Elle King spoke candidly about her complicated relationship with her father Rob Schneider.
The 35-year-old Ex’s & Oh’s hitmaker called the former Saturday Night Live cast member, 60, “not nice” when she criticized him for his controversial comments about the LGTBQ+ community during her recent appearance on Bunnie XO’s Dumb Blonde Podcast.
“I don’t agree with a lot of what he says,” the singer said of Schneider in a clip from the episode. “You’re talking nonsense and you’re talking nonsense about drag and, you know, anti-gay rights. And then it’s like, go to hell.”
King said she “hasn’t spoken to the comedian in four or five years” and admitted she “doesn’t want to be associated” with him in any way.
“He’s just not nice,” she added. “You can want to change someone so much. You can’t control other people’s actions and you can’t control other people’s feelings. The only thing you can control is how you react and what you do with your feelings.”
Elle King Opens Up About Her Complicated Relationship With Her Father Rob Schneider
The 35-year-old Ex’s & Oh’s hitmaker called the former Saturday Night Live cast member, 60, “not nice” when she criticized him for his controversial comments about the LGTBQ+ community during her recent appearance on Bunnie XO’s Dumb Blonde podcast; (Elle and Rob in 2009)
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Elle grew up in Ohio with her mother, London King, and stepfather Justin Tesa. She said she reconnected with Rob as an adult after a strained childhood relationship.
In her younger years, Elle rarely spent time with Rob on film sets, where she often felt overlooked amid the chaos.
“I would just disappear into the crowd,” she explained. “If I ever messed up a shot, if I ever talked, I would be in f****** trouble.”
King recalled at the time: “My dad forgot every birthday. I spent my 18th birthday at summer school and they brought me cupcakes and when I came home, my dad forgot my birthday.”
A major disagreement between King and Schneider concerned her appearance, particularly her weight and tattoos.
“I was a really, really heavy kid. My dad sent me to a fat camp. And then I got into trouble for a year because I twisted my ankle and I didn’t lose any weight,” she explained.
“Very toxic and very stupid,” she added.
“I had already started getting tattoos and it was 108 degrees. So I had to wear sweaters because my dad was very against tattoos or any form of self-expression.”
“I don’t agree with a lot of what he says,” the singer said of Schneider in a clip from the episode. “You’re talking out of your ass and you’re talking shit about drag and, you know, anti-gay rights. And then it’s like, get f*****”; (seen in 2013)
King said she hasn’t spoken to the comedian in “four or five years” and admitted she doesn’t want to be “associated” with him in any way; (seen June 2023)
“I was a really, really heavy kid. My dad sent me to a fat camp. And then I got in trouble for a year because I sprained my ankle and I didn’t lose any weight,” she explained; (seen on New Year’s Eve 2023)
In the edited clip, King revealed that she has exhaustively tried different approaches to repair her relationship with her father
In the edited clip, King says she has made several attempts to repair her relationship with her father.
‘I’ll try letters, I’ll try soft, I’ll try screaming. He’ll say something like, “Now look, you’re screaming.”‘
In 2018, King revealed to People that she had developed a closer bond with Schneider after the end of a tumultuous marriage and her struggles with drug abuse and mental health issues.
The current status of King and her father’s relationship remains uncertain, though they last appeared on stage together in public at Elle’s New Year’s Eve concert in Nashville.