Rob Schneider leans on faith, holds hope for reconciliation with estranged daughter Elle King

Rob Schneider's relationship with estranged daughter Elle King may be strained, but he has hope for the future.

Schneider, 62, admitted on Andrew Gold's "Heretics" podcast that he'll always be there for the "very talented" country singer despite challenges with the past.

The "Grown Ups" actor recalled a previous public appearance where he admitted he "wasn't the dad" that his daughter needed.

KELSEY GRAMMER URGES AMERICANS TO LOOK TO FOUNDING FATHERS FOR GUIDANCE AS NATION FACES DEEP DIVISIONS "I wasn't prepared emotionally for the outpouring of what I received after that," Schneider said.

"There's an endemic – and I don't know if in other cultures, but in the United States – 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.'" "It's an attack on the culture in a way that the culture is vulnerable." In 2024, King shared insight into her at-times "toxic" childhood during an appearance on BunnieXO's " Dumb Blonde " podcast.

King confessed that her dad was "just not nice" and would go "four or five years without talking" to her.

"I put out my record and people finally started asking about my dad," she said.

"My dad called me, and was like, ‘Don’t f---ing talk about me in the press.'" DENISE RICHARDS SAYS SAMI 'STANDS UP' TO DAD CHARLIE SHEEN AND THAT HE NEEDS IT She remembered, "If I would ever spend a summer with my dad, it would be on a movie set.

I 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." "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.