Shaquille O'Neal has finally spoken out regarding some "screenshots" of spicy text messages he allegedly sent to Sabrina Carpenter.
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During a recent episode of his "The Big Podcast," O'Neal set the record straight.
"First of all, ladies, the Diesel got way more game than that," he said. "I'm just saying."
Shaq's comments came after the alleged "screenshots" went viral on social media. He even read some of them out during the podcast episode to show how ridiculous they sound.
"Damn, baby, I would keep your farts in a cologne bottle and spray it on me every day," he read out loud. "Just jokes, I'm Shaq. What's your name, baby?"
In true Shaq fashion, he made sure to read out the alleged response from Sabrina. "I know who you are. You're way too famous to be sending messages like that."
Let's be honest, nobody needs to reply to Shaquille O'Neal with the words "I know who you are." That line alone should be a dead giveaway as to the lack of validity of the screenshots. Nevertheless, the virality of those images ensured that Shaq had to respond.
"Social media is a great way for you to gain business and for you to market and promote your business," Shaq's podcast guest, Jim Jones, said. "That's what I use it for. Everyone has their own elaborate ways and schemes that they use social media platforms. I use it for music, I use it for my content [and] I use it for pretty much everything I have going on."
Shaquille O'Neal Has Been Divorced Since 2011
For anybody wondering, Shaq has been divorced from Shaunie Henderson since 2011. They separated in 2009. Shaq has taken accountability for the divorce on multiple occasions.
"I had the perfect situation," Shaq said on an episode of "The Pivot" podcast. "Wife was finer than a mug. Kept giving me babies, still finer than a mug. I had it all... I don't make excuses, I know I messed up. When I didn't have that, I don't like to use the d-word (depression)... I was lost. A 76,000 square foot house by yourself, lost. No kids, go to the gym nobody playing there, go to their rooms nobody was there."
Despite the divorce, Shaq is too shrewd a businessman to risk his reputation with some risky DM's. Hopefully, those images will be seen for what they are moving forward: fake.
