TikToker Vying For UFC Debut Exposes Shaquille O’Neal Over DMs to His Girlfriend – “Gonna Take Her & Your Mom”

TikTok sensation Bryce Hall took the combat sports world by storm with a stunning knockout victory in his BKFC debut, silencing critics and proving his mettle in bare-knuckle boxing—a sport known for pushing fighters out of their comfort zones. Now, he’s setting his sights on making history by becoming the first social media star to fight in the UFC. However, the 25-year-old made waves by crossing paths with none other than former NBA champion and global icon Shaquille O’Neal.

Earlier this September, Hall shared a couple of screenshots of a message from O’Neal, but it wasn’t his DMs. It was his girlfriend, Mikaela Lafuente‘s DMs, a famous social media figure who has attracted some very high-profile athletes, and this time, ‘Shaq’ decided to shoot his shot. During an appearance on Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo‘s podcast, the former double champion would congratulate Hall on all his recent accomplishments and current social media stardom, while bringing up the O’Neal incident.

“Look at you, man – an influencer, young, and obviously I do wanna talk about your girlfriend. Obviously, we got the paper, we got Shaquille O’Neal sliding into her DMs,” said Henry Cejudo. While claiming that it ‘hit his ego’ a little bit, in the end, he doesn’t take it too seriously and proceeds to make entertaining content on these incidents.

“I just make jokes out of it. I really don’t care… [and] I just make funny videos out of it. No ill intent towards any of the celebrities that I’m talking about. It’s kind of like exposing them, but I think it’s hilarious,” stated Bryce Hall on ‘Pound 4 Pound with Kamaru & Henry’. His videos may have been light-hearted, but Hall would get an unusual warning from Shaquille O’Neal as the 25-year-old revealed to Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo.

This time, the NBA legend would claim that not only is Hall’s girlfriend on his radar but his mother as well. “He [O’Neal] slid into my DMs after and he’s like, ‘I was just saying what’s up but now, I’m gonna take her and your mom [laughs hysterically],” Hall further stated.

However, some of his content may have rubbed the 4-time NBA champion, as he’d sent a message in his DMs thereafter. His revelation certainly made Cejudo and Usman break down, laughing their guts out. Nevertheless, this isn’t the first time Hall has dealt with someone sliding into his girlfriend’s DMs, but he doesn’t know what the intent is with these messages.

A long list of celebrities vying for their shot

Bryce Hall revealed that he did have a hard time understanding what was going on, as even Brazilian soccer star Neymar Jr. also sent a message of his own to his girlfriend. When the Brazilian ace sent his message, the 25-year-old said, “Neymar slid into my girl’s DMS w/ a whole a** wife n kids… maybe he just wanted to play soccer with me by reaching out to her but idk,” on X. But there was another celebrity who DM’d Mikaela Lafuente as well, and that’s none other than multi-platinum recording artist, Kanye West.

It was reported by Hall’s girlfriend that there were some “inappropriate” advances from the Grammy-winning artist, as the TikTok star would take to social media, claiming that his life is nothing less than a work of fiction, a movie. In an Instagram video, he said, “At this point, my life’s just like a movie. Like, what the f*** is going on?”

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