“His Hand Is the Size of Your Face”: Giant Shaