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Shaquille O’Neal had a long NBA career spanning 19 years. During his career, he played for some of the biggest franchises in the league, winning four championships. It was his family that supported him during his ups and down. Shaq married Shaunie O’Neal in 2012. However, their marriage didn’t work out, and they divorced due to irreconcilable differences. Shaq has had quite a relationship since then and has dated some popular celebrities. Once, he hit on WNBA star Didi Richards’ mom during a live TV show.

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Shaquille O’Neal has had quite a dating history. After his divorce, he dated TV star Nicole Alexander for two years. However, they split in 2012. Shaq then Laticia Rolle, a model, for four years. Once during ‘Inside the NBA’ show, WNBA star Didi Richards’ mom caught Shaq’s attention. Shaq went on to call her ‘fine’, as other co-hosts called her ageless.

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During a recent podcast, Shaq discussed the incident about hitting on Didi Richards’ mom. He also revealed a mystery woman he met a few years ago.

Shaquille O’Neal discusses a woman who brought out Rihanna-like feelings for him

During a recent episode of ‘The Big Podcast’, Shaq revealed the Didi Richards’ mom incident.

“You know why? Because when I look at DD Richard’s mama, I was like ‘damn Dorothy Dandridge is back?’. That’s what she was looking like,” Shaq said.

Nischelle Turner then said that it was Dorothy Dandridge who was Shaq’s first love. Shaq then went on to name a few celebrities that ‘sparked a little thing in him.’ He named celebrities such as Dorothy Dandridge, Ola Ray, Janet Jackson, Halle Berry, and Rihanna. However, Shaq also talked amount a mystery woman, whose name he forgot.

“And this girl, I can’t say her name. But I met her about seven-eight years ago,” Shaq said.

That is quite a list of celebrities Shaq named during the podcast. However, failed to remember the name of a woman on that list. Shaq tried to remember her name, but Spice Adams intervened him and the conversation changed.

Shaq once trolled his son, Shareef O’Neal, for waiting for Rihanna. Shareef posted a picture of himself captioned: “Waiting for Rihanna like…”.

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Shaq then trolled his son by calling himself sexier. He commented on Shareef’s post: “she don’t want u she want me i’m sexier.”

Shaq indeed is merciless when it comes to trolling. He didn’t even spare his own son. Shaq has always been active on social media and has never failed to entertain his followers and fans.

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