US soccer star Trinity Rodman fires back at ESPN broadcast for unwanted father mentions during Wimbledon
United States women s national soccer star Trinity Rodman aired out selected things that were on her mind about the attention she s been receiving for supporting boyfriend Ben Shelton at Wimbledon this month One of them included not appreciating the ESPN broadcast for bringing up her father the polarizing ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman Trinity wrote an Instagram Story on Monday where she declared she didn't like her personal life being discussed at Wimbledon which came during the fourth-round match between Shelton and Lorenzo Sonego CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM For Ben s matches he has his family there as his promotion system which includes his dad my dad s not even in MY life no need to bring him up during HIS matches when I don t even want him talked about during mine Trinity wrote on her story It s him and his loved ones moment Thank you thumbs up emoji Trinity also seemingly called out the ESPN band for mispronouncing her unit BEN SHELTON USES WIMBLEDON BIG STAGE TO PLEA FOR SISTER TO GET MORE TIME OFF FROM MORGAN STANLEY JOB For those who don t know my name is TRINITY not Tiffany she mentioned with giggling emojis In December Trinity discussed her rocky relationship with her NBA-champion father who she is estranged from on the Call Her Daddy podcast She claimed that he was an absentee father as well as an alcoholic I lost hope in ever getting him back I answer the phone now for my conscience to be like He needed to hear my voice before anything happens Trinity disclosed at the time That s why I answer the phone not for me He s not a dad maybe by blood but nothing else Trinity also mentioned hope was lost after her father made a surprise appearance at her NWSL playoff challenge for the Washington Spirit in but never heard from him Trinity has been nursing a back injury while supporting Shelton in London where he is into the men s singles quarterfinals His toughest test of the tournament will come when he faces top-seeded Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals on Wednesday morning Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
