The internet woke up, stretched, and chose chaos, and somehow Shaquille O’Neal ended up right in the middle of it.
This time, the big man found himself linked to some very questionable DMs allegedly sent to pop star Sabrina Carpenter. And by “questionable,” we mean the kind of messages that make people drop their phones and say, “Wait… Shaq???”
Yes. Shaq. The 7-foot giant who dunks basketballs, sells everything from insurance to icy hot, and somehow always looks like he’s having a good time.
According to screenshots, Shaq slid into Sabrina Carpenter’s DMs with some, let’s call them “enthusiastic” messages. The internet immediately ran with it. Memes were created, jokes were flying, people were trying to imagine how a man that large types on a phone in the first place.
But Shaq was not having it as he’s quickly shut everything down, saying those DMs were fake.
A screenshot allegedly showing the Los Angeles Lakers star, 54, trying his luck with the singer and actress, 26, went viral on social media and prompted O’Neal to debunk the rumors on his podcast.
He brought the issue up to his guest, the rapper Jim Jones, and said: ‘I want you to tell me if this is me or not me.’
Shaq then read one of the alleged messages, which was: ‘Damn, baby. I would keep your farts in a cologne bottle and spray it on me every day. Just jokes, I’m Shaq baby, what’s your name?’
Carpenter was then alleged to reply: ‘I know who you are, you’re way too famous to be sending me messages like that.’
O’Neal then read the remainder of the messages – the content of which got even more distasteful as they went on – before insisting it was just an unfortunate internet rumor.
‘Got way more game than that,’ O’Neal said, laughing.
Carpenter is believed to be single, with her last relationship being with Hollywood actor Barry Keoghan.
Shaq is believed to be single, too. He was married from 2002 to 2011 to wife Shaunie. They had four children together.
At the end of the day, Shaq is back to being Shaq. Smiling, joking, and probably wondering why the internet keeps dragging him into random storylines.
Flip the pages for some Sabrina Carpenter snow bunny photos.
