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Shaquille O’Neal and his post-retirement ventures are entertaining, to say the least. The four-time NBA Champion is regularly seen on digital media and television with the shows that he does. His ‘The Big Shaq’ podcast is popular as well, which is a part of his stint on TNT. The 7-foot giant is loved by all, and he’s well aware of that, as he proclaimed in his podcast.

In the recent episode of his podcast, Shaq talked about how he has years of experience dealing with criticism. And he can differentiate among people who actually love him and those who don’t. The 7-foot giant’s words came off of a lengthy discussion about him being trolled in the Kyrie Irving controversy.

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Shaquille O’Neal launched ‘The Big Shaq’ podcast back in June 2015, making it a seasoned hit in seven years. In the podcast’s recent episode, O’Neal talked about his recent tussle on social media, with people calling him a ‘hypocrite’. O’Neal played the same movie in his theater, the sharing of which led to Irving’s suspension.

Shaq’s love for his colleagues

While talking about all of this in his podcast, Shaq mentioned how he doesn’t care what people are writing about him on Twitter. Meanwhile, The 7-foot giant believes that he’s enjoying life in the moment, and his peers’ love for him gives him the inspiration to do so. Both of which make The Big Aristotle oblivious to these issues. Shaq decided to say all this while trolling his colleague, Anthony ‘Spice’ Adams.

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Feel free to grab your phone to type what you wanna type, doesn’t matter. Cause I’m looking at a crew in here right now, that love me. My man so beautiful to me when he came in with the black hair I didn’t even recognize him. He’s like ‘Nah it’s me Shaq’ and then he took his wig off and I was like ‘Man I thought it was Shaqir [Shaqir O’Neal], dude.’ I’m jealous,” said the Big Diesel.

The Lakers legend had some humor for his colleague Anthony Adams’s hairline, comparing him to his son. The legend seemed unfazed by all the social media comments in the midst of all this.

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As it turns out, a few social media trolls called out Shaq after his remarks on the Kyrie Irving situation. But Shaq seemed to care little about Internet hate as he busied himself in banter with his crewmates.