Dennis Rodman responds to soccer superstar daughter Trinity after scathing accusation

Five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman has hit back after being labelled an absentee father and alcoholic by his soccer star daughter.

NBA legend Dennis Rodman has posted a public apology to his daughter, USA Women’s Team soccer star Trinity Rodman, after she said on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast that he is an absentee father and an alcoholic.

Taking to his Instagram on Friday, the five-time NBA champ and former teammate of Michael Jordan at the Chicago Bulls explained that he’s been stopped from trying to see Trinity and he won’t stop trying to connect with her, the New York Post reports.

“Sorry I wasn’t the Dad you wanted me to be but either way I still tried and I still Try and Never will Stop,” Rodman wrote, including a video that showed photos of them through the years.

“I will keep trying even when you’re being told as an adult not to respond to my phone calls. “I will try even when it’s difficult and if it takes a long time.

“I’m always here and tell you all the time (even if it’s over voicemail)... how proud I am.

“I always had one wish and it was I wish my kids would call me and come see me.

“Hopefully one day I can get that. I’m here and I’m still trying pick up the phone you have my number, You see me calling, I’m still here Dennis RODMAN - Dad.

“FYI: I watch you play All the time (actually flew in to watch you play and was told not to show up because who I was with instead and me just wanting to support you.

“So I watched you from my hotel balcony just to make everybody happy. I love All My Kids,” Rodman concluded, adding the hashtags, “untold’ and “stories”.

He also posted an Instagram story featuring the John Mayer song ‘Waiting on the world to change’ and another Instagram post with the word “PERSEVERE” on Friday.

Rodman is father to Trinity and her brother Dennis Rodman Jr., 23, from his marriage with Michelle Moyer.

He has a daughter, Alexis, 36, from his first marriage with Annie Bakes.

Rodman’s apology came after Trinity discussed their family issues during an appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast Wednesday.

“We had an expedition and we kind of lived in that for a little bit,” Trinity told host Alex Cooper, who mentioned that some might assume money wasn’t an issue for her growing up. “We tried to live with him but he’s having parties 24/7, he is bringing random b***hes in. He loves the spotlight. He loves the cameras.”

Trinity Rodman #5 of Team United States scores her team's first goal during the Women's group B match between Australia and United States. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Rodman was known for his wild partying lifestyle — including his marriage to model Carmen Electra in Las Vegas that lasted just a few months.

Trinity called Rodman “an alcoholic” and went on to explain that he changes his phone number often and will only use a flip phone.

The Washington Spirit forward also recalled the moment she “lost hope in ever getting him back,” when he didn’t contact her for years after he surprised her at a Spirit victory during an NWSL playoff game in November 2021.

Former Chicago Bulls NBA player Dennis Rodman & his then-wife actor Carmen Electra in 1999.

Dennis Rodman and Trinity Rodman shared an emotional hug when he surprised her at a Spirit victory a NWSL playoff game in November 2021. Picture: Instagram

The pair shared a hug after the game, with Trinity crying in his arms while they were surrounded by cameras.

Trinity said that that moment made her father look good in the media because it made it seem like he was a supportive father — but he didn’t speak to her for years after that.

Trinity, who’s fairly private about her relationship with her father, said she had a lot of pent-up anger from staying quiet for so long in order to protect his image.

“We never want to make him look bad, and that is at the cost of kind of holding it in a lot,” she said. “I guess it’s just like the anger that I haven’t really been able to let out is difficult for me.”

- This article first appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission

Originally published as Dennis Rodman responds to soccer superstar daughter Trinity after scathing accusation