After a successful 19-year stint in the NBA, Shaquille O’Neal is now a foot deep into the business world. Accumulating a net worth of around $400 million, Big Diesel is one of the most successful players after retirement. While he nets almost $60 million every year, he has to give a part of his wealth to his ex-wife, Shaunie O’Neal.
Shaunie and Shaq were a couple for seven years. During this time, they welcomed four children together. However, their split was expensive for the Los Angeles Lakers legend. The monster business tycoon also continues to pay his ex-wife Shaunie $10,000 as alimony every month. In addition, Shaq also pays the same amount for each of their four kids in the form of child support.
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But there is one man who has had children with multiple women, yet Shaq believes has seemingly strayed away from any sort of drama. During the recent episode of Shaq’s popular podcast, the father of six admitted to being jealous of popular TV host, Nick Cannon.
Shaquille O’Neal envies Nick Cannon
Cannon burst onto the scene as the host of the popular comedy show Wild N Out. However, over the years, the 41-year-old has become famous for his relationships. His most notable relationship is with pop star Mariah Carey with whom he had his first set of twins. Since then, Cannon has welcomed another seven children into his life. Discussing his life during the podcast, Shaquille O’Neal said he held some feelings of jealousy.
He said: “I’m jealous. This is going to be a little controversial. That man got ten girlfriends and they got no baby mama drama.” Shaq continued saying, “Most of us, if we go have boom and bam, we done with number one. If we have a baby with two or three, we can’t ever come back to number one….. He was with two, he had a baby with three, four, five, and six, and then came back to two.”
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While Cannon is currently welcoming his 10th baby to the world, the 41-year-old has done a great job as a father. Making every mother and child feel special, Cannon revealed he spends all day with his children. Moreover, there is no friction between the mothers of his children. They reportedly all focus on their own families and treat each other with nothing but respect.
According to The Sun, legal expert Goldie Schon estimated the popular TV star’s payments to go over $2 million every year. But nothing seems to get in the way of the cordial relationships that Cannon has created in his family.
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