Mother Lucille O’Neal, Who Regrets Taking Millions from Shaquille O’Neal to Fuel Her Addiction, Hates Son’s Charity Spree on Camera for 1 Big Reason

Shaquille O’Neal was born to an eighteen-year-old Lucille O’Neal. She never had the support of Shaq’s biological father. The Big Diesel has seen his mother deal with a lot of turbulent times in order to raise him and his siblings as a single mom. Shaq’s mother is quite successful in her own right. However, even though she is proud of her son’s achievements, Mother Lucille doesn’t like Shaq’s charitable ventures for a specific reason.

Shaquille O’Neal is a well-known philanthropist. Through the Shaquille O’Neal Foundation, Shaq has helped several kids to achieve their full potential by giving them resources to help them get educated. The Big Diesel also provides thousands of meals across the country to help the youth with their nutrition.

Lucille O’Neal dislikes her son’s charitable work for one reason

Although Shaquille O’Neal has a habit of helping thousands of people through his charity, turns out his mother is not stoked about his ventures for one big reason.

Over the years, Shaquille O’Neal has often been seen elaborating on his charitable work all across the United States. As per The Athletic, his mother Lucille O’Neal doesn’t admire her son bragging about charity to people around him.

According to his mother, there is no need for people to know how much one has or how much one gives to charity. It was surprising to hear the reason behind Lucille O’Neal not admiring her son’s charitable work as one would assume it’s not wrong to talk about how one has made a positive difference in society.

Lucille O’Neal has previously stated that he regrets taking money from his son to fuel his addiction.

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Lucille O’Neal regrets taking money from Shaquille O’Neal

A few months back Lucille O’Neal opened up about her alcohol addiction. She reportedly took a lot of money from Big Diesel in order to buy the best liquor available. She eventually overcame her alcohol addiction to protect her son’s image. She realized that Shaq is a public figure and has a reputation to maintain. Her alcohol addiction might be harmful for her son’s career. She said, “I didn’t want people to see Shaq’s mother as a drunk. I was using his money to buy the best liquor. The world was paying more attention and I needed to give them something positive to look at.” 

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