Elle King Dismisses Dad Rob Schneider’s Apology For ‘Poisonous’ Habits – The Boston Courier

Elle King isn’t able to forgive her well-known father, Rob Schneider, for his previous actions simply but.

In an interview with Folks printed Thursday, the nation singer-songwriter mentioned she “was not trying to hurt” Schneider when she shared troubling particulars about their relationship throughout an look on the “Dumb Blonde” podcast final month.

“I never in a million years thought that that was going to go viral,” she instructed the outlet. “I was just speaking about my childhood and about my truth.”

And although her preliminary remarks about her dad appeared in seemingly numerous headlines, King has no regrets about talking out.

“A lot of people said, ‘How could she say that about her family?’ and ‘Everything needs to be behind closed doors.’ No, it doesn’t,” the four-time Grammy nominee mentioned. “Sometimes you have to just say things and get them off your chest so that you don’t have to carry it for the rest of your life.”

In her “Dumb Blonde” chat, King referred to as out Schneider for criticizing her look and sending her to a “fat camp” as a baby. She additionally described their relationship as “very toxic” and mentioned her father “forgot about every single birthday,” together with when she turned 18.

Later within the dialog, she distanced herself from Schneider’s political stance, noting: “I do not agree with what he says.”

Days after King’s “Dumb Blonde” interview, Schneider responded to his daughter’s claims with an apology whereas making an look on former Fox Information host Tucker Carlson’s podcast.

“Well, I just want to tell my daughter, Elle, I love you and I wish I was the father in my 20s that you needed. Clearly I wasn’t,” he mentioned. “I hope you can forgive me for my shortcomings. I love you completely and I love you entirely.”

In her Folks interview, King shrugged off her father’s apology, noting: “I think an apology on Tucker Carlson is like a double negative, right? Means nothing.”

Schneider, whose movie credit embrace “Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo” and “The Hot Chick,” has repeatedly sparked controversy for his political opinions in latest months.

An outspoken supporter of former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the actor and comic was reportedly booed offstage at a Canadian charity occasion in June for making “transphobic, misogynistic and anti-vax jokes.”

Although it could take extra time for King to patch up issues with Schneider, she instructed Folks that she was grateful for the discourse her “Dumb Blonde” interview had ignited.

“What I will say is the best thing that came from that is that my incredible LGBTQ+ community knows that they have an ally in me,” she instructed Folks. “And if that’s the biggest thing to come out of that platform, then I would’ve done it 10 more fucking times because I am an ally, they have one in me, and I’m grateful.”