When Shaquille O’Neal got busted lurking on random girl over Instagram: "You thought wrong, I'm also police shhh"
Shaquille O’Neal is a superstar in everything he does. He is best known for playing basketball and dominating the NBA for nearly two decades. However, Shaq is also a man of many other talents and is one of the most recognizable celebrities.
While being a celebrity comes with its perks, this status also has a lot of disadvantages. Celebrities cannot hide from the public, and this is especially true for O'Neal, who stands at 7-foot-1.
Back in September 2017, the basketball Hall of Famer slid into a girl's DMs on Instagram. Unfortunately, this did not go well for him as the girl revealed their conversation, exposing the basketball legend.
Shaquille O’Neal's private Instagram conversation was revealed to the public
Since retiring from professional basketball, O'Neal has had more time to focus on his businesses and hobbies. Many NBA fans know that Shaq loves rapping, but he's also a DJ who's had numerous performances all around the world.
In September 2017, O'Neal played a DJ set in Arizona. The basketball legend was recorded by a girl named Roxanne Watlington, who tagged Shaq on her Instagram story. Right after this, O'Neal decided to slide into her DMs.
When @SHAQ slides in the DMs https://t.co/X41Y0rtWZB
"You thought wrong," Shaq replied in private Instagram messages. "I'm also police shhh."
Shortly after, Roxanne praised Shaq's performance and the former basketball player thanked her. Unfortunately, she shared their private conversation on her Twitter page, which is not something that O'Neal was happy with.
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Considering that the first post by Roxanne has gone viral, it's not surprising that the Los Angeles Lakers legend noticed it as well.
@LaurraJohnstonn I'm devastated I was so excited for our friendship https://t.co/YRYrEOBx7v
Shaquille O’Neal hit Roxanne up again, indirectly asking her to remove her tweet. Unfortunately, this is not something that she did. Instead, she posted Shaq's message on her Twitter page once again.
While the former basketball player wasn't rude or disrespectful, the girl he messaged decided to expose him by revealing their messages.
In the end, she sarcastically thanked O'Neal for making her famous, even though her fame lasted for only a couple of days.
O'Neal was rejected on Tinder as well
Despite being one of the most successful basketball players of all time, O'Neal simply hasn't had much luck with women. During his appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in 2021, Shaq revealed that he was rejected by a girl on Tinder.
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"They didn’t believe it was me. I was like, ‘It’s me. It’s Shaq.’ And she said, ‘Shaq would never be on this,’" O'Neal revealed. "So, I had to hit delete. I had to delete my account.”
The four-time NBA champion was recently involved with Annie Ilonzeh, an actress, and it appears that the two of them are still dating.