{"id":13180,"date":"2025-07-16T03:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T03:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13180\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T03:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T03:06:03","slug":"shaq-threatens-robert-griffin-iii-over-angel-reese-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13180\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaq threatens Robert Griffin III over Angel Reese controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shaquille O\u2019Neal is beyond furious with Robert Griffin III over his comments on Angel Reese.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRG3? Tweet another monkey post about my girl Angel Reese and I\u2019m going to punch you in your f\u2014ing face,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xza2YEoTLBY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">O\u2019Neal said Tuesday on Bailey Jackson\u2019s \u201cOff the Record\u201d podcast<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s enough. I don\u2019t usually do stuff like this, but just stop it bro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin III, the sports media personality and former NFL quarterback, has been embroiled in controversy over his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RGIII\/status\/1943310006054748595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">July 10 post on X<\/a>, in which he strongly denounced a racist photo edit of Reese, but gave the racist image a greater platform by reposting it.<\/p>\n<p>In the post, Griffin also reiterated his previous statement that Reese \u201chates\u201d Caitlin Clark, and wrote that people in Reese\u2019s inner circle called him and \u201ctold me I was right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Reese10Angel\/status\/1943335223422247275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reese responded in a post on X<\/a> that was clearly pointed at Griffin III, writing, \u201cLying on this app when everybody know the first and last name of everybody in my circle for clout is nastyyyy work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese with the Chicago Sky on June 12. Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neal, who has had a close bond with Reese dating back to the Chicago Sky forward\u2019s days at LSU, made his feelings on the situation abundantly clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou got your job, you got your podcast,\u201d O\u2019Neal, who also played at LSU, said in a message to Griffin III. \u201cLeave my Angel Reese alone. I\u2019m the one calling her telling her not to respond. F\u2013ing stop it. That\u2019s the last time. OK?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert Griffin III on the broadcast of a game between the Patriots and Cardinals on Dec. 12, 2024. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neal, the 7-foot-1, 325-pound Hall of Famer and four-time NBA champion, continued to lay into Griffin III, who played seven seasons in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame that all the stuff you did in your life, you\u2019re going to be remembered for your podcast,\u201d O\u2019Neal added. \u201cThat should tell you you\u2019re not that f\u2013ing great. I don\u2019t want to be remembered for Shaq\u2019s \u2018Big Podcast.\u2019 I do not. Leave those girls alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shaquille O\u2019Neal said he would punch Robert Griffin III \u201cin your f\u2013ing face\u201d if he tweets about Angel Reese again. @baileyjsports\/X<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neal added that Griffin III has no \u201cG14 classification\u201d to make comments about Reese.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would respect it more if Lisa Leslie said it, like that\u2019s [women\u2019s basketball players\u2019] category,\u201d O\u2019Neal added. \u201cStay out of them peoples\u2019 category.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shaquille O\u2019Neal is beyond furious with Robert Griffin III over his comments on Angel Reese. \u201cRG3? 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