Rob Schneider is leaning on his Christian faith as he continues to navigate his tense relationship with his daughter Elle King.
“The door’s open, and I would say, you know, I love you and…I’m there when you want,” he said during an appearance on the “Heretics” podcast. “We had an exchange, and I’ll leave it at that. The thing about, as a parent, you just have to love and be available and be an open door. My door’s always open.”
He continued, “The second she needs me, I’ll be there. That’s all you can do, and the idea that I’m going to somehow … that I need something, that I can force my way or force…no. It has to be something that…an openness.”
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“The thing about Christianity,” Schneider said. “It’s love others, and it’s really about forgiveness. And forgiveness isn’t something you give to somebody else. It’s a gift you give to yourself. You can’t carry stuff. You have to let go.”
The SNL actor has previously admitted he “wasn’t the dad” his daughter needed and has said he’s apologized to King for his behavior during her childhood.
“I want to just tell my daughter, Elle, I love you and I wish I was the father in my 20s that you needed and clearly I wasn’t and I hope you can forgive me for my shortcomings,” the comedian said to his daughter while appearing on Tucker Carlson’s podcast in 2024. “I love you completely. I love you entirely. And I just want you to be well and happy…I wish you the best. I feel terrible and I just want you to know that I don’t take anything you say personally.”
While appearing on the “Dumb Blonde” podcast, King, a successful country singer, recalled Schneider as “just not nice” and said he demanded she not talk about him publicly.
“You try every different angle [to fix the relationship]. I would try letters. I would try soft. I would try yelling,” King said. “My dad forgot about every single birthday. I spent my 18th birthday in a summer school, and they brought me cupcakes, and I came home and my dad forgot my birthday.”
While Schneider and King still seem to have a rocky relationship, the actor’s Christian faith is helping him through this struggle.
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