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Wimbledon Announcer Apologizes to Trinity Rodman After Her Public Complaint

The BBC’s Andrew Castle was called out by the soccer star for getting her name wrong on social media.

A Wimbledon commentator has apologized for repeatedly getting top soccer star Trinity Rodman’s name wrong while covering her boyfriend’s Ben Shelton game. Andrew Castle, who covers the tennis tournament for the BBC, called the Washington Spirit forward “Tiffany” multiple times as the cameras panned to her in the stands during Shelton’s fourth round match against Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego on Monday. Castle also made reference to Rodman’s estranged father, NBA legend Dennis Rodman, while discussing the 23-year old. Rodman called out Castle on Instagram for both remarks, posting on her stories that “for those who don’t know my name is TRINITY not Tiffany,” and asking why her father was being mentioned during Shelton’s game when he’s “not even in MY life, no need to bring him up during HIS matches when I don’t even want him talked about during mine.” In a statement to British newspaper The Telegraph, the BBC said that Castle is sorry for “mispronouncing” Rodman’s name, rather than getting it wrong entirely. The apology makes no reference to Castle mentioning her basketball-playing father as the “biggest wind-up merchant of all time.” Rodman started dating Shelton in March after breaking up with NFL star Trinity Benson. She is the daughter of Dennis Rodman and his third wife, Michelle Moyer.