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Shaquille O’Neal is one of the tallest players to have ever played the game of Basketball. Not only tall, he has big muscles too, which makes him look like a giant. Being a popular figure, Shaquille O’Neal also meets various celebrities and other popular entities. They all complain about the same thing, his height being too tall, which makes them look tiny. This is not liked by them, and thus, they accuse Shaq of various things.

Shaq being the lively person that he is, doesn’t mind them at all. Even in the recent US Grand Prix, Shaq was seen standing equal in height to Lewis Hamilton who was on a podium and Shaq was on the floor.

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Another incidence was reminded by Arnold Schwarzenegger in his Instagram post. Read to know more about it.

Shaquille O’Neal stands on a two-foot box to hide his real height?

Shaquille O’Neal is one of the tallest players ever played for Los Angeles Lakers. However, is he actually that tall? Former actor and bodybuilder Arnold accuses him of not being and of course hilariously. Arnold used humor to cover the fact that he looks so tiny standing beside the giant. This is what most people do when they’re asked to stand besides the giant.

He says that Shaq is faking his height and he’s not actually that tall. According to him, Shaq uses various tactics to increase his height. He describes the tactics in his Instagram post with the caption, “He always insists on standing on a 2 feet box when he’s with me.” Now you might be wondering why he seemed tall in all his pictures and if he’s been doing that all the time. However, obviously, that’s not the case. Watch the post below.

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Arnold had posted this picture when he was in Columbus last year for an event by Arnold Sports. Shaq was also visiting the place at that time for a DJ gig where he would be playing. Arnold even wished the best of luck to Shaq for his future and said that “I loved to see his continued success.” 

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