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Getty Images (2)As one of the greatest jumpers to ever play in the NBA, Dennis Rodman made the tabloids just as often as he did Sports center. Known as a magnet for controversy, Rodman, now 63, had highly publicized affairs with Madonna, Carmen Electra and more.
And with every confirmed relationship Rodman has had with an A-list celebrity, there seems to be another rumored relationship.
Although he is best known as a member of the Chicago Bulls from 1995 to 1998, Rodman also played a season with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1999, during which time he said he dated Jeanie Busswho now owns the team. Buss refuted this by saying his father, then owner Jerry Busstasked her with keeping Rodman out of trouble, and their relationship didn’t go any further than that.
Rodman was also tied with Toni Braxton and Vivica Foxthough both also denied dating the basketball legend.
Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Dennis Rodman has faced his inner “demons” about parenting over the years. “I think the one big demon that I have right now is trying to convince myself that I’m a good father,” Rodman said during an interview with ESPN in 2020. “It is very difficult for me to try to get out of this (…)
Read on for everyone Rodman has actually been in a relationship with.
Annie Bakes
Rodman and model Annie Bakes began dating in 1987. and married in 1992. Although their marriage lasted only 82 daysit was marred by allegations of abuse and infidelity. The two share daughter Alexis Rodman, 36.
Madonna
Rodman had a brief but very public relationship with Madonna in 1994 while playing for the San Antonio Spurs.
Since the two split, Rodman has been open about their relationship, detailing their sex life and insisting she once offered him $20 million to get her pregnant.
“We’ve never had any problems. It was one of the easiest relationships I’ve ever been in,” Rodman wrote in his 1996 memoir. Bad As I Wanna Be.
Rodman later claimed he ended the relationship because he didn’t want to be the pop legend’s “boy toy.”
Gabrielle Union, Ayesha Curry, Jordyn Woods and other stars have settled down with professional basketball players over the years. The Bring It On actress, for her part, met Dwyane Wade in 2007. at a Super Bowl party. They called it quits in early 2013. due to conflicting schedules and long-distance difficulties, but resumed (…)
Carmen Electra
Rodman and Electra began dating in 1998. and married later that year in Las Vegas. Nine days after their wedding, Rodman filed for annulment. They later reconciled but eventually divorced in 1999.
Their relationship returned to the public limelight when the 2020 docu-series The last dance aired on ESPN covering the Bulls’ 1998 championship season. During the 1998 NBA Finals. Rodman unexpectedly left the team to party with Elektra in Vegas for 48 hours.
“One thing about Dennis: He had to run,” she said on the series. “He liked to go out, he liked to go clubbing. We went to his favorite restaurant, then a nightclub, then after work. It didn’t stop.”
When Rodman didn’t return to the team, the Bulls sent no one else Michael Jordan to Las Vegas to pick it up.
Michelle Moyer
Rodman and Moyer met in 1999. and got married in 2003. They share two children together, son Dennis Rodman Jr., 23. and daughter Trinity Rodman22.
The couple decided not to live together during their marriage, choosing instead to live two miles apart.
“We will not live together. I like it that way. She and the kids come over on the weekends,” Rodman told the Los Angeles Times in 2003.
Although Moyer filed for divorce in 2004, the two reconciled before their marriage ended for good in 2012. After their divorce, news broke that Rodman was in court for unpaid child support and spousal support totaling $860,376. Although he could have received a sentence of 20 days in jail, Rodman ended up getting 104 hours of community service and three years of informal probation.
Trinity Rodman has ‘made it clear’ that dad Dennis Rodman is ‘not present’ in her life – but she’s finally ready to share the truth about their relationship. “He’s not a father,” Trinity, 22, explained during her Call Her Dad interview on Wednesday, Dec. 18. “Maybe by blood, but nothing else.” Dennis, 63, shares Trinity (…)
Alicia Duvall
Rodman dated model and reality TV personality Duvall in 2004 while still married to Moyer. Duvall later claimed that the two were even engaged, which Rodman denied.
Duvall, also known for her numerous plastic surgeries, later had a highly publicized relationship with Simon Cowell, with whom she claimed she “ended up doing it 11 times in one night.”
Yella Yella
Rodman has been dating Yella Yella since 2022, when they first appeared together in a video posted on the singer’s Instagram account. In 2023 Rodman got black and white a tattoo on her face on his right cheek, explaining to TMZ“Thanks to her for loving me the way I am, and that’s why I did it for her.”
