“He isn’t a dad,” the Olympic soccer star says, opening up about her tumultuous upbringing, monetary woes, and the place issues stand now. “Perhaps by blood, however nothing else.”
Trinity Rodman is sharing the reality about her relationship with estranged father, Dennis Rodman.
In a uncommon interview on the Name Her Daddy podcast Wednesday, Trinity opened up about her upbringing because the daughter of the previous NBA celebrity who is thought simply as a lot for his abilities on the court docket as his hard-partying methods. The U.S. Ladies’s Nationwide Group soccer shared the realities of rising up with Rodman as her dad.
“That is my alternative to, sort of, discuss extra — I do not need to say negatively, however extra life like about it,” Trinity defined.
“We tried to be that basis and to be the great folks round him. As a result of in actuality, we by no means actually requested for something until we actually wanted it,” Trinity stated of her and brother DJ, 23, whom Rodman shares with ex-wife Michelle Moyer. “We simply need you.”
“I believe for him, he is by no means understood that reality, as a result of he is by no means skilled it,” she continued. “He is by no means understood that folks might truly simply need to be round him and to simply need to make him comfortable.”
The 22-year-old Olympian, who grew up in Newport Seaside, California, stated her dad “partied on a regular basis” throughout her childhood, and whereas she and her brother tried to stay with him, they finally ended up dwelling with their mother fulltime due to Rodman’s life-style.
“We tried to stay with him, however he is having events 24/7. He is bringing random b—hes in,” she stated. “My mother did not want– she was robust sufficient to take care of it as a result of even to this present day, I nonetheless imagine that my dad hasn’t cherished anybody after my mother.”
Dennis married Moyer in 2003, however per Trinity, her dad’s demons have been too robust” and the pair filed for divorce only a yr later in 2004, although their marriage wasn’t absolutely dissolved till 2012. Rodman can also be the daddy to 36-year-old daughter Alexis, whom he shares with ex-wife Annie Bakes; Rodman and Bakes have been married from 1992-1993.
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“I believe my mother simply noticed the state of affairs of, ‘We love one another. It is not gonna work,'” Trinity shared. “‘For my youngsters, I can not have them seeing you deal with me this manner, embarrass me this manner and have the get together scene on a regular basis.'”
Trinity additionally detailed her dad’s struggles with substance abuse, significantly the place alcohol is worried.
“He is an alcoholic,” she stated of the basketball participant, who has overtly mentioned his battle with alcohol and accomplished a number of stints in rehab. “That is one thing that I do not need to say, however I am identical to, f–k it. It is simply the reality.”
Whereas Trinity stated her dad was round when she and her brother DJ have been youthful, he was of their lives “much less and fewer” as they continued to develop up.
“We have been seeing him as soon as, two, three, 4 instances a yr,” she recalled. Each time they have been collectively,, although, “It was the identical s–t. It was my mother being [livid] and what the f–k are you doing? Assist us and assist your kids.”
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As Trinity and DJ acquired older, they “understood the state of affairs extra” and noticed their dad “much less” — though they lived in the identical metropolis.
She and her brother additionally struggled financially rising up as a result of they “did not have cash.” Whereas they lived in a rich space of Orange County, she stated they have been getting little to no assist from Rodman, and even have been pressured to stay in a automobile at one level.
“Earlier than the divorce occurred, my dad was truly serving to cash clever,” she recalled. “He would truly give cash to my mother and allow us to stay life a bit bit. When the divorce occurred, it was identical to, ‘F–k you guys.’… We’re getting sufficient cash to pay hire, barely.”
At one level, Trinity stated that her dad claimed they wished to “use him” for cash. In the meantime, he wouldn’t pay little one help.
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In 2012, nonetheless, Rodman was ordered to pay Moyer $500,000 in again little one help.
“That was all of the battle was ever about, in entrance of us at the least,” she continued. “It was simply the cash half and serving to your kids.”
Regardless of what was occurring behind closed doorways throughout her childhood, Trinity stated she was nonetheless publicly supporting her father, and even has in recent times.
“That is the loopy half, we nonetheless have been going to these occasions like we have been only a comfortable little household. Getting dressed, getting styled, his [2011] Jersey Retirement, all these issues that we attended,” she stated. “It was simply the weirdest factor as a result of we did issues for him and we have all the time accomplished issues for him. He wished to have picture of getting his household by him.”
Calling her dad an “extraordinarily egocentric human being” who loves the highlight, Trinity recalled a second throughout her rookie yr with the Washington Spirit, the place her dad determined to make a shock look at one among her video games.
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The incident ended with Trinity sobbing after the sport, and a clumsy media second the place, as soon as once more, the skilled athlete needed to placed on a face and play comfortable households for the cameras.
“I believe it is like midway by means of the primary half and I hear [his voice],” she recalled. “I am like, oh my f–king gosh, like, there is not any method that is taking place proper now. Thoughts you, I haven’s seen him or talked to him in months.”
Trinity stated she completed the primary half of the sport and spent halftime in tears. Nevertheless, she went again on the sphere and scored the game-winning purpose. After the sport got here to an finish, Trinity was simply “mad” on the state of affairs.
“I used to be like, ‘You took this comfortable second from me. Such as you f–ked with my head once more,'” she recalled, however she ended up falling into Rodman’s arms and crying. “I cried and I used to be tremendous comfortable. I used to be like, let’s take the optimistic of it. He is right here.”
After that day in 2021, Trinity stated she did not hear from Rodman till this yr, telling host Alex Cooper that her dad has been “attempting” to name her over the previous few weeks.
“I reply the cellphone now for my conscience. If one thing does occur, God forbid, I need to know that I did that. Or if he wanted to listen to my voice earlier than something occurs,” she stated. “That is why I reply the cellphone, not for me.”
Nonetheless, Trinity stated that regardless of the delicate spot she has for her father, “he isn’t a dad.”
“Perhaps by blood,” she added, “however nothing else.”
