Days After Alleged Spotting With New Girl, Shaquille O’Neal Praises 50 Cent for Celibacy

"I follow certain people that intrigued me a little bit, I'm the 50 Cent of the NBA." Where the big claims from Shaquille O'Neal earlier this year. 50 Cent was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and doubled down on his celibacy which was his New Year resolution."It's been good. I've been good to me." So Shaq's co-host couldn't wait to ask the same question. Although the podcast may have been pre-recorded before the Shaqira claims, in hindsight the timing of it just makes things curious.

Relaying 50 Cents' words, Adam Lefkoe questioned Shaq about how long he could practice celibacy. The Los Angeles Lakers legend gave his co-host a long look before he said, "I'm disciplined. I can go as long as I want." Now the 4x champion may or may not follow the rapper on that front, but he certainly is respectful of 50 Cents' decision.

"To each his own. I'm happy for him. 50 is a really good personal friend of mine and if he's serious about it and just going to help enrich his life and help him, you know, develop to be even a more spectacular person..." Shaq adds on The Big Podcast.

The two have teamed up to buy BET Rappers Ruthless previously. He even recalls the them to have been cool since Shaq saw the multi-talented artist take over a meeting while Shaq though he was brilliant solely. As for 50 Cents, he has declared the Lakers icon should have the Superman logo define him in the Dwight Howard debate.

But Shaq's view of the rapper's celibacy doesn't merely come from mutual respect. But also the personal goals he has for himself — to remain as stress-free as possible as he ages. "In 10 summers, I am going to be 62, so in these next 10 summers, Stress free. Whatever I gotta do to make that stress free. So if this is his spiritual enlightenment, I understand," Shaq adds.

But if he had planned on setting on the stress free journey during the podcast or before, the Lakers icon, wouldn't be thrilled to find a little obstruction that has come his way recently.

Shaquille O'Neal finds himself coiled in dating rumors A couple of days ago, a social media influencer, Maria Teachey, shared a photo in her IG post. With the face of the big man cropped out, she wrote in the caption — "Unapologetically us.... Can y'all guess who feet? #loveyou..." By the stature of the man, everyone was quick to assume it was the Lakers icon himself.

In a separate Instagram post, the 52-year-old shared a video with the same pose hands crossed pose with several women. Seemingly mocking the claims with the caption, "Is this my girlfriend too? Trust me, I'll let y'all know who my woman is, and by the way, my woman's name is Shaqrah." But it was not the end of back and forth.

Further adding fuel to the fire, Teachey posted alleged evidence post on social media. Which included a note from Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City, and it was addressed to Shaq. Apart from that, she also posted a photo of a big man sleeping on the couch and a video of DJ Diesel's performance. Where she was standing behind Shaquille O'Neal and close to the backstage area.

O'Neal wasted no time and continued to mock the rumors. In a playful Instagram video, he lip-synced to Shaggy's 2000 hit "It Wasn't Me," using the song to dismiss the claims. With the caption, "I might not know the words, but I do know it wasn't me Unlike his previous story which was squashed very early , this seems to prolong.

Would Shaq consider following 50 Cents footsteps now?

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