{"id":5215736,"date":"2023-12-27T12:58:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T17:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5215736"},"modified":"2023-12-27T12:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T17:58:35","slug":"elle-king-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/elle-king-parents-5215736\/","title":{"rendered":"Elle King\u2019s Parents: Get to Know Her Famous Dad Rob Schneider &#038; Mom London King"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Elle King is the daughter of two celebrities, but her relationship with her father, Rob Schneider, hasn&#8217;t always been the best.<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/elle-king\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><b>Elle King<\/b><\/a> isn&#8217;t the only superstar in her family! The &#8220;Ex&#8217;s &amp; Oh&#8217;s&#8221; singer, 34, is the daughter of actors\u00a0<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/20\/rob-schneider-hamster-the-masked-singer-season-6\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Rob Schneider<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pushlovelondonking\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>London King<\/strong><\/a>, who got married in 1988 and divorced in 1990 the year after Elle was born. Elle is a four-time Grammy Award nominee and she&#8217;s set to host <em>New Year\u2019s Eve Live: Nashville\u2019s Big Bash\u00a0<\/em>on CBS on December 31. Over the years, Elle has been open about having famous parents, and how her relationship with her dad hasn&#8217;t always been the best.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">Keep reading to learn more about Elle&#8217;s parents and her relationships with them.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Rob Schneider<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5215767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5215767\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5215767\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rob-schneider-embed.jpg?quality=100&#038;resize=620%2C930\" alt=\"Rob Schneider\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5215767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rob Schneider is Elle King&#8217;s father (Photo: Victor Chavez\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Rob Schneider, 60, is Elle&#8217;s father. Rob is a famous actor and comedian, best known for being a cast member on <em><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/saturday-night-live\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Saturday Night Live<\/a> <\/em>from 1988 to 1994. Some of Rob&#8217;s most popular movies include <em>Home Alone 2: Lost in New York<\/em>, <i>Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo<\/i>,\u00a0<em>50 First Dates<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Benchwarmers<\/em>, and <em>Grown Ups<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">After Rob&#8217;s divorce, Elle was raised by her mother and her stepfather,\u00a0<strong>Justin Tesa<\/strong>, in Ohio. That led to Elle and Rob having a strained relationship while she was growing up. &#8220;My whole childhood, my dad was a workaholic,&#8221; Elle told\u00a0<em><a  href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/elle-king-reconnected-dad-rob-schneider\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >PEOPLE<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>in 2018.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">In <a  href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/country\/elle-king-relationship-with-dad-rob-schneider\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >another interview<\/a> with <em>PEOPLE <\/em>in 2023, Elle said, &#8220;I was the chubby girl with a dad that didn&#8217;t visit very often, and everybody made fun of me and were mean to me about it.&#8221; She also revealed that she wasn&#8217;t talking to her dad when she released her self-titled EP in 2012.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">&#8220;Growing up as somebody who was chubby, awkward, funny, has OCD and is weird and quirky and awkward but super sensitive, I had to really fight to be OK as myself. So I didn&#8217;t want to be known as someone&#8217;s kid,&#8221; Elle said. &#8220;I wanted to be my own person. I never wanted to borrow money from anybody, and I&#8217;ve worked hard for my family and for me. I want to have a life built for myself, and I want to know that I did it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CuPgNRUx9V8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CuPgNRUx9V8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CuPgNRUx9V8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\"  target=\"_blank\"  >A post shared by Rob Schneider (@iamrobschneider)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">After years of being estranged, the &#8220;America&#8217;s Sweetheart&#8221; singer reconnected with her father after her tumultuous divorce from <strong>Andrew Ferguson<\/strong> in 2017. She told\u00a0<em>PEOPLE\u00a0<\/em>that her and Rob reconciled partly because of her half-sisters <strong>Miranda\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Madeline<\/strong>, who Rob shares with wife <strong>Patricia Azarcoya Arce<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">&#8220;We both have grown up a lot. And you realize what&#8217;s important,&#8221; Elle said. &#8220;Him having children \u2014 I wanted my sisters to have good memories of me from their childhood when they grew. Family really is so important. So through that, me just kind of showing up and trying to be good for them, really made it easy because there were no bad motives. When it&#8217;s about the kids, the bulls*** kind of goes away. I love him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">In her Feb. 2023 interview with <em>PEOPLE<\/em>,\u00a0Elle said that the father-daughter duo have &#8220;a beautiful and really wonderful, great loving relationship with awesome boundaries.&#8221; They got even closer after Elle and fianc\u00e9 <strong>Dan Tooker<\/strong> welcomed their son\u00a0<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2023\/04\/28\/elle-king-son-lucky-levi-on-tour-interview\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Lucky<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in 2021.<\/p>\n<h2>London King<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzZRJPRA1AU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzZRJPRA1AU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzZRJPRA1AU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\"  target=\"_blank\"  >A post shared by London King (@pushlovelondonking)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-15\">London King, 52, is Elle&#8217;s mother. London is a former model and actress who was in the films\u00a0<em>A Better way To Die<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Raw Fish<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Calling<\/em>, according to her <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0455007\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >IMDb<\/a>. After getting divorced from Rob in 1990, London remarried and she and her husband Justin raised Elle in Ohio. London has maintained a close relationship with her daughter over the years.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-16\">After Elle gave birth to her son in 2021, the singer praised her mom for being &#8220;the best doula ever&#8221; with <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTfF2u5sSdn\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >a photo<\/a> of London cooking her placenta.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-17\">&#8220;Appreciation post! My mother, the angel of all angels is the best doula ever!&#8221; Elle wrote in her post. &#8220;I will get into my birth story when I&#8217;m ready \u2026 but this person is my best friend. She helped us get the whole house ready and even though Lucky ended up a belly birth, she was my doula through the whole process, and most importantly she was the best mom I could ask for. She is seen here cooking my placenta to encapsulate it for all the amazing benefits! I love you @pushlovedoula ! We couldn\u2019t have done this without you!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elle King is the daughter of two celebrities, but her relationship with her father, Rob Schneider, hasn&#8217;t always been the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191609813,"featured_media":5215764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Elle King\u2019s Parents: Meet Her Dad Rob Schneider &amp; Mom London King","mt_seo_description":"Singer Elle King is the daughter of actor Rob Schneider and former model and actress London King.","_pmc_canonical_override":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-12-27T17:58:39Z","apple_news_api_id":"53b3d7ed-5007-4670-8633-97c04edfb633","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-12-27T17:58:39Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AU7PX7VAHRnCGM5fATt-2Mw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[378005375,378005365],"tags":[375232909,378008480],"_post-options":[378006328,378007567,378007568],"coauthors":[378007513],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/elle-king-parents-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C350","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc8i1J-lSQM","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5215736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191609813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5215736"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5215736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5215777,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5215736\/revisions\/5215777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5215764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5215736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5215736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5215736"},{"taxonomy":"_post-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post-options?post=5215736"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5215736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}