As Rodman Illustrated Sports said , “If you ranked the 10 most identifiable people on the planet, it would be number 5. I come in right after God, Jesus, Muhammad Ali and Barack Obama. But remove the bodyguards and entourage from the top four, and put them on a busy street in New York City, and I bet nobody would recognize any of them. ‘
He may or may not be right, but one thing is certain: Rodman is less known for another role he plays: father of three children. Let’s take a closer look at Rodman’s adventures in parenthood.
Dennis Rodman’s antics shocked his children
Ilya S. Savenok / Getty ImagesDennis Rodman’s love life was a hot topic at its peak. The NBA star claims Madonna once took him from Las Vegas, where he was playing, to New York City, where he was ovulating, hoping to father a little one. That didn’t work, but Rodman had three children from other relationships.
Daughter Alexis was born to his first wife, supermodel Annie Bakes, in 1988. They divorced in the early 1990s. He and Michelle Rodman (nee Moyer) had a son, Dennis Jr. (aka DJ) in 2000, and a daughter Trinity in 2001. Moyer and Rodman married in 2003. She filed for divorce in 2004, but the separation was not possible. t ended until 2012. At one point, Rodman faced possible imprisonment of more than $ 800,000 in unpaid child and spousal support, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Dennis Rodman’s antics allegedly affected his children. After he was suspended for kicking a cameraman in 1997, his first ex-wife, Annie Bakes, told the Chicago Tribune that her daughter, who was just 8 at the time, also had to seek counseling for anger management. . “Alexis shows a lot of anger right now and is holding against me that she left Dennis,” Bakes said, claiming that his daughter “hit a girl when they were playing basketball and then said, ‘Well, Daddy does it.’ »
Dennis Rodman wants to be a good father
Andrew H. Walker / Getty ImagesFinancial problems, substance abuse, and family history have played a role in Dennis Rodman’s parenting journey, but the hall of fame player claims he wants to improve. “He says he yearns to be the father he never had,” ESPN reported, despite the fact that he has been absent for much of their lives.
“We all have demons …” Dennis told ESPN during a very emotional interview in 2019. He said his biggest demon has been “trying to convince me that I’m a good father.” He admitted: “It is very difficult for me to try to break that cycle” that began during his childhood. «
Fortunately, everyone seems to be much better today. Alexis (pictured right) is now over thirty years old and working as an actress. In the 30 for 30 ESPN episode titled ” Dennis Rodman: For Good or For Bad “, she calls her father a “beautiful person”. The DJ is following in his father’s basketball footsteps as a forward for the Washington State Cougars. Trinity also assists Washington State and plays soccer. Seattle Times was “billed as the best high school in the country.”
While they might have had a tumultuous childhood witnessing their father’s ups and downs in public view, it appears Dennis Rodman and his children are doing well and forging a bright future.
See this post on Instagram
Dennis Rodman hopes to inspire all children
Phillip Faraone / Getty ImagesDennis Rodman not only aspires to be a good father to his children, but also hopes to be an inspiration to all children. “More than anything, I just want today’s young children to understand, no matter what you do in life, to be different, rich or poor, guess what, it’s okay to be who you are and you will be accepted,” Rodman said of his book. Child of 2013, Dennis the Wild Bull, in conversation with ESPN
Written alongside Dustin Warburton, the work tells the story of Dennis, a bull who is “captured far from his family and forced to live with other bulls in a rodeo.” And “although he is nothing like them, they come to accept him and he befriends them.”
The sweetest part of this adventure? Dennis mentioned how two of his sons are on the cover of the book, illustrated as little bulls. Aww .
