Elle King is opening up about her strained relationship with her father, Rob Schneider. In a new interview with Bunnie XO about her relationship, stupid blonde The “Ex's and Oh's” singer said on a podcast episode that she went “four or five years without speaking to my dad,” where she criticized him for childhood trauma and his anti-LGBTQ stances.
“I don’t agree with a lot of the stuff he says,” King said. “You’re talking out of your ass and talking about crap about drag, you know, and gay rights. It’s like, ‘Go to hell.’” (She was referring to the comedian’s posts about the Olympics opening ceremony, which he claimed included “men hanging out with their penises.”)
King — who shared the stage with Schneider during a televised New Year's Eve concert in Nashville in December — said she doesn't “want to be associated” with the comedian because he's “not nice at all,” adding that she has no plans to repair her relationship with her father.
“You can want someone to change a lot. You can’t control anyone else’s actions and you can’t control people’s feelings,” she said. “All you can control is how you react and what you do with your feelings. And sometimes I get really angry and I get really upset and I get really angry.”
In the interview, King shared that she didn't speak to her father until she was “much older” and that she would “get lost in the middle of it all” when the two became He was Communication, and that Schneider would forget “every single birthday.”
She also claimed the comedian sent her to “fat camp” because she was a “really heavy kid.” “Then I got in trouble one year because I sprained my ankle and didn't lose any weight. It was so toxic and so ridiculous,” she said.
While he did not directly address King's comments, he posted a Bible verse on X and shared that he would be appearing on Tucker Carlson's podcast this week. “These things I have told you, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have troubles. But take heart! I have overcome the world,” he said, quoting the verse, and ending with “Love, Rob.”
