Shaquille O’Neal is 49 years old at the moment and will turn 50 in the coming month. It has been more than a decade since Shaq’s retirement from professional basketball. However, Shaq has recently wished that he wants to age backward from now on to the rest of his life.
Shaq had a successful NBA career as he won four championships with two different teams – Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. Since his retirement from the game in 2011, he has been equally successful in his businesses and investments. In fact, he is among the top 5 richest NBA players list with a net worth of over $400 million.
But Shaq is aging and will hit 50 on March 6. However, he recently expressed his thoughts on aging and said that he wants to age like the character of Benjamin Button from Brad Pitt’s movie ‘ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’.
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Shaquille O’Neal reveals that he wants to age in reverse
Former NBA star Shaq recently released his latest episode of ‘The Big Podcast’. At the beginning of the podcast, he id that he wants to have the ‘Benjamin Button disease’ for the rest of his life.
“In a perfect world, on my birthday March 6, I wanna be so fine that I wanna post a picture that says, ‘Does your daddy look like this?’,” Shaq said on The Big Podcast.
“I wanna have the Benjamin Button disease for the rest of my life. I look at all these other old players that are just old. I’m 50, but I don’t want to be. I’m still gonna do what I do: my cars, my rims, but in order to feel like that you have to look like that.”
2008-movie ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ features Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Brad Pitt plays the role of Benjamin Button, who ages in reverse. It was a box-office success and received 13 Academy Awards nominations, winning three.
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Shaq expressed his thoughts on aging like Brad Pitt’s character in the movie, Benjamin Button. O’Neal is one of the biggest celebrities in the world and has to make appearances in shows and events. It’s understandable that he wants to age in reverse despite turning 50 next month.