The Final Dance is perhaps primarily about Michael Jordan and basketball, however the ESPN docuseries has given viewers a variety of perception into Dennis Rodman — and his relationship with Carmen Electra.
Rodman, now 58, and Electra, now 48, first received collectively within the late ‘90s when he was on the Chicago Bulls. After a number of months of relationship — and partying — the twosome eloped throughout an evening out in Las Vegas in November 1998, not lengthy after Electra’s mom died of a deadly mind tumor.
“I used to be simply going by the motions. I used to be utterly numb. On the time, I used to be relationship Dennis Rodman,” the actress later recalled to Glamour journal. “He was such a enjoyable individual to be round, and we went out each night time. I keep in mind pondering, that is my out. I’m simply going to have enjoyable, and I’m not going to fret about something. Proper after my mother and sister died, I flew to Las Vegas and Dennis and I received married. I assume I used to be making an attempt to cling to no matter I had. I’d misplaced my mother and my sister; I didn’t need to lose anybody else.”
Rodman and Electra’s marriage was over lower than a yr after their shock nuptials.
“We have been married for about 5 months,” she instructed the journal. “Once I began going by some actually arduous occasions with Dennis, I grew to become hooked on feeling that ache as an alternative of coping with my emotions about my mother and sister.”
Electra additionally mirrored on their romance throughout a 2014 interview, calling their marriage “the worst.”
“Our relationship was very passionate. When it was good, it was superb,” she mentioned. “And when it was unhealthy, it was the worst. … [The marriage] occurred so quick. It was so spontaneous, and I keep in mind proper after, ‘Oh god, what did we do?’”
Whereas Rodman and Electra’s break up actually made headlines on the time, followers realized extra in regards to the athlete on and off the court docket in The Final Dance, which premiered on ESPN on April 19. The Baywatch alum has subsequently performed interviews about their romance because the 10-episode sequence airs two episodes each Sunday night.
“We had a blast, and this wild love, however we had a variety of arduous occasions, too. Quite a lot of struggles,” Electra instructed the Related Press, noting that watching the doc has helped her recognize their relationship. “It doesn't matter what, I’ll all the time want him the most effective.”
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