Congratulations Are Pouring In For Soccer Star Trinity Rodman
03/18/2025 09:55 AM
Congratulations are pouring in for longtime U.S. women's soccer star Trinity Rodman.
Rodman, who is the daughter of former NBA star Dennis Rodman, is dating a professional athlete. The NWSL star is dating men's tennis player Ben Shelton. The happy couple "hard launched" their relationship on social media late on Monday evening.
Shelton, 22, hard launched the relationship in a series of photos on Instagram on Monday night.
"I been focused, but I'm steady climbin', I'm nowhere near my peak," he announced.
Congratulations are pouring in for Trinity Rodman and Ben Shelton following their relationship announcement.
"OMG TRINITY?!?!?! I HAVE NO ONE TO TALK TO ABOUT THIS," one fan wrote.
"Hard launch 🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻," one fan added.
"SHUT UPPPPP. TRINITYYYY💔," one fan added.
"Love this journey for you 😍," another fan added.
"OMGGGG YESS SO PROUDDD," one fan added.
Rodman, who has starred for the United States at the Olympics and World Cup, has been open about her strained relationship with her father, the longtime NBA star.
"I think in terms of the dad situation — in terms of what I've filtered and what I've talked about — I feel like me and my brother have been very generous with the way that we've talked about it and very unselfish," she said.
Trinity Rodman has said that she rarely sees her father. She doesn't see him as a parent.
"Even now, I'm trying to be honest about it, and I'm still giving him sympathy," she said. "Which is frustrating for me because in reality, I think he's an extremely selfish human being. I think everything has always been about him."
Rodman has previously posted about her relationship on social media.
"This last game was an extremely emotional one. Yes Dennis rodman showed up to an Nwsl game, but also my dad, after YEARS surprised me at a big game in my career, I was shocked, overwhelmed, happy, sad, everything. My dad doesn't play a big role in my life at all and most people don't know that, we don't see eye to eye on many things," she wrote in 2021.
"I go months if not years without his presence or communication. Being in spotlights has been hard for us, him and me. We don't have the best relationship, but at the end of the day he's human I'm human… he's my dad, and I'm his little girl that will never change. I will improve and look forward everyday as I hope he does."
Rodman appears to be happy with Shelton, which is all that matters.
