Comedian Rob Schneider has responded to his daughter, singer Elle King, saying she wants distance from him. In a discussion on a podcast, the country singer spoke about growing up with Schneider as a father. She also addressed his recent homophobic and transphobic comments.
Shortly afterward, Schneider publicly stated that he felt “terrible” when he heard what King said about him. Elle King spoke about growing up as the daughter to Rob Schneider In an Aug. 12 appearance on the Dumb Blonde podcast, King spoke about her childhood with Schneider.
“I was a really, really heavy child,” King said, per Yahoo! . “My dad sent me to fat camp. It was rough and I got in trouble one year because I sprained my ankle and I didn’t lose any weight.
It’s very toxic and very silly.” She added that she spent time on film sets with him growing up. While this could have been exciting for her, she said the experience was stressful.
“I would just get lost in the shuffle,” she said. “If I ever messed up a shot, or if an arm was in the camera, or I was talking, I would get in f***ing trouble.” King also addressed Schneider’s anti-LGBTQ comments.
This summer, a crowd roundly booed him during a charity event for his remarks about transgender people, vaccines, and women. He also criticized the Olympic opening ceremony for depicting an ancient Greek Bacchanal. Schneider believed the ceremony was recreating the Last Supper with drag queens and claimed the ceremony “openly celebr.