US Women's Soccer Player Trinity Rodman Opens Up About Difficult Relationship with Father Dennis Rodman, Accusing Him of Emotional and Financial Abandonment
Trinity Rodman says her dad, Dennis Rodman , is an “extremely selfish human being” who was not “present” as a father. The U.S. women’s soccer pro, 22, opened up about her fraught relationship with her dad in a candid interview on Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast on Dec. 18. TODAY.com has reached out to Dennis Rodman for comment about his daughter’s claims, and has not yet heard back.
Trinity Rodman, 22, said she hesitated to speak negatively about her dad in the past because she never wanted “to make him look bad,” but said she now welcomed the opportunity to paint a more “realistic” picture of her father. “He’s not a dad — maybe by blood, but nothing else,” she said. Trinity Rodman said her dad emotionally and financially abandoned her and her brother, DJ Rodman, 23, after their mom, Michelle Moyer, filed for divorce in 2004. Dennis Rodman also has another daughter, Alexis, from his previous marriage to Annie Bakes. “Before the divorce happened, my dad was actually helping money wise … but then, when the divorce happened, it was just like, ‘F--- you guys,’” Trinity Rodman said. She said the NBA star provided her, her mom and brother with “enough money to pay rent, barely.” They struggled so much financially, she said, that at one point they were living out of their Ford Expedition and spending nights in a motel when they had the money. The Washington Spirit forward said when her mom asked Rodman for financial support for the children, he would reply along the lines of, “Oh, you just use me for my money.” Rodman also said her dad, whom she saw a handful of times a year growing up, would use money as a form of control. “He would take us shopping, get us phones … and me and my brother are like, ‘We don’t want to go shopping … we just want money to go ... out after school with our friends.’ … He wouldn’t give us money to do that. He needed to have the control of bringing us shopping and swiping his own car
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