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Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal went after former NFL star Robert Griffin III over ex-quarterback’s remarks about Chicago Sky Forward Angel Reese.
O’Neal seemed to be upset that Griffin came to the defense of Reese when he reshaped a racist image that portrayed her like a monkey on the front of a video game. In the same post, Griffin wrote that he was told by someone from her “inner circle” that Reese hates Caitlin Clark.
The odd post caught the attention of the sports world last week. O’Neal made his comments about it on the “Off the Record” podcast. His appearance hit the Internet on Tuesday.
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Former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal participates in the unveiling of the Shaq Court on the Doololitle complex donated by Icy Hot and Shaquille O’Neal Foundation in partnership with the city of Las Vegas on October 23, 2021 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images to Icy Hot)
“RG3, tweet another monkey post about my girl Angel Reese, and I will beat you in your f — ing face,” said O’Neal. “That’s enough. I usually don’t do things like this, but just stop with bridge,” said O’Neal. “You have your job, you got your podcast. Let my angel Reese be alone. I’m the one who calls her and asks her not to answer. F — ing stop it. That’s the last time.
“It’s not really hate. If you look around what’s going on in this real country it’s hatred. This is sport. I’m not going to like you. It’s a shame that all the things you did in your life you will be remembered for your podcast. You will be remembered for your podcast.” I don’t. “
O’Neal said he has spoken to Reese and asks her not to answer. He added that Griffin should leave WNBA players alone and stick to his own sport.
Griffin did not immediately respond to O’Neal’s post.
He wrote several sections on social media, where he first defended Reese after a racist image of her NBA 2K26 appeared. He said there was “no place for racism in the world” and that Reese “should never be called or depicted as a monkey”
Griffin added that he was quiet about Reese because of the hatred he and his family received over the latest discourse in May after a contentious moment between the two WNBA stars.
“It will never be okay with me. I never attacked her or her family when I said and backed up with clear basketball certificates that Angel Reese hates Caitlin Clark. It’s sport. Everyone doesn’t want each other,” he added. “People in Angel’s inner circle called me and told me I was right, and Angel Reese has grown to hate Caitlin Clark because of the media who always asked her about Caitlin and was constantly compared to her.
Baltimore Ravens Quarterback Robert Griffin III trains ahead of a NFL football match against Cincinnati Bengals in Baltimore on October 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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“Some people did it about race, but I never did and will never. Instead of becoming the villain in someone’s story, I just didn’t decide. All that was said, Angel Reese or any black man or woman should never be called or depicted as a monkey. Ever.”
Reese seemed to respond to Griffin’s remarks in a separate post.
“Lying on this app when everyone knows the first and last name of everyone in my circle for Clout is ugly work,” she wrote.
Rees’s mother also claimed that Griffin is lying about talking to the basketball player’s inner circle. “
“Who you say” called “U is not in her circle 2 talk about her feelings towards a media/fandom composed beef,” she wrote. “Just stay on that side BC. The doors are closed over here.”
Griffin fired back.
“I spoke in support of Angel Reese against racism not to start drama,” he wrote on X. “But I won’t let anyone vri the truth just because it’s impractical for them. Instead of trying to check me, just tighten your circle.
“They call me and say you hate Caitlin Clark, not the other way around. I have zero interest in being the villain in someone’s story. I just want fun, tell the truth and celebrate sports. But I don’t want to pretend or lie just to protect emotions.”
Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese leads to the dressing room after being postponed from a WNBA basketball match against New York Liberty in the second half on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Griffin made the first claim that Reese “hates” Clark, after the sky and fever stars came in a heated three -fold in May.
Both Clark and Reese were named the All-Star game.
