Dennis Rodman, Who Openly Stated That He Only Has a Mom, Rejected His Father?s Efforts to Rekindle Their Bond: ?Never Received a Reply?

Dennis Rodman had a traumatic childhood growing up that made him unpredictable and a mystery as an adult. Back when Rodman was an infant, his father Philander Rodman Jr. left him and his mom to be with someone else. Growing up without a father, Rodman faced some critical challenges in his life and got involved in some bad company. However, basketball gave him an opportunity to leave behind his past and establish himself as one of the greatest legends of the game. Notably, Rodman ignored his father’s attempts to reunite with his long-lost son later on in life following his meteoric rise to fame.

In his 1996 autobiography ‘Bad as I Wanna Be’, Dennis Rodman claimed that he had not seen his father in thirty years. Therefore, he did not see a point in missing him. However, years after abandoning Dennis Rodman, his father claimed to have made efforts to reconnect with his son.

Rodman once rejected long-lost father’s reconciliation attempts

Back in 1996, Philander Rodman Jr. was living in the Philippines. He owned his own bar and had fathered 27 children. During an Interview with The Washington Post, Rodman’s father claimed that he constantly tried to reach out to his son via letters and faxes in an attempt to see his son again, but he ‘never received a reply’. Moreover, Philander claimed that he was fond of watching Dennis Rodman play during his time with the Chicago Bulls.

Further, Rodman’s father also clarified that he was not trying to reach his son for the sake of money. Philander Rodman Jr. stated,?“I don’t ever plan to ask him for anything. I didn’t make the money — that’s his money. I just like to look at [him] and say, That’s my son.”

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Dennis Rodman’s father revealed that he was proud of his son’s achievements on the court and expressed his desire to meet his son after being absent from his life for a long time. Fortunately for Philander Rodman Jr., he finally got an opportunity to see his son years later.

Dennis Rodman reunited with father after over 40 years

Dennis Rodman officially met his father for the first time since 1969 in 2012 when his basketball team traveled to the Philippines for an exhibition game. At the time, Philander Rodman Jr. had 29 children from 16 different women and ran a bar called Rodman’s Rainbow Obamaburger.?

During Rodman’s trip to Philippines, he finally decided to see his father after over 42 years. After meeting his son, Philander was thrilled to have seen Dennis after trying for so many years. He felt that the meeting was the ‘beginning of something new’.

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