American soccer star Trinity Rodman spoke out against her father, former NBA champion Dennis Rodman, in an interview on the podcast “Call Her Daddy” this week.
Trinity, who plays for the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), reflected on her strained relationship with her father, despite her efforts to maintain a close image. She claimed that she feels “frustrated” every time she is asked about her father during an interview. The reason for this, she says, is because of the “trauma” she carries within herself about her father.
“I think we don't want to give him a bad impression, and that comes at the cost of continuing to have a lot of issues that we've been through and just trauma in itself,” she said in the episode. I spoke inside. “I feel like I'm in a place where I get interviewed where people are like, 'Oh, your dad was there? What's your dad feeling?'” , I feel like I'm trying to reveal something I don't know. ”
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Trinity Rodman poses during a USWNT portrait studio session on February 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Brad Smith/ISI Photo/USSF/Getty Images for USSF)
Trinity says she even gets annoyed at herself for being so sympathetic to fathers, especially when fathers try to show off their children in public.
“I'm still trying to be honest and feel like I'm giving him pity and it's very painful. I actually think he's a very selfish person and that's why I'm trying to be honest. It's frustrating for people,” she said.
“I think it was always all about him. He's been through a lot, but at the same time I thought, he loves the spotlight, he loves the camera. He loves the kids. I love bringing people on stage and being like, “Oh, these are my kids.'' All of that stuff, and even the heart…the heart—but for me, the emotion. Basically, he put me through a really bad time. ”
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Washington Spirit forward Trinity Rodman, 2, and her father, basketball legend, after the North Carolina Courage vs. Washington Spirit game at Audi Field in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2021. Player Dennis Rodman (Tony Quinn/ISI Photo/Getty Images)
Trinity added that she doesn't have her father's number saved on her phone and often doesn't speak to him at all for months. However, she claimed that despite the long gap in communication, he would continue to contact her and invite her to appear on a reality show with him.
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Washington Spirit forward Trinity Rodman, 2, and her father, basketball legend, after the North Carolina Courage vs. Washington Spirit game at Audi Field in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2021. Player Dennis Rodman (Tony Quinn/ISI Photo/Getty Images)
She said just hearing his voice was “painful” and that he often made phone calls while intoxicated.
At one point, Trinity said her father tried to call her from another Texas-based number and left a voicemail that was too long for her to hear comfortably.
“He called me and it was a Texas number. I didn't know he lived in Texas, so that's news to me. So I thought there was a risk of spam. I just thought of all these things and said, Okay, those are just spam calls. I always get messages like that so I ignored it, but then the voicemail popped up and I looked at it and for a moment I thought, “Hmm,'' but I think I heard it. The voicemail was 40 seconds long and I thought, “Oh no, I'm not going to do that,'' but it was kind of a hit-or-miss day for me. Whether it's there or not, and I'm just like, 'No,'” she said.
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