Rodman recently appeared on Alex Cooper’s ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast. The U.S. Women’s National Team player admitted that she doesn’t even view Dennis as a father in a promotional video for the episode. “We never want to make him look bad and that is at the cost of holding in a lot,” Rodman said after she was asked why she felt this was the right time to speak out about her father.
“... I guess it’s just the anger that I haven’t been able to let out is like difficult for me.”. When the soccer forward and podcast host began discussing money, Rodman said she spent part of her life living out of her car in order to escape from her father’s treatment.
“We had an [Ford] Expedition and we kind of lived in that for a little bit... we tried to live with him but he’s having parties 24/7, he’s bringing random b****es in,” she said. “... He loves the spotlight, he loves the cameras, he loves bringing his children on stage and being like, ‘Oh these are my kids.’”.
She said the relationship between her and her dad has been so damaged that she has “lost hope” in it being repaired. “I lost hope in ever getting him back,” she said. “I answer the phone [when he calls] now for my conscience to be like, he needed to hear my voice before anything happens. Like that’s why I answer the phone, not for me... He’s not a dad. Maybe by blood, but nothing else.”.
The soccer player also recalled one moment with her father back in 2021 when the former Chicago Bulls player showed up at one of her soccer games. At the time, she ran up to him in tears as the two of them hugged, but according to Rodman, it wasn’t out of love.
