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Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal called a technical foul on fake messages he was dragged into on social media with pop star Sabrina Carpenter.
The Los Angeles Lakers legend asked rapper Jim Jones on an episode of “The Big Podcast” if a headline he was going to show him was real.
“Shaq exposed for firing his shot at Sabrina Carpenter,” Jones read.
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Shaquille O’Neal attends Shaq’s Fun House Big Game Weekend at Talking Stick Resort on February 10, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The fake headline then showed the alleged messages exchanged between the two. O’Neal began reading the alleged message he sent to the singer.
“Damn baby, I’d keep your farts in a cologne bottle and spray it on me every day,” read O’Neal.” Just kidding. I’m Shaqs. What’s your name baby? And Sabrina says, “I know who you are. You’re way too famous to send me messages like that.” Shaq, ‘I can’t be horny and want some of that snow bunny guy for myself. You’re rude for no reason. You can’t handle Big Diesel in any way. …”
O’Neal made it clear that he did not send such messages to Carpenter or anyone.
“First things first ladies, Diesel has a lot more game than that, I’m just saying,” he said.
O’Neal has been open about his love life, especially his previous marriages.
Sabrina Carpenter, winner of Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance for “Espresso,” at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (Dan MacMedan/USA TODAY)
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“I had two perfect women and I messed it up,” O’Neal said in 2023. “My first was my baby mama, Arnetta, and then I met Shaunie. Shaunie was also a perfect woman and I messed it up.
“Yeah, you know, we were young and always just doing stupid things. But the good thing about our relationship is that they forgave me and we have a good relationship now. But when you ask me about the perfect woman – I had two perfect women and I messed up, just, you know, being stupid.”
O’Neal then offered advice on some of the lessons he has learned in his life.
“… The first thing you have to be is honest, honest with yourself and honest with your partner,” he explained. “… I tell my sons all the time that a man has three jobs when it comes to a woman. Protect, provide and love.
Shaquille O’Neal arrives at the circuit before qualifying ahead of the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on November 19, 2022. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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“Some men can only offer two, for whatever reason, but I’m teaching you how to offer all three. And that’s what I try to do—and even though I don’t have a relationship with the women I let go, I always want to PPL: protect, give, and love, whatever they need, they get it from me.”
