Dennis Rodman is a retired American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association for the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Dallas Mavericks. Rodman was born in New Jersey, United States, on May 13, 1961.

Rodman was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the son of Shirley and Philander Rodman, Jr., an Air Force enlisted member, who later fought in the Vietnam War. When he was young, his father left his family, eventually settling in the Philippines. Rodman has many brothers and sisters: according to his father, he has either 26 or 28 siblings on his father’s side. However, Rodman has stated that he is the oldest of a total of 47 children.

When the two met, Madonna, locked Rodman in her hotel room and said, “I’m not letting you out.” He said he thought her music “sucked” and refused to call her Madonna, instead referring to her as “Tita.

Rodman and Madonna dated in 1994 sources sometimes place the relationship later, but 1994 appears to be the relevant time period, per his 30 for 30 episodes. The two only dated for two months, Dennis would explain that the pressure of being under the spotlight for being Madonna’s partner was too much for him and that played a big role in their breakup.