Carmen Electra describes exact moment she decided Dennis Rodman marriage had ‘to stop’

Carmen Electra said she ultimately decided to “stop” her marriage to Dennis Rodman because she was losing herself. “It was just too hard to continue to keep up with him…

Carmen Electra said she ultimately decided to “stop” her marriage to Dennis Rodman because she was losing herself.

“It was just too hard to continue to keep up with him and his friends,” she admitted on the “Legally Goff” podcast Tuesday.

“It was constant drinking,” the “Baywatch” alum added.

Carmen Electra sitting in a black chair with long blonde hair, looking towards the right.
Carmen Electra (seen above) revealed why she had to “stop” her marriage to Dennis Rodman. Legally Goff/Youtube
Carmen Electra sits in a black chair with a plant in the background.
“It was just too hard to continue to keep up with him and his friends,” she admitted on the “Legally Goff” podcast (as seen above). “It was constant drinking.” Legally Goff/Youtube

Electra, 54, said she “didn’t recognize [herself]” when she would look in the mirror at home.

“I had bags under my eyes. My face was puffy. I’m in my 20s! I thought, ‘It’s got to stop. It has to stop,’” she recalled.

“I just thought, ‘I’ve got to get away from him because what good is going to come out of this?’ It was real love. It wasn’t a made-up story. It wasn’t a publicity stunt. It was real love,” Electra shared.

“It’s sad but it had to end.”

Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra at a press conference.
Electra (seen above with Rodman) said she “didn’t recognize [herself]” when she looked in the mirror. WireImage
Carmen Electra posing at the 7th Annual Jam for Janie GRAMMY Awards Viewing Party.
Electra (seen above at the Grammy Awards viewing party in 2026) said she had to “move and change [her] number” to completely separate from Rodman. Variety via Getty Images

The “Scary Movie” actress said “there were times” after their breakup when the former Chicago Bulls star, 65, exhibited a softer side by “being really sweet and cute and cry[ing].”

“[He’d] want me back,” she confessed. “I would just give everything [he gave me] back — not everything. I kept the things that he gave me from when we were together but after that, I gave everything back. It was hard.”

Electra said she had to “move and change [her] number” to completely separate from Rodman.

“He would just come to my house and not leave,” she claimed. “He’d threaten to get naked again outside. I just didn’t want the police [to come]. It didn’t want it to turn into a big thing.”

Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman posing together at an event.
The former NBA star and the actress (both seen above in 1999) wed in a Las Vegas chapel in 1998. Getty Images
Dennis Rodman speaking on stage, wearing a purple hat and pink pants, holding a microphone in one hand and a cigar in the other.
Rodman (seen above at the 2022 Revolt Summit) filed for annulment after nine days of marriage. Getty Images

The “Meet the Spartans” star and the five-time NBA champion met in 1998 and wed in a Las Vegas chapel that November.

After nine days of marriage, Rodman filed for annulment.

Electra and the former NBA star reconciled briefly but finalized their divorce in April 1999.

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