In the past 24 hours, Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard’s feud took a nasty turn. The former Centers engaged in back-and-forth on social media, intensifying their feud. Soon, Shaq called out his nemesis a “sensitive big man,” and Howard responded with equal ferocity, labeling the 4x NBA Champion as “insecure.” But the beef doesn’t end here, as the 3x DPOY in a podcast, revealed another possible reason for Shaq’s insecurity.

“It could have been about a girl..I dated a female a couple years ago, not a couple it was a while ago. And she said some stuff about Shaq you know telling her I’m the real super he’s a real Superman and he follow there’s a lot of stuff.”

On The Gauds Show, Dwight Howard disclosed that the girl he dated previously, long before Amy Luciani, got messages from Shaquille O’Neal. D12 also made it clear, that he was hopeful any “female” involvement was not the reason for their long-dated feud.

“I hope it’s not about no female because that’s messed up for one to put her in the situation. And two we two grown-as- men at the end of the day like it should be no hate.” Later he would quote from the Bible to stop the hatred between the two.

“I always go back to the Bible so people can’t refute it. the Bible says God Jesus said if a man say they hate their brother who they can see is no way they love God who they can’t see.” Howard on the Ray Daniels Presents YouTube channel emphasized ending the beef with Shaquille O’Neal. But do we know this former girlfriend, since Howard did not name anybody in particular?

Was Shaquille O’Neal involved with Howard’s baby mama?

Royce Reed, the mother of Dwight Howard’s oldest child, alleged the NBA star’s wrongdoing. She aired the dirty laundry on social media and created a page, “I had a baby by Superman,” where she uploaded her side of the story.

But once before, on a different podcast, she also revealed the messages that Big Aristotle sent her. In an interview last year with Carlos King, she allegedly stated that Shaquille O’Neal sent her flirtatious messages.

That too at the time when he was married to his ex-wife Shaunie Henderson. Reed also explained that she shared the messages with Shaq’s ex-wife and claimed nothing ever happened.

“Nothing ever happened. He actually cursed me out cause I didn’t want to talk to him. I wanted everything out to be in the open. I wanted her to see everything so if anything happened or said, she’d knew it wasn’t true.”

Since Dwight Howard did not name anybody it is hard to point out if Reed was the one. But the history between the former NBA stars just gets messy. But will it ever end?