Dennis Rodman’s Dating History: Madonna, Carmen Electra and More

As one of the greatest rebounders ever to play in the NBA, Dennis Rodman made the tabloids just as often as he made SportsCenter. Known as a magnet for controversy, Rodman, now 63, had well-publicized romances with Madonna, Carmen Electra and more.

And with every confirmed relationship Rodman has had with an A-list celebrity, there seems to be another rumored fling.

Though best known as a member of the Chicago Bulls from 1995 to 1998, Rodman also played a season with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1999, during which time he said he dated Jeanie Buss, who is now the team’s owner. Buss has refuted that, saying her father, then-owner Jerry Buss, tasked her with keeping Rodman out of trouble, and their relationship went no further than that.

Rodman was also tied to Toni Braxton and Vivica Fox, though both have also denied dating the basketball legend.

Keep reading for everyone that Rodman has actually had a relationship with.

Annie Bakes

Rodman and model Annie Bakes began dating in 1987 and married in 1992. Though their marriage lasted just 82 days, it was marred by accusations of abuse and infidelity. The two share daughter, Alexis Rodman, 36.

Madonna

Rodman had a brief but very public relationship with Madonna in 1994 while he was playing for the San Antonio Spurs.

Since the two split, Rodman has been forthcoming about the relationship, detailing their sex life and insisting that she once offered him $20 million to impregnate her.

“We never had any problems. It was one of the easiest relationships I’d ever been in,” Rodman wrote in his 1996 memoir, Bad As I Wanna to Be.

Rodman later claimed he ended the relationship because he did not want to be the pop legend’s “boy-toy.”

Carmen Electra

Rodman and Electra began dating in 1998 and married later that year in Las Vegas. Nine days after their wedding, Rodman filed annulment papers. They later reconciled but ultimately divorced in 1999.

Their relationship came back into the public light when the 2020 docuseries The Last Dance aired on ESPN, chronicling the Bulls’ 1998 championship season. During the 1998 NBA Finals, Rodman unexpectedly left the team to party with Electra in Vegas for 48 hours.

“One thing about Dennis: he had to escape,” she said in the series. “He liked to go out, he liked to go to clubs. We’d go to his favorite restaurant, then we’d go to a nightclub, then we’d go to after-hours. It didn’t stop.”

When Rodman didn’t return to the team, the Bulls sent none other than Michael Jordan to Las Vegas to retrieve him.

Michelle Moyer

Rodman and Moyer met in 1999 and married in 2003. They share two kids together, son Dennis Rodman Jr., 23, and daughter Trinity Rodman, 22.

The couple decided not to live together during their marriage, instead opting to live two miles apart.

“We won’t live together. I like it like that. She and the kids come over on weekends,” Rodman told the Los Angeles Times in 2003.

Though Moyer filed for divorce in 2004, the two reconciled before their marriage ended for good in 2012. After their divorce, news broke that Rodman was headed to court for unpaid child support and spousal support totaling $860,376. Though he could have faced a 20-day jail sentence, Rodman ultimately got 104 hours of community service and three years of informal probation.

Alicia Douvall

Rodman dated the model and reality TV personality Douvall in 2004 while he was still married to Moyer. Douvall later claimed the two were even engaged, which Rodman denied.

Douvall, also known for her numerous plastic surgeries, later had a much-publicized relationship with Simon Cowell, with whom she claimed she “ended up doing it 11 times in one night.”

Yella Yella

Rodman has been dating Yella Yella since 2022 when they first appeared together in a video posted to the singer’s Instagram account. In 2023, Rodman got a black-and-white tattoo of her face on his right cheek, explaining to TMZ, “I thank her for loving me the way I am, and that’s why I did it for her.”