Dennis Rodman Wife

Searching for “Dennis Rodman wife” brings up an odd answer: there is no single wife to name.Dennis Rodman walked down the aisle three times, and not one of those marriages made it past the divorce courts. One ended in under three months, one fell apart within days of the wedding, and one dragged on for years before it was finally closed.

This guide goes through the three marriages in order, with dates, children and what each outlet reported. We name the outlet for every fact, and we point out where reports do not match. We stick to what major outlets published and what the people involved said publicly. For more family-centered celebrity stories, see our John Lennon children guide or browse the Celebrity category.

Quick Facts

• Number of marriages: three, per Yahoo and Hello.
• First wife: Annie Bakes, married 1992; Hello and Yahoo both say the marriage lasted 82 days.
• Second wife: Carmen Electra, married in Las Vegas in November 1998; divorced in spring 1999, per Yahoo.
• Third wife: Michelle Moyer, married 2003; divorced 2012.
• Children: Alexis (born 1988, with Annie Bakes), D.J. (born April 2001) and Trinity (born May 2002), both with Michelle Moyer.
• Current status: Hola, in January 2026, calls rapper Yella Yella his girlfriend. It reports no engagement.

1. Annie Bakes: The First Wife

Annie Bakes was Rodman’s first wife. Yahoo reports that the two began dating in 1987 and married in September 1992. Their daughter Alexis was born in September 1988, before the wedding. Yahoo adds that People reported a brief breakup in 1989, so the early years were on and off.

The marriage itself was short. Both Yahoo and Hello say it lasted 82 days. Neither gives an exact divorce date. Distractify, writing about Bakes’s appearance on Pawn Stars, calls the split a roughly one-year affair that ended in 1993, which does not match the 82-day figure (more on that below).

Bakes later became part of a small viral moment. Distractify says she brought four signed Rodman jerseys to the Pawn Stars shop, hoping to raise money toward her daughter’s college costs. The shop’s expert valued them at $6,500, she had hoped for $8,000 to $10,000, and Chumlee ended up paying $4,300 for the lot. Distractify notes a YouTube comment claiming the expert later bought the jerseys for $9,000, but the site did not verify it, and neither do we.

2. Carmen Electra: A Marriage Counted in Days

Carmen Electra is the best-known name on the list. Yahoo says the pair met in 1998 and married in Las Vegas that November. Rodman is quoted as saying he loved Electra and was proud to be married to her.

It did not hold. Yahoo reports that nine days after the wedding, papers were filed to annul the marriage, with Electra’s publicist saying the two had mutually agreed to end it. They then reconciled for a time and divorced in spring 1999.

One story from that period is widely repeated. During the 1998 NBA Finals, Yahoo says, Rodman left his team for about 48 hours to visit Electra in Las Vegas, and Michael Jordan flew there to bring him back.

Electra looked back on the marriage in 2026. ABC6 reports that on the Legally Goff podcast she said Rodman was loving but was drinking heavily and constantly, that keeping up with him and his friends became too much, and that she did not recognize herself in the mirror. She said she realized “it’s got to stop,” and also called it “real love.” The article was published on May 28, 2026. ABC6 does not give the air date of the podcast.

3. Michelle Moyer: The Longest Marriage

Michelle Moyer is the mother of Rodman’s two younger children. Yahoo says they met in 1999. Their son D.J. was born in April 2001 and their daughter Trinity in May 2002. According to the Los Angeles Times, as cited by Yahoo, the couple married in 2003 on Rodman’s 42nd birthday.

The marriage did not settle down. Yahoo and Hello both say Moyer filed for divorce in 2004. The two kept trying to reconcile for years, and the divorce was finalized in 2012.

Money was a sore point afterward. Yahoo cites a March 2012 Los Angeles Times report that Rodman could face jail time over unpaid child and spousal support, with a court commissioner saying he could serve 20 days if he did not pay more than $800,000 to Moyer. That is a report of a court hearing, and we do not know how it was later resolved.

4. The Children Behind the Marriages

Rodman has three children, and the wives’ stories are tied to theirs.

Alexis. Hello says Alexis, born in 1988, is largely private. It reports that she has been married to Robert Bunfill for about ten years and that they have a son, Vincent, born in 2017.

D.J. Hello says D.J. played college basketball.

Trinity. Hello describes Trinity as a soccer player picked second overall by the Washington Spirit in 2021, who has played for the U.S. Women’s National Team and is described as an Olympic gold medalist.

