Billy Corgan recalls time Phil Jackson blamed him for Rodman's partying
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan frequently partied with Dennis Rodman during the 1990s, but as he revealed on a recent episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, he had a hard time keeping up with the five-time NBA champion.
Among the stories shared by Corgan was the time he and Rodman hopped on a billionaire's private jet to Las Vegas following one of the Chicago Bulls' games against the Utah Jazz in the 1996-97 NBA Finals. The pair stayed out all night gambling and then flew back to Utah the next morning so Rodman could attend a media session.
"(It's) 9 a.m., I'm sitting in the stands, I haven't slept at all. They do the shootaround and Dennis walks up and says 'Let's go back,'" Corgan recalled. "... So after the morning shootaround, (Rodman) drove to the airport to fly commercial because now the billionaire's not flying back again."
Corgan opted to stay behind and play miniature golf, where he ran into then-Bulls coach Phil Jackson.
"Phil's giving me the look of death because I'm the one responsible for Dennis going to Vegas. I'm the bad guy," Corgan said. "And I'm thinking, 'you don't understand, I'm the one who told him not to go.'"
- With h/t to Uproxx