2023-05-13 11:59:24
Whether on the court or off, Dennis Rodman was a character in his own right in the 80s and 90s and he is still as crazy today. A large number of escapades are to be credited to the Worm, including this famous story of the… wedding dress.
Colorful haircuts, piercings and tattoos in abundance, trip to Las Vegas in the middle of the regular season, incredible friendship with the head of state of North Korea Kim Jong II, reality TV shows, very short marriages and adventures with famous personalities… The list is very long and not exhaustive. But that’s not what we’re going to talk regarding today regarding the five-time NBA champion (twice with the Pistons in 1989 and 1990, and three times with the Bulls in 1996, 1997 and 1998). Today, we are going to tell the day when Dennis Rodman showed up at a signing session… in a wedding dress, for his autobiography “Bad as I wanna be”, in French “Plus més, tu meurs”, published in 1996. He had previously announced that he wanted to settle down and get married.
In 1996 Dennis Rodman famously announced he was marrying himself. He was paid $10m by the wedding dress designer for the stunt! #nba #TheLastDance #ChicagoBulls pic.twitter.com/pL0khN49Q4
— sportsammo (@sportsammo) April 28, 2020
One fine day in 1996, when the Bulls dynasty was in full swing, Rodman went to a Barnes & Noble (an American bookstore) in New York to have his recent book signed there. But the Worm took care to go there dressed in a wedding dress and pulled by a carriage, we understand better all of a sudden. An idea he got from a certain Howard Stern who did the same for the publication of one of his books. Dennis Rodman then announced that he was bisexual and wanted to “marry himself”. His sexual orientation, which he describes as “free”, also takes a certain place in this autobiography, whereas at the time this subject was even more taboo than today. In the past, the 1990 and 1991 DPOY has married 3 times. The first time in 92 with Annie Bakes, with whom he has a child, the second time in 1998 with the star Carmen Electra, and the third time with Michelle Moyer, with whom he had two children in 2003. He also had a affair with Madonna. This aspect of Dennis Rodman’s life has always been unbridled and he fully assumes it.
For anecdote, Rodman received 10 million dollars from the designer of the dress (which was made in France) to show it on 5th Avenue in the Big Apple. Moreover, it is a way for the player to externalize a facet of his personality, which he may have missed in his youth, when we know that his mother kicked him out at 18, even having changed the locks to be sure that the terrible child does not return. Dennis Rodman also contributed to democratizing the fact of assuming oneself as one is, and of not worrying regarding the gaze of others. Rapper Lil Nas X was most likely able to count on “Rodzilla” to assert himself in the same way, he who also appeared in a wedding dress on Twitter.
Lil Nas X – THATS WHAT I WANT pic.twitter.com/9N3bjHBPy7
— pussy (@LilNasX) September 18, 2021
Dennis Rodman inspires beyond basketball and even more globally in culture. He who is much more than a simple retired basketball player, he is a real character of popular culture, almost a rockstar. Promoting her book in a wedding dress got a lot of reaction, and that was probably her goal. By assuming himself in this way, he is a precursor for each person… who doesn’t give a damn regarding the opinion of others.
Sources texte : CNN, Clutch Points, The Sports Rush, Fadeaway World, Republic World
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