Shaquille O’Neal is making headlines after social media users assumed he was pictured in a cozy photo alongside a woman. The photo has now gone viral and has prompted Shaq to deny the speculation, leading the woman to drop some receipts.
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Here’s Why Shaq Is Going Viral
On Tuesday, September 17, Worldstar reposted a photo apparently shared by a woman with the Instagram handle @_1.filly. In the flick, the woman posed in front of a mirror, wearing a tan shirt and jeans. Behind her stood a muscular man whose face was cut out of view.
“Unapologetically us,” the woman wrote in the caption of her photo. “…Can you guess who feet?…”
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In the caption of their repost, Worldstar added: “Folks on social media seem to think #Shaq has a new girlfriend 👀”
Then, about two hours after the repost, Shaq stepped into the outlet’s comment section and wrote: “Nope not the kid”
Check out the flick and Shaq’s response below.
At that point, Shaq then took to his own Instagram account to share a reel of him posing with various women.
“Is this my girlfriend too, trust me I’ll let yall know who my woman is,and by the way my woman name is Shaqirah,” he humorously wrote in the caption of the video.
Subsequently, the woman returned to Instagram to share now-deleted photos and videos apparently showing the time she shared with Shaq. One video showed the woman inside Shaq’s hotel room, while another showed him apparently sleeping on a couch. Furthermore, a final video showed Shaq performing in front of a large crowd.
Check it out below.
Social Media Weighs In As The Former Baller Doubles Down
Social media users reacted to Shaq’s comments and the woman’s receipts in The Shade Room’s comment section.
Instagram user @thecliffthegift wrote, “What’s the point of showing/claiming a man who doesn’t want to be claimed or showed?”
While Instagram user @iamravendiaz added, “You can tell she ain’t never been with men on this caliber before. Yikes”
Instagram user @lexitelevision wrote, “I said it once, I’ll say it again. 2024 is the year of exposure.”
Instagram user @darbidorleia wrote, “Listen to what Shaq said ladies. He said I’ll let ‘y’all know who my woman is.’ Translation: Ma’am. If he doesn’t claim you – you ain’t his woman. You were just a moment. Respectfully, Let that MAN publicly claim you!”
While Instagram user @miamitip305 added, “How old is she ?”
Furthermore, Shaq’s ex-girlfriend Moniece Slaughter wrote:
“Told ya’ll. Them was his feet and you can always identify him by our matching tattoos. His is on his hand. It says SUPREME 🤷🏾♀️”
Shaquille O’Neal’s Mom Recently Made Headlines
Shaquille O’Neal isn’t the only one in his family making headlines in recent months. As The Shade Room previously reported, in June, his mother, Lucille, appeared alongside Sonya Curry on ‘Sway In The Morning.’
During the appearance, Lucille was asked to reflect on meeting Shaq’s ex-wife, Shaunie Henderson, for the first time. In response, Lucille explained that it was “hard” seeing her son “go into a relationship.”
“And somehow you may feel, maybe that might not be the right relationship,” she explained.
As the conversation unfolded, Lucille and Sonya subsequently went viral for their contrasting responses about their children’s exes and romantic relationships.
