Country singer Elle King went on Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast, and she did not hold back on her fraught relationship with her dad, Rob Schneider. Read on for the latest updates, including Rob’s “apology†to his daughter.
Elle King to dad, “Get fucked.â€
August 11, 2024: Elle King wants us all to know her dad, Rob Schneider, is not a big part of her life. “I go four or five years without talking to my dad,†she said. King lived with her mother and stepfather in Ohio for most of her childhood. “If I would ever spend a summer with my dad it would be on a movie set,†she said. “I would just get lost in the shuffle. If I ever messed up a shot, if I ever was talking, I would get in fucking trouble.â€
King says that she and Schneider didn’t really connect until she was an adult. Part of this was because, according to her, she was a “really, really heavy child.†She claims Schneider sent her to fat camp as a kid, and was angry the summer she sprained her ankle and thus didn’t lose weight: “Very toxic and very silly.â€
Elle King also took pains to distance herself politically from the MAGA-fied Schneider. “You’re talking out of your ass and you’re talking shit about drag and, you know, anti-gay rights and it’s like ‘Get fucked,†she said. “I want to use this opportunity to say that I disagree. I do not agree with what he says.â€
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Rob Schneider to daughter, “I don’t take anything personally.â€
August 14, 2024: Rob Schneider addressed his daughter on the Tucker Carlson Network Wednesday (as reported by Deadline). She’s probably not a subscriber, Rob. Schneider apologized to Elle King for not being a good dad. “I wanna just tell my daughter, Elle, I love you and I wish I was the father in my 20s that you needed,†he said. “And clearly I wasn’t and I hope you can forgive me for my shortcomings. I love you completely. I love you entirely and I just want you to be well and happy — you and your beautiful baby, Lucky. I wish you the best. I feel terrible and I just want you to know that I don’t take anything you say personally.†This is very counter to what King said on Dumb Blonde. She said that, when press started asking her about her dad, Schneider called her “And he was like ‘Don’t fucking talk about me in the press!’â€