Washington Spirit and U.S. women’s national team forward Trinity Rodman said she is ready to set the record straight on her relationship with her father, NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman, saying, “Our entire family is protecting him when he’s never once protected us.”
“Why have I been so nice about someone who’s so selfish?” Rodman asked on the latest episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “He’s almost made it worse because he has put us in the public light at a young age. … So the anger that I haven’t really been able to let out is difficult for me.”
Rodman has answered questions about her father before but with great care. As this week’s guest on “Call Her Daddy,” she answered the questions on a platform much larger than her typical interviews and addressed how her father has not been actively involved in her life and how their difficult relationship has affected her.
Dennis has attended one of his daughter’s professional games — the Spirit’s quarterfinal playoff game in 2021 — and Rodman hadn’t known her dad would show up.
She described on “Call Her Daddy” how she hadn’t seen or heard from her father in months, which caused her to get emotional on the field. During a huddle, she leaned on former teammate and friend Ashley…
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