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Shaquille O’Neal has been entertaining fans even after his retirement through various activities and events. Moreover, in recent days, he has been reacting to reels on Instagram. On the reaction feature on Instagram, Shaquille O’Neal dubbed a viral reel of Jim Carrey, who is one of the most prolific actors and comedians. Carrey is known for his roles in ‘Ace Ventura and ‘The Mask.’ He is known as the king of impersonations, and interestingly,

Shaquille O’Neal impersonated him. Shaq took to Instagram to share his reel, and it garnered 259,000 likes within few hours, making it super popular on the social media website.

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Jim Carrey was at the show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ when this iconic reel originated. Kimmel talked to Carrey about a change in his appearance, indicating him growing out a beard. Carrey humorously responded that his beard has become that talking point of all his interviews and shows. He talked about his beard becoming a bigger star than him. According to Jim, his beard could be president one day! This was all in good humor as Carrey proceeded to continue to pursue the line of jokes on his beard. He said that his beard has its own Twitter as well.

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The part of the show that went the most viral was where Carrey talked about the real dilemma of having a beard. Shaquille O’Neal reacted to this exact part and went viral for it. Carrey spoke about questioning why he is growing a beard and continually shaves his ba*ls. 

Shaquille O’Neal hilariously impersonates Jim Carrey on Instagram.

Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O’Neal took to Instagram to share his impersonation reel of an iconic Jimm Carrey line. Shaq captioned the Instagram post by calling Jim Carrey the funniest guy ever. 

 

Jim Carrey said, “I always say the question is not why are you growing a beard. The question is, why am I growing a beard and still shaving my ba*ls?

This was followed by thunderous laughter from the fans on the set of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’. Shaq received similar applause on Instagram as the reel he posted got thousands of likes and comments.

Kevin Hart once impersonated Shaq

Shaquille O’Neal is not the only one that can impersonate a comedian. Kevin Hart once took to the ‘Inside the NBA’ shooting set in a Shaq-like get-up as he impersonated the NBA legend for a ‘Saturday Night Live‘ skit.

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Kevin Hart impersonated Shaq in his voice and said, “Happy holidays, merry Christmas, Very merry. If you’re Jewish happy harmonica, okay, okay, that’s it; it’s go time, let’s go, chuck throw me the ball all right yeah, you and me, Charles, let’s go.”

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It is tough to gauge if Shaq did it better than Kevin Hart. Regardless, Shaquille O’Neal and his viral reel showed that he, too, can do an impersonation like any comedian.