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Dennis Rodman’s girlfriend Yella Yella has revealed she was not the mastermind behind his insane new face tattoo – and she even tried to warn him off the idea.
Five-time NBA champion Rodman hit the headlines earlier this week when he revealed his bold new move, inking a portrait of his partner on his right cheek.
But rather than leaning into the idea, rapper Yella Yella claims she was not in favor, telling TMZ: ‘I actually told him not to do it. I’m like, “What’re you doing!”‘
She went on to add that while he was being inked, she called him ‘crazy’ and a ‘wild boy’.
Rodman, meanwhile, has stood firm amid the criticism and insists he is happy with the very bold decision.
Dennis Rodman chose a permanent way to express his love for girlfriend Yella Yella this week
The rapper insists it wasn’t her idea – and she was actively against the ink on his right cheekÂ
‘This is my last dance with a woman,’ he said. ‘She’s very lovely. And I thank her for loving me the way I am — and that’s why I did it for her.’
The 62-year-old retired athlete – who recently responded to online critics – was inked this week by tattoo artist Van Johnson, star of the reality series Black Ink Crew Chicago, who shared video footage.Â
He captioned the clip, ‘So I ain’t do too much today, cooled out at my townhome tattooed a living legend’s face of his woman on his face, that’s about it…. What y’all do?’Â
Many fans took to the comments to express dismay at the sight, with one person writing, ‘You should have tried to talk him outta that my G.’
Someone else added, ‘Great tattoo; concerned about Dennis, though.’Â
It comes after Rodman hit back at trolls who slammed him for wearing a skirt to a Pride event in Houston last month.
Dennis, who is known for his rule-breaking, gender-fluid style and for being a LGBTQ+ ally, wore a tiny green plaid skirt and a shirt with a graphic print of his face in rainbow colors.
Five-time champion Rodman attends an NBA game in Texas with Yella Yella back in April
Rodman is a flamboyant character best known for his time with Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls
Elsewhere on the black T-shirt was the phrase ‘Live and Love,’ which he wore proudly as he greeted fans at the event.
The star – who once wore a wedding dress to marry himself in 1996 – happily posed for photos with admirers – but faced a torrent of vitriolic comments as he shared a post from the affair.
The post was captioned: ‘Love will Always Win, Happy Pride #gaypride #loveislove #pridemonth.’
Clapping back at the backlash, the star shared a post showing his daring outfits throughout the years and wrote: ‘Do your research guys #beenhim.’
In his autobiography I Should Be Dead By Now, Rodman shared stories of his personal life, including how sex became a ‘job’ – such was the frequency with which he was sleeping with different women.
Nicknamed ‘The Worm,’ Rodman explained: ‘At that point in my life, I was having sex with a lot of different women. So many that, sometimes, it became a job.’
Meeting model Carmen Electra, though, briefly changed everything. The pair had a whirlwind relationship, and were even married for a short time, before getting divorced in 1999.
Rodman says sex became a ‘job’ to him, such was the frequency he was having it in his prime
‘With Carmen it was different. It was nice to be with someone waiting for the right time, right place, right time,’ Rodman penned.
Revealing the details of one specific date, he dished: ‘We went to eat sushi, we came home, we lay on the bed and we looked at each other and we talked, we talked, we talked.’
‘She was there four or five days, sleeping in my house, in my bed, and we never made love. It was something unreal,’ he marveled.
In an interview with Vice TV, he revealed the gruesome details of an injury he sustained while having sex on a boat.
‘It was in Dallas. My girlfriend at the time and I did everything,’ he said. ‘I ran and jumped on her and all of a sudden… Oh, blood everywhere. A white girl with blood everywhere. She yelled, “Oh my God, he’s dead, he’s dead! I’ve killed him!”
‘I said, “No, honey, I just broke my penis.'”
