Shaquille O’Neal cleared the air after a cuddly picture with a feminine pal went viral, explaining that not each image is essentially price a thousand phrases.
O’Neal, 53, posed for a snap with a pal named Monique Martin final week, wrapping his arms round her from behind because the pair smiled for the digital camera.
“My favourite man is again on the town and naturally he stopped by to see his favourite individuals!!” Martin captioned the picture through Instagram. “Class act at all times, which is why I like seeing that face pop in!!! 🏀🏀 #shaqattack #myfavoritehuman.”
Sports activities media social account 4thQuarterTV caught wind of the picture, reposting it with a suggestive caption.
“#Shaq just lately pulled up on a person’s spouse, and she or he had this to say,” the submit learn.
The NBA Corridor of Famer didn’t admire the insinuation, which he let be identified within the submit’s feedback part.
“Sure my boys spouse I can inform yall web site is broke and wish cash good strive that is the rationale yall at all times gonna b a broke weblog,” O’Neal wrote. “Thanks for making me extra money although #dummies.”
Martin is married to her husband, Ryan Rackleff, and the couple share three sons.
Whereas it’s not clear how O’Neal is pals with the couple, Martin gushed concerning the basketball star within the feedback part of her submit.
“He stops by usually to examine in on us,” she wrote about O’Neal, who she referred to as “the most important child ever.”
O’Neal was married to his spouse, Shaunie O’Neal, from 2002 to 2011 and the couple share 4 kids: sons Shareef and Shaqir and daughters Amirah and Me’arah.
The previous Lakers star additionally grew to become a stepfather to son, Myles, from a earlier relationship of Shaunie’s, and shares daughter Taahirah together with his former girlfriend, Arnetta Yardbourgh.
Earlier this 12 months, O’Neal was compelled to close down extra relationship rumors, this time with 21-year-old OnlyFans mannequin Sophie Rain.
After O’Neal was pictured in attendance at Rain’s twenty first party in September, Tiktoker Noah Glenn Carter made a video claiming lots of people had been “not completely satisfied” about O’Neal being a visitor on the shindig.
“I don’t [draw] that younger however I’ll date your mother and provides u a brother,” O’Neal commented on Carter’s video.
In different since-deleted feedback in response to TMZ, O’Neal additionally wrote, “Cease tryna create rumors don’t make me slap you dude,” and, “Your mother is scorching inform her to hit me on my sky inform pager.”’
Throughout an look on WNBA star Angel Reese’s “Unapologetically Angel” podcast final 12 months, O’Neal argued he’s in all probability “gonna find yourself alone” as a result of modern-day relationships have turn out to be too taxing for him.
“As a result of y’all be making guidelines up as you go alongside,” he stated. “There isn’t any handbook on how one can be the right man or excellent husband.”
O’Neal added, “If I’m not bodily seeing someone — me, the Diesel — and I’m with you day-after-day and my schedule, it shouldn’t matter what I’m doing on my telephone. It’s not dishonest after which you may’t inform me that’s worse than dishonest. It’s not. I simply don’t perceive that.”
