Here’s something we can look forward to the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Louisiana fave, Shaquille O’Neal is coming back to where it all started for one of his favorite events in sports. Big Diesel has made his Super Bowl party an epic event through Shaq’s Fun House. It’s already in development for 2025 and all we have to do is wait for the lineup and ticket sales. O’Neal usually brings the most amazing artists together for a fun party with football fans. There is one artist he wishes would join his party. But the last time he did something to get this superstar’s attention, he was schooled by Travis Kelce.

On The Dan Patrick Show, O’Neal dished on the return of his Super Bowl party. This is important because Shaq was previously upset on Lil Wayne’s behalf for being snubbed out of the Halftime Show. “I will be there, Shaq’s Fun House will be there. And you definitely gotta party, get tickets to the party. It’s the no.1 Super Bowl party. You can bring who you want to bring.” 

Dan Patrick says, “I was going to bring Taylor Swift,” and Shaq responded with the world’s slowest ‘okay.’ So of course the media veteran had to ask if Shaq thinks he could never bring the Taylor Swift to Shaq’s Fun House.

Shaq’s thoughts are pretty obvious but he takes the diplomatic route. “I’m not answering that. I don’t want no problem with the Kelce boys.” Kelce Boys, otherwise also known as the Kansas City Chiefs.

Unless you live under a rock, you’d know that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are a thing. Last year, the Swift effect swept the NFL, not only drawing massive viewership, but Taylor was sort of a lucky charm. Every time she attended a Chiefs game in person, the team won. That’s exactly the lesson Shaq learned that made him wary of getting on the bad side of Swifties.

Shaquille O’Neal won’t mess with the Swift factor again

Shaquille O’Neal is a diehard Swiftie, make no mistake. But he’s also a huge Cowboys fan. Last season, his Cowboys were out of the running (again) and he was at the Baltimore Ravens tailgate party in the AFC Championship game. The Ravens were of course playing the Chiefs and Taylor Swift was in attendance.

Shaq got a little cheeky, goading the tailgaters to be loud enough for Swift to hear inside the arena. “We comin’ for that [expletive], Taylor!” he roared into the mic and made partiers hold their middle fingers in the air.

The consequence – the Ravens lost 10-17, the Chiefs went to the Super Bowl, and won another championship. But no hard feelings because O’Neal met Swift at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas and he was starstruck.

Shaq’s Cowboys are still barely hanging in there this season while their quarterback is injured. He’s rooting for a 7-0 run for them to make it to the playoffs (Dallas has only seven games left). He wouldn’t want to jinx anything by getting on the bad side of the Swift lucky charm.