NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal almost always makes even the tallest person in a room look small in front of him. Standing at 7’1″, O’Neal ends up towering over almost everyone wherever he goes. And so was the case when Shaq ended up on the set of E.R. 30 years ago while meeting Hollywood actor George Clooney. 

On his podcast, ‘The Big Podcast With Shaq,’ host Nischelle Turner ended up sharing a story about Shaquille O’Neal from 30 years ago. Turner told Shaq that she had just gotten done interviewing Hollywood stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts.

George Clooney shares a story of meeting Shaquille O’Neal

And during her interview, she said Clooney shared a story about Shaq that happened long ago. As Clooney described, when he was on the show E.R. there was a guy on the staff that was about 6’9″.

He was always the tallest guy among the whole crew. And everyone would have to look way up to his face while talking to him. So, one day when Clooney was walking down the hallway and he saw the 6’9″ guy looking up and talking to someone. 

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Clooney immediately wondered, “Who the heck is here that’s a giant?” And to his surprise, it was none other than NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, towering over him. Turner went on to describe the rest of the scenario doing her best impression of the Big Diesel. 

Turner said Shaq then went up to Geroge Clooney to introduce himself and said, “Hi George, how you doing, I’m Shaquille.” Turner then carried out to narrate the rest of the story.

She told him that Clooney reached out his hand to give Shaq a handshake and O’Neal pulled him in to give him a bearhug. After hearing the whole incident and Turner imitating Shaq, he gave her props for doing one hell of a Shaq impression. 

Shaq ends up towering over everyone wherever he goes

The show E.R. started in 1994 and last up until 2009. The show aired 331 episodes which spanned over 15 seasons. George Clooney played the role of Dr. Doug Ross for about five seasons before leaving the show in 1999 to pursue a full-time film career.

But this throwback story from George Clooney about Shaquille O’Neal was undoubtedly a gem for fans. Even more, was Nischelle Turner’s impression of Shaq. The host Turner and Spice Adams couldn’t help but laugh out loud as Shaq praised her impression of him.

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There have been many instances where O’Neal’s freakishly large size and height just end up mesmerizing people around him.