“As Soon as I Saw My Children’s Faces”: Divorced Shaquille O’Neal Gets Brutally Honest on How His Kids Inspired a Major Change in His Life

Shaquille O’Neal is baring it all. Always an open book, he shared his thoughts about his family life. Shaq revealed that his children changed him a lot. He has 6 kids, one from his former girlfriend, Arnetta Yardbourgh, and the remaining from his ex-wife, Shaunie Henderson. It seems to be one big, happy family. In a recent interview, he revealed how his children changed his life.

He said their perspective was adorably myopic. They didn’t mind or let alone care about their famous dad hitting 40 points or even 2 points. Shaq said he would come to a couple of “Hey daddy!” All they cared about was that their daddy was home. He continued, “As soon as I saw my children’s faces, I could transform.”

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Shaquille O’Neal described himself to be the Hulk post a bad game night. The children were the catalyst for his behavior, and eventually his personality.

In another interview, Shaquille O’Neal pinned down, coming home to 5-6 different voices as the best moment of his life.

Due to a broken relationship with both the mothers of his children, he admitted that he had lost out a chunk of time with them. He remains to be in good terms with both his exes as they navigate co-parenting. It has been something that Shaq has been actively trying to rebuild and reconnect.

Shaquille O’Neal has love to go all around

All of his children, Taahirah, Myles, Shareef, Shaqir, Amirah, and Me’arah are engaged in the business world or the athletic world.

In The Pivot Podcast, Shaq credited their mothers. “I have two wonderful women that have given me beautiful, gorgeous children, I have to protect and I have to provide and I have to love for them forever“. He has always been vocal about extending his gratitude toward them.

It is also no secret that he loves to pamper his children. During the famous late night show, guest host Mila Kunis had asked Shaquille O’Neal, what Christmas gifts he would buy for his children. Without batting an eyelid, he replied, “Everything they want.com”.

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Time and time again, Shaquille O’Neal has made it abundantly clear. For him, his children are his everything.