CANT GET NO MORE RANDOM THAN THIS
Dennis Rodman's dad has 27 kids and runs bar in the Philippines
Philander Rodman Jr., the father of Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman, lives in Angeles City, Philippines, and is the father of 27 children by four different wives, "and extracurricular activities," he boasts in the Washington Post.
He abandoned Dennis and his mother Shirley when Dennis was 3 and hasn't seen him since. Philander, a Vietnam vet who spent 17 years in the Air Force, ran off with a military chaplain's daughter in 1970.
His second marriage lasted until 1977, during which Philander Rodman III, now playing basketball for the University of Idaho, was born.
Philander Jr. recalled when he was abandoned by his father, Philander Rodman Sr., when he was 6. The elder Philander Rodman left his family in Memphis and moved north to Chicago in search of opportunity.
"I used to hate my father. I thought he deserted us," Philander said in the Post.
Dennis has expressed similar dislike for his father in his book Bad As I Wanna Be.
"I haven't seen my father in more than 30 years, so what's there to miss," Dennis writes. "I just look at it like this: Some man brought me into this world. That doesn't mean I have a father."
Because of Dennis' international stardom, Philander, who runs a bar, is being sought by members of the press. And he bursts with pride in talking about his famous son.
Philander said he watches all the Bulls games that he can overseas.
Philander, who has 15 of his children living with him, said he spends more time with them. But he looks forward to the day that his eldest son faces him eye-to-eye.
"I think he'll understand one day," Philander said of his abandoning Dennis. "I hope so anyway. I hope he'll come around."