{"id":31011,"date":"2025-07-23T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/31011\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:39:07","slug":"shaq-had-blunt-two-word-response-on-klay-thompson-megan-thee-stallions-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/31011\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaq Had Blunt Two-Word Response on Klay Thompson, Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_t2iopd2v0\">No one may be blunter in the NBA media biz than Shaquille O&#8217;Neal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_2m9ghlnro\">The Los Angeles Lakers great shared his latest brutally honest take this week about the off-court budding romance between Klay Thompson and rapper Megan Thee Stallion, and he didn&#8217;t hold back one bit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_rgscyp0zr\"><a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WnGqISif7ls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">On Monday&#8217;s episode of The Big Podcast with Shaq<\/a>, Shaq delivered a simple two-word response to hearing about the Dallas Mavericks star&#8217;s <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/klay-thompson-hard-launched-relationship-megan-thee-stallion-instagram\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newly launched relationship with Meg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_oynxa19gw\">&#8220;Six weeks,&#8221; Shaq said on the podcast. &#8220;The line is six weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_glsasyurz\">When asked whether he saw Thompson&#8217;s relationship lasting until the upcoming NBA season, Shaq simply repeated his answer: &#8220;Six weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_rgmaokwn4\">Thompson publicly confirmed his long-rumored romance with Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion in an Instagram post earlier this month, and the two have since been seen out and about as a couple. The loved-up pair made their red carpet debut at a gala in New York last week and <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1946736938607599697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">have also posted videos of them working out in the gym together<\/a> ahead of the Mavs guard&#8217;s 13th NBA season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_5ap8ogccu\">&#8220;I have never dated somebody so kind,\u201d <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/16\/celebrity-news\/megan-thee-stallion-breaks-silence-on-klay-thompson-romance-at-inaugural-benefit-gala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meg told\u00a0Page Six<\/a>. \u201cThis is my first relationship where I\u2019ve ever been with somebody who\u2019s genuinely a nice person, and he makes me genuinely happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ntmcvd1hz\">Still, Shaq clearly doesn&#8217;t think the power couple will be together by the time Thompson suits up for Dallas in the fall. Only time will tell. <\/p>\n<p>More NBA on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No one may be blunter in the NBA media biz than Shaquille O&#8217;Neal. 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