‘This Woman Is the First African-American…’: Shaquille O’Neal Heaps Massive Praise on Close Friend

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal is one of the most vibrant personalities in the world of sports. The Los Angeles Lakers legend is known for his jokes and pranks. Moreover, he is hugely popular for his antics on the ‘Inside the NBA’ show.

Another successful venture of Shaq is his podcast. The Big Podcast with Shaq features the 4 time NBA champion himself along with NFL veteran Spice Adams and Nischelle Turner. This forms the core of the show, which regularly talks about everything around the world.

While Shaq might be the face of the podcast, it is actually Nichelle who does a lot of the hard work. This was asserted by Shaq himself in the recent episode of the show.

Talking on The Big Professor episode of the show, O’Neal heaped huge praise on Nichelle. He talked about how she is the one who talks the most and O’Neal never has to instruct her what to do on the show.

Shaq said, “Nischelle, we have a great podcast because of you… You are definitely way more talented than me. So that’s why we let you start it off. Because this, ‘The Big Podcast’, I’m supposed to start it off… This woman is the first African-American host of the show. I don’t even wanna talk. Let her talk. She likes to talk…”

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Some well-deserved praise for the former CNN correspondent! Spice Adams was not in attendance for this episode. It would have been interesting to see how the comedian would have reacted to Shaq’s praise of Nischelle.

Did Shaquille O’Neal date Nischelle?

Nichelle Turner and Shaquille O’Neal have great chemistry while hosting The Big Podcast with Shaq. Subsequently, this led to dating rumors between the two. The two were spotted during the Super Bowl LVI this year which was attended by celebrities across the world.

However, the two are not dating. Turner and Shaq simply decided to attend the sporting extravaganza together. Interestingly enough, Shaquille O’Neal is dating Annie Ilonzeh. The two started seeing each other in 2019 and have been rumored to be together since then. 

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