Episode three of the 1997-98 ESPN 10-part documentary series focused on the Chicago Bulls, The Last Dance, presented by Dennis Rodman. Even his ex-wife Carmen Electra seemed to tell an epic story about Michael Jordan popping up in Rodman’s apartment to drag him into practice after a midseason trip to Las Vegas (via NBC Sports )
Honestly, there could have been ten more episodes dedicated to Rodman’s stories. In 1998, he and Electra were married in a ceremony in Las Vegas, according to ABC News . In a 1999 interview with the Chicago Tribune , Electra denied rumors that they were receiving an annulment. He also commented on the fact that the couple lived separately, saying: “It gives us time to miss each other. I think if we were together every day we would be nervous.
The couple divorced the same year, but the short-lived marriage marked a very significant chapter in their lives. In 2014, ABC News reported that Electra and Rodman were reunited shortly after their mother passed away. Electra admitted, “I have just entered self-destruction.” She went on to explain, “It was fun. I started drinking. People couldn’t understand why they loved him. Because he had a reputation for being a bad boy. What I saw at the beginning was a kind of gentle giant ».
Of her marriage, she admitted: “It happened so fast and I remember right afterwards I felt, ‘Oh God, what did we do? What did we just do? ‘ After describing their relationship as “very passionate,” she said, “When it was good, it was incredible. When it was bad, it was the worst.
Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra had a wild relationship
Steve W. Grayson / Getty ImagesJason Hehir, the director of The Last Dance, shared some stories from Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra that didn’t make it to the documentary. According to Illustrated Sports, Hehir said, “His first date, she told me: They are driving in their truck and he gets on the highway the wrong way and starts driving in traffic on the highway.” That is an interesting omen for a relationship. Even the way they met was quite strange. Electra took off her coat at a bar and Rodman refused to return it unless she ate at a restaurant with him and his friends.
Hehir commented, “There are so many little things that we couldn’t fit into this.” Only with Rodman would it be considered a “little thing” to drive on the wrong side of the road.
That was not his only “exciting” date. Electra spoke about another during an April 2024 interview with the Los Angeles Times. She started, “One day when the Bulls had a bad practice day, Dennis said he had a surprise for me.” After bandaging it and putting it on the back of their motorcycle, they ended up at the Chicago Bulls practice facility. She described the day as “crazy” and compared it to being “two children in a candy store.”
She recalled, “We were eating ice pops from the refrigerator and practically having sex all over the damn place, in the physical therapy room, in the weight room. Obviously on the court ».
Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra are on good terms
Frederick M. Brown, Frederick M. Brown / Getty ImagesThere didn’t seem to be any animosity between Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman when they discussed their relationship during ESPN’s Last Dance Documentary Series, but, as she said, their relationship was “very passionate.” It also ended fairly quickly.
However, they actually seem to be on pretty good terms these days. In addition to Electra’s willingness to participate in the documentary that serves as a possible indication that these two are great with each other, she also addressed her position during a 2016 interview with the Huffington Post . At some point shortly before the interview, the two of them were at the same party, leading many people to anticipate a big drama, but that was not the case.
Electra recalled: “There was a chaos with security, they thought it was going to be this big problem and this big problem.” She explained, “They said, ‘Do you want us to keep you separate?’ and I said, ‘no!’ «It ended well between the two exes. Then ex-Mrs. Rodman revealed, “We talked for five minutes, we caught up a little bit and that was it, and it was nice.” He also added: “I have worried about him for all these years and it was great to hear that he sounded like he was in a decent place.”
While their union was short-lived, it will live forever in history, entertaining both Chicago Bulls fans and pop culture enthusiasts until the end of time.
