Dennis Rodman He faced inside “Demons” is about fatherhood Over the years.
“I think the only major demon I have right now is trying to convince myself that I'm a good father,” Rodman said during a 2020 interview with ESPN. “It's very hard for me to try to break out of that cycle. It's just one of those things where I've never had anyone do it (be a father) for me, and sometimes I think, why would I do that for someone else?”
He added: “Knowing that this is my child, and this is my wife, or this is my mother, and this is my sister, and it is difficult for me to be attracted to the people close to me. It is difficult even though I love them on the inside.”
The retired Chicago Bulls athlete shares his eldest daughter, Alexis, with his ex-wife Annie Bix and children DJ and Trinity with his ex-wife Michelle Moyer.
Since the kids have grown up, they've been vocal about getting over the estrangement with Rodman.
“He's not a father. Perhaps by blood, but nothing else,” said Trinity. On the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. In December 2024. “We never ask for anything unless we really need it. We only want you. I think for him he never understood the truth, because he never experienced it. …He never understood that people might just want to be around him and only want to make him happy.
Keep scrolling to meet the Rodman family:
Philander “Phil” and Shirley Rodman
The NBA icon was raised primarily by single mother Shirley after Phil left during his childhood. Phil and Shirley also shared their daughters, Debra and Kim.
Rodman and Phil broke up, and reunited in person in 1969 and 2012. (Phil lives in the Philippines.)
“It was amazing,” Phil told The Associated Press in 2012. “I'd been trying to meet him for years. He was great.” Then last night, boom, I met him. “I was really happy and very surprised.”
Rodman announced in September 2024 that his mother, Shirley, He died.
Alexis Rodman
Rodman became a father for the first time in 1988, welcoming daughter Alexis with his then-girlfriend Annie Peaks.
Alexis is married Robert Bonneville In August 2014, three years before welcoming his son Vincent.
“Wow, congratulations to my daughter Alexis and her husband on the birth of their first child: Vincent! I can’t believe it!” I'm a grandfather,” Rodman gushed X In June 2017.
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Dennis “DJ” Rodman Jr
Rodman and his ex-wife Michelle Moyer welcomed their first child together, son DJ, in April 2001.
Like his father, DJ is a basketball player and was on the University of Southern California team. Graduating in May 2024.
Trinity Rodman
Rodman and Moyer welcomed their youngest child in May 2002.
The trinity is Also an athleteplayed professional football for the Washington Spirit. She was on Team USA during the 2023 Women's World Cup and the 2024 Summer Olympics. During the Paris Olympics, Trinity and her teammates walked away from the team Gold Medal.
Trinity announced in May 2024 that She's dating Cleveland Browns athlete Trinity Benson.
