The “Grown Ups” actor recalled a previous public appearance where he admitted he “wasn’t the dad” that his daughter needed.<\/p>\n
KELSEY GRAMMER URGES AMERICANS TO LOOK TO FOUNDING FATHERS FOR GUIDANCE AS NATION FACES DEEP DIVISIONS<\/a><\/p>\n Elle King doesn’t regret sharing her childhood experiences as the daughter of comedian Rob Schneider. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n “I wasn’t prepared emotionally for the outpouring of what I received after that,” Schneider said. “There’s an endemic \u2013 and I don’t know if in other cultures, but in the United States \u2013 an endemic of kids who went off to college and came back and said, ‘My daughter doesn’t want to have a relationship with me anymore,’ or, ‘I can’t see my grandkids.'”<\/p>\n “It’s an attack on the culture in a way that the culture is vulnerable.”<\/p>\n In 2024, King shared insight into her at-times “toxic” childhood during an appearance on BunnieXO’s “Dumb Blonde<\/a>” podcast. King confessed that her dad was “just not nice” and would go “four or five years without talking” to her.<\/p>\n “I put out my record and people finally started asking about my dad,” she said. “My dad called me, and was like, \u2018Don\u2019t f—ing talk about me in the press.'”<\/p>\n DENISE RICHARDS SAYS SAMI ‘STANDS UP’ TO DAD CHARLIE SHEEN AND THAT HE NEEDS IT<\/a><\/p>\n She remembered, “If I would ever spend a summer with my dad, it would be on a\u00a0movie set.<\/a>\u00a0I would just get lost in the shuffle. If I ever messed up a shot, if I ever was talking, like, I would get in f—ing trouble.”<\/p>\n Elle King shared details about growing up as the daughter of actor Rob Schneider on Bunnie XO’s podcast. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n “He also didn’t have a very good reputation. I don’t want to be associated with him. He’s just not nice. You can want someone to change so much; you can’t control anyone else’s actions. You can’t control people’s feelings. All you can control is how you react and what you do with your feelings, and sometimes I f—ing boil up, and I boil over and I f—ing bust my lid.”<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n King added, “You try every different angle. I would try letters. I would try soft. I would try yelling \u2026 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.”<\/p>\n Schneider later apologized for the past, and admitted he wasn’t sure if his daughter accepted his words.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n “The door’s open, and I would say, you know, I love you<\/a> and … I’m there when you want,” he said. “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.”<\/p>\n He added, “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.”<\/p>\n Schneider conveyed the importance of recognizing a “higher power” to help guide him through difficult times.<\/p>\n Rob Schneider reflected on his relationship with his daughter on the “Heretics” podcast. (Jason LaVeris)<\/p>\n “When things get taken away, and if that’s everything \u2013 your fame and your attachment to this stuff \u2013 if that gets taken from you, and that’s all you have, then you have nothing,” he said.<\/p>\n “But if you realize there is something higher than all of that and your connection to that, then at that point there’s nothing that anybody could do to you.”<\/p>\n![\"Rob](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/elle-king-rob-schneider.jpg\")
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