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Shaquille O’Neal loves cracking people up when the opportunity presents itself. It might be safe to say that an intimidating giant like Shaq has the heart of a child. This is why fans are treated with Shaq’s occasional dose of laughter medicine and this time, he made sure that each of his acquaintances got something to laugh about as well. Besides, there’s no harm in sneaking up on a colleague to get a few laughs amidst the busy schedule, right?

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After building an impressive career as a professional basketball player, Shaquille O’Neal exited the court and took his talents to Inside the NBA. The post-game show is presented by NBA on TNT and hosted by sportscaster Ernie Johnson. The show also features Shaq, along with fellow NBA analysts Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith. When you work with two other former professional basketball superstars, on-camera disagreements over various matters are a common occurrence. However, apparently, that’s not the case when they are off-camera and Shaq’s recent Instagram video proves just that.

Shaquille O’Neal goes shirtless

The four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal recently posted a hilarious video on his social media account. The video seemed to have been taken in the green room of Inside the NBA. In the video, fans saw the 11x NBA All-Star Charles Barkley staring at the door behind him through the mirror placed in front. He instantly cracked up when he saw the ‘Big Aristotle’ entering the room and standing behind him. While the 1993 NBA MVP was dressed in a pin-striped blue suit, the Diesel was entirely shirtless.

“Don’t be standing behind me with your d*mn shirt off. C’mon man!” Chuck told the Los Angeles Lakers legend.

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As both burst out in laughter, Barkly added, “Got a big old dude standing behind me.”

Interestingly, this is not the first time Shaq has pulled such a harmless joke on the sets of the post-games. While this time it was a shirtless Shaq, the previous time he decided to show his feet to the entire world.

Shaq puts his feet on display

In September 2022, Shaquille O’Neal gave the world a visual memory that no one really asked for. During an episode of Inside the NBA, the 2000 NBA MVP thought that showing off his feet to the world would be a great idea. Except that it wasn’t.  The episode featured a pregame segment with three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade, film producer Adam Lefkoe, and WNBA star player Candace Parker.

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It was during the segment where Shaq gave the viewers a peak at his feet that grossed out everyone. Lefkoe even pointed out the ash on Shaq’s feet which, the latter corrected, was actually dry skin.

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Evidently, this was not the first time Shaq showed his feet. He had pulled a similar stunt previously as well and received the same kind of reactions from everyone who saw the video.