Dennis Rodman Responds To Daughter Trinity’s Comments

Former basketball superstar Dennis Rodman has responded to his daughter Trinity Rodman’s brutal comments about his parenting.

Dennis posted on social media expressing his desire to proceed working to enhance his relationship with Trinity, who plays for the US Women’s National Soccer Team.

Trinity made news headlines recently when she revealed how Dennis had been absent in her life and described a few of his excesses.

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Dennis Rodman Apologizes To Trinity Rodman

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The previous hooper took to his Instagram page on Thursday to share a montage featuring pictures of him and his children. Within the post’s caption, the daddy of three apologized to Trinity, writing, “Sorry I wasn’t the dad you wanted me to be but either way I still tried and I still attempt to never will stop.”

Dennis also said that he had tried to achieve out to Trinity, claiming she didn’t reply to his calls. He wrote, “I’ll keep trying even once you’re being told as an adult not to answer my phone calls. I’ll try even when it’s difficult and if it takes an extended time.”

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The previous Chicago Bulls’ power forward expressed his desire to all the time be there for Trinity, writing, “I’m all the time here and inform you on a regular basis slightly it is your voice or voicemail how proud I’m. He expressed his wish for his kids to call him and are available and see him and said, “Hopefully in the future I can get that. I’m here and I’m still trying.”

Dennis concluded, “I’m here and I’m still trying.” He implored Trinity to choose up the phone, adding, “You have got my number, you see me calling, I’m here.” The 63-year-old signed off his post, “Dennis RODMAN- Dad.”

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Dennis Rodman Claims He Watches Trinity’s Games

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Dennis added an FYI section to his post where he claimed to observe Trinity play on a regular basis.

The previous NBA star wrote, “Actually flew in to observe you play and was told not to indicate up because who I used to be with as an alternative and me just wanting to support you so I watched you from my hotel balcony just so to make everybody pleased.”

The NBA icon concluded by expressing his love for his kids, writing, “I like All My Kids.”

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Trinity Rodman Says Dennis Rodman Is ‘Not A Dad’

Dennis Rodman’s post got here hours after Trinity’s comment during her appearance on the December 18 episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. She said of her father, “He isn’t a dad. Possibly by blood, but nothing else.”

The soccer player went ahead to share details of her relationship along with her dad, explaining that she and her brother Dennis “DJ” Rodman, who her father shares along with his ex-wife Michelle Moyer, had been quiet about their strained relationship.

Nevertheless, Trinity said she was now ready to talk about it. She added, “Me and my brother have been very generous with the way in which that we have talked about it and really unselfish. We never have the desire to make him look bad and that’s at the associated fee of holding in loads of issues that we have passed through and trauma.”

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Trinity emphasized that she had all the time tried to make it obvious during past interviews that her father wasn’t present and revealed that her relationship with him declined drastically after he and her mother’s divorce in 2012.

She also revealed that Dennis offered financial support to her mom in her early childhood but stopped doing so after their divorce. The 22-year-old shared that she lived in a automobile along with her mom and brother during their childhood, but Moyer did her best to smoothen the difficult situation.

Trinity Says Dennis ‘Wishes He Could Fight His Demons’

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The Washington Spirit forward revealed that her father partied on a regular basis and brought random women into their home and so they struggled to live with him. She stressed that it was frustrating seeing Dennis being candid about his parenting in interviews.

“I do consider that he wishes that he could fight his demons,” she said per E! News. “I roll my eyes since you hear something so repeatedly, but he does nothing to alter it. Like, ‘I wish I used to be a greater dad.’ He said that in so many interviews. It’s like, OK. Then do something.”

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Trinity recalled when Dennis showed up for one in all her games — the National Women’s Soccer League semi-finals in 2021, which was uncomfortable for her. “Going into my rookie 12 months, going right into a quarterfinal, I’m already sh-tting my pants because it is,” she said. “I’m like, ‘oh my f-cking gosh.’ Like, there is not any way this is occurring without delay. Mind you, I have never seen him or talked to him in months.”

Despite being offended about her father’s presence at the sport, which ruined her “pleased moment,” Trinity warmed as much as him and so they shared an emotional hug. She revealed that Dennis promised to keep up a correspondence along with her but ultimately didn’t accomplish that and she or he didn’t hear from him until this 12 months.

Trinity Says Her Dad Was Surrounded By ‘Toxic People’

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Trinity, who helped the USWNT win a gold medal on the Paris Olympics, detailed a few of the things that caused her dad to drift away from his family. She said, “With how successful he was and the way wealthy he was, he was surrounded by loads of toxic individuals who would take his money and make the most of him. Because he was in alcohol, he was brainwashed and didn’t really have any control over anything.”

She said his family did their best to support him nevertheless it didn’t yield results. Trinity explained, “We tried to be that foundation and to be the nice people around him because, in point of fact, we never asked for anything unless we actually needed it.” She added, “We just want you. He’s never understood that fact cause he’s never experienced it.”

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The disgruntled daughter stated that her dad tousled family issues and never understood that folks just desired to be around him and make him pleased. She concluded, “He’s all the time pondering money, money, money.”

Along with Trinity and DJ, Dennis Rodman also has a daughter, Alexis Rodman, who he shares along with his first wife, Annie Bakes. He and Bakes married in 1992 after dating for five years but divorced after 82 days.