In 1998, Dennis Rodman met the woman he described in his 2005 book, “I Should Be Dead Right Now,” as “the love of my life.” It wasn’t love at first sight, but by the end of the evening Carmen Electra was “sitting in (his) lap.” Rodman described getting to know her: “Carmen is a talking machine, and we were talking, talking, talking.” From there, Rodman chased Electra. In the documentary “The Last Dance,” (via NBC Sports), Electra spoke on the relationship: “We exchanged numbers and he would call and call and call … Finally, one day I picked up the phone and he invited me to come hang out with him and I went for it.”
She went on to say, “We fell for each other pretty fast.” That’s one way of putting it! Within weeks, People revealed their Las Vegas ceremony on November 30, 1998. Rodman’s sister Debra was quoted by People saying, “I know he cares for her really deeply. When he’s with her he’s happy.” Amid the media uproar and statements from his agent, Dwight Manley, suggesting that the marriage wasn’t legally binding, Rodman made a statement, saying, “I love Carmen and am proud to be married to her.”
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But it wasn’t meant to last. Rodman would file for an annulment nine days later. The annulment was allegedly mutual, per Electra’s publicist (via People). They would get back together briefly and finally divorce in April 1999, per Essentially Sports.
