Rob Schneider is calling for forgiveness from his daughter, the singer Elle King , who recently appeared on Bunnie XO’s “Dumb Blonde” podcast and eviscerated Schneider for his recent anti-drag and anti-LGBTQ comments. She spoke publicly about their toxic relationship growing up and said she is not interested in speaking to him these days.

“It’s fun being a parent, isn’t it?” Schneider told Tucker Carlson in a new interview when asked to respond to King’s comments. “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. I hope you can forgive me for my shortcomings. I love you completely and I love you entirely.”

“I just want you to be well and content with yourself and your beautiful baby, Lucky,” Schneider added. “I wish you the best. I feel terrible. I just want you to know I don’t take anything you say personally.”

Carlson then inquired about how he managed to refrain from retaliating against his daughter, to which Schneider responded: “If you love someone unconditionally. … I love her, all I want for her is to be happy and to heal from this.”

Schneider has attracted controversy in Hollywood over the last few years for his conservative viewpoints. During the Olympics in late July, he took to X (formerly Twitter) to condemn the opening ceremony for featuring a scene that he believed was recreating “The Last Supper” with drag queens.

“I am sorry to say to all the world’s greatest athletes, I wish you all the best, but I cannot watch an Olympics that disrespects Christianity and openly celebrates Satan,” Schneider wrote in response. “I sincerely hope these Olympics get the same amount of viewers as CSPAN.”

King presumably took issue with this stance, as she told Bunnie XO that she “disagrees” with a lot of what Schneider says, adding: “You’re talking nonsense and you’re talking trash about drag and, you know, anti-gay rights. And it’s like, get lost.”

King went on to say she wasn't close to her father growing up and didn't connect with him until she “was much, much older.” The two allegedly had tension when she was younger because Schneider took issue with her appearance.

“I was like a really, really heavy child. My dad sent me to fat camp… and then I got in trouble one year because I sprained my ankle and didn’t lose any weight,” King explained. “I had already started getting tattooed and it was like 108 degrees. So I had to wear sweaters because my dad was very against tattoos or any form of self-expression.”

King emphasized that she has no interest in mending her relationship with Schneider, stating that she “doesn’t want to be associated” with him because “he’s simply not a nice person.”