Trinity has also been open about her relationship with her father in public. Hello reports that on a podcast she described him as “a person” and said “He’s not a dad,” adding that he was controlling about money after the divorce and that her childhood included a period of frequent parties. Hello then says Rodman posted an Instagram apology, writing “Sorry I wasn’t the Dad you wanted me to be,” and that he still wants to repair the relationship. Hello publishes these as her accounts, not as proven facts. Its December 2024 article calls the relationship strained, and we could not find anything newer from a reliable outlet.

5. Not Married but Still Famous: Madonna and Yella Yella

Two other names show up often with “Dennis Rodman wife,” though neither was a wife.

Madonna. Yahoo says the two dated briefly in 1994 for a few months. It quotes Rodman’s 1996 memoir Bad As I Wanna Be: “We never had any problems. It was one of the easiest relationships I’d ever been in.” It adds that, in a 1996 interview, he said it ended because he did not want to be seen as “Madonna’s Playboy, her boy-toy.”

Yella Yella. Hola, in January 2026, says Rodman’s girlfriend is rapper Yella Yella. The couple has been together since 2022, it says, and they have a joint YouTube channel. In July 2023 Rodman got a tattoo of her face, and a month later another one with the caption “Always By My Side,” as reported by Hola, which cites TMZ Sports. The Hola headline asks whether he might marry, but the piece reports no engagement or wedding plans.

The Three Marriages at a Glance

Wife	Married	Ended	Children
Annie Bakes	September 1992	82 days later	Alexis (1988)
Carmen Electra	November 1998	Spring 1999	None reported
Michelle Moyer	2003	2012	D.J. (2001), Trinity (2002)

Read side by side, the shortest marriages came first and the longest came last. That pattern is our own observation, not something an outlet said.

Where the Sources Disagree

• How long the first marriage lasted. Yahoo and Hello both say 82 days. Distractify says the pair split about a year after marrying and that it ended in 1993. These could describe different points in the process, since a separation and a final divorce are not the same date.
• Carmen Electra’s annulment. Yahoo says papers were filed nine days after the wedding. Hello says they filed about a week later. Sportskeeda says Electra filed for divorce in 1999. These may describe two separate filings, because the couple reconciled in between.
• Who the “second wife” is. Yahoo’s children piece refers to Moyer as the third wife without naming the second. Other outlets name Carmen Electra as wife number two.
• Claims we left out. Sportskeeda repeats allegations from Annie Bakes about the marriage that it says were never confirmed, and one report of an arrest in Miami during the Electra marriage. We left them out because they rest on one source and involve private details.
• Moyer’s exact wedding date. Yahoo, citing the Los Angeles Times, says 2003 on his birthday. Hello and Sportskeeda give only the year. We use the year, and mention the birthday only as Yahoo reported it.
• Sources we skipped. Many low-quality sites rank for this keyword with copied text, invented headings and no sources. We did not use them.

FAQ

How many times has Dennis Rodman been married? Three times, according to Yahoo and Hello.

Who was Dennis Rodman’s first wife? Annie Bakes. They married in 1992, and Hello and Yahoo say it lasted 82 days.

Was Dennis Rodman married to Carmen Electra? Yes. Yahoo says they married in Las Vegas in November 1998 and divorced in spring 1999.

Who is Michelle Moyer? Rodman’s third wife and the mother of D.J. and Trinity. They divorced in 2012, per Yahoo and Hello.

Who is Dennis Rodman’s wife now? He is not reported to be married. Hola, in January 2026, calls Yella Yella his girlfriend and reports no engagement.

Did Dennis Rodman date Madonna? Yes, briefly in 1994, according to Yahoo.

How many children does Rodman have? Three: Alexis, D.J. and Trinity, per Yahoo and Hello.

Final Thoughts

Dennis Rodman’s three marriages were short, loud and public, and the longest of them took nearly a decade to close. The people closest to the story, including Carmen Electra and his daughter Trinity, have described the same man in very different ways, and they have the right to speak for themselves. If you enjoy family-centered life stories, read our John Lennon children guide or head to the Celebrity category for more.

Sources: Yahoo: Dennis Rodman’s 3 Kids · Yahoo: Dennis Rodman’s Dating History · Hello! Magazine · ABC6: Carmen Electra · Sportskeeda · Distractify · Hola