King said she watched Schneider’s recent public apology but not his full-length interview with the conservative media personality
Elle King and dad Rob Schneider‘s relationship is complicated.
During a Watch What Happens Live appearance on Wednesday, Oct. 9, the “Ex’s and Oh’s” singer spoke about where things stand with her father following her recent comments about their strained bond and his public apology on an interview with Tucker Carlson — which King did not watch in full.
“Umm, I think it was like two hours long, so no,” admitted the 35-year-old performer of Schneider’s chat with the conservative media personality. “Nobody wants to listen to that. But I did see his apology, yeah. Of course I watched that, yeah.”
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As for the current state of their relationship, King told host Andy Cohen, “Umm, I’m not sure. I haven’t spoken to him.”
The “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” artist went on Bunnie Xo‘s Dumb Blonde podcast in August and said Schneider, 60, sent her to “fat camp,” was often absent and forgot her birthdays as a child, plus that she disagrees with his perspective on LGBTQ+ rights.
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While speaking with Carlson after his daughter’s appearance on the podcast, the Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo star publicly apologized during a chat with Carlson.
“I just want to tell my daughter: I love you, and I wish I was the father in my 20s that you needed,” said Schneider. “I clearly wasn’t, and I hope you can forgive me for my shortcomings.”
King, whose new single “High Road” is out now, recently told PEOPLE she “never in a million years thought” the comments about her father would go viral. “I was just speaking about my childhood and about my truth,” she said. “I was not trying to hurt him.”
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However, she still identifies with the sentiment of her statements. “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. 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,” she said.
“But ultimately, I think an apology on Tucker Carlson is like a double negative, right? Means nothing,” added King, who’s pleased to have publicly voiced her thoughts about queer allyship.
“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,” added the star. “And if that’s the biggest thing to come out of that platform, then I would’ve done it 10 more f—ing times because I am an ally, they have one in me, and I’m grateful.”