Basketball Bad Boy Dennis Rodman Meets His Father After 42 Years of Separation

Basketball Bad Boy Dennis Rodman Meets His Father After 42 Years of Separation

Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman finally met his father named Philander Rodman, who left Dennis' mother 48 years ago. The former Spurs, Pistons, Lakers, Bulls and Mavericks forward had not seen his father for 42 years until recently when a barnstorming team of which Dennis is a member stumbled in Manila Philippines. Surprisingly, Dennis agreed to a short meeting with his father.

Philander Rodman Jr., who has acknowledged having 29 children by 16 different mothers, confesses he was surprised, yet happy, that his famous son finally agreed to meet him.  According to him, he tried to meet his popular basketball player son during a game in Manila in 2006, yet in vain.

Dennis Rodman’s father has been living in Manila for more than 50 years.  He wanted to explain to his son that he didn’t mean to abandon his family in the United States.  However, father and son only had time for greetings and handshakes.

During the brief encounter, Dennis clearly suffers from incredible shyness and social anxiety and kept his sunglasses on and the discussion was brief.

AP mentioned that Rodman's father currently runs a small business called Rodman's Rainbow Obamaburger in the Philippines. Dennis Rodman probably wouldn't take too happily to Philander's assertion that he is Dennis' "long lost dad.” Philander wasn't lost, he was just gone. And it seems that neither father nor son minded much.

Posted by Andre Monohan on Friday July 20 2012, 4:17 AM EST. Ref: Yahoo. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0