyes because you hear something so often but he doesn’t do anything to change it. For example: ‘I wish I was a better father.’ He said this in so many interviews: “Okay, then do something.”
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Trinity recalled when Dennis showed up to one of their games – the National Women’s Soccer League semifinals in 2021, which made her uncomfortable. “If I go into my rookie year and go to the quarterfinals, I’m already going to ruin my pants,” she said. “I’m like, ‘Oh my God.’ There’s no way that’s happening now. However, I haven’t seen or spoken to him in months.
Although she was angry about her father’s presence at the game ruining her “happy moment,” Trinity warmed up to him and they shared an emotional hug. She revealed that Dennis had promised to stay in touch with her but ultimately didn’t and she didn’t hear from him until this year.
Trinity says her father was surrounded by “toxic people.”
Trinity, who helped the USWNT win a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, described some of the reasons that led her father to become distant from his family. She said: “Because he was so successful and rich, he was surrounded by a lot of toxic people who took his money and took advantage of him. Because he drank alcohol, he was brainwashed and didn’t really have any control over anything.”
She said his family did their best to support him but it didn’t produce any results. Trinity explained: “We tried to build that foundation and be the good people around him, because in reality we never asked for anything unless we really needed it.” She added: “We just want you. He never understood this fact because he never experienced it.”
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The upset daughter stated that her father messed up family issues and never understood that people just wanted to be around him and make him happy. She concluded: “He’s always thinking about money, money, money.”
In addition to Trinity and DJ, Dennis Rodman also has a daughter, Alexis Rodman, whom he shares with his first wife, Annie Bakes. He and Bakes married in 1992 after dating for five years, but divorced after 82 days.
