Shaquille O\u2019Neal was one of the best players in NBA history, but the big fella has also been known to be a pretty solid player off the court as well. He\u2019s had a high-profile dating life and even admitted to infidelity during his playing days. So, recently when he was accused of sending sexually explicit DMs to Sabrina Carpenter, not many were left astounded.<\/p>\n
Carpenter, one of the most popular singers in the world, has a huge fanbase, and Shaq was bound to have drawn backlash. The messages he was accused of sending were extremely lewd<\/a> in nature. But he has come forward to categorically deny any involvement in the allegations.<\/p>\n In typical Shaq fashion, he decided to use humor to showcase his innocence to the whole world.<\/p>\n O\u2019Neal kept it light, joking that he had way more game than what the \u201cfake\u201d DMs were showing. \u201cFirst of all, ladies, the Diesel got way more game than that. I\u2019m just saying,\u201d the Lakers<\/a>legend said with a grin on The Big Podcast with Shaq.<\/p>\n Shaq was super comfortable reading the messages aloud on the podcast. He asked his co-hosts if it sounded like him, to which they said it did not. Clearly, he was trying to prove his innocence.<\/p>\n O\u2019Neal<\/a>\u2019s co-hosts theorized that the messages were AI-generated. They also mentioned it could\u2019ve been a fake account posing as Shaq. They noticed the profile picture was the same as his real-life X account. However, in no way does that prove that Shaq was the culprit.<\/p>\n Whoever or wherever the posts were generated, O\u2019Neal wants it made clear that it wasn\u2019t him. But he also wants it to be known that he has better pickup lines.<\/p>\n This was a big reminder to the basketball community (and people in general) to not believe everything on the internet. Because of how accessible AI is to common folk today, it\u2019s easier than ever for trolls to spread hate.<\/p>\n Shaq is one of the most famous people int he country. If he actually messaged a sensation like Carpenter<\/a>, it wouldn\u2019t be a rumor, it\u2019d be a full-blown scandal.<\/p>\n The post Shaquille O\u2019Neal Denies Sending Viral Explicit DM\u2019s to Sabrina Carpenter, Says He Has \u201cWay More Game\u201d<\/a> appeared first on The SportsRush<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shaquille O\u2019Neal was one of the best players in NBA history, but the big fella has also been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,8248,181884,243578],"class_list":{"0":"post-545943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-sabrina-carpenter","10":"tag-shaquille-o39neal","11":"tag-the-big-podcast-with-shaq"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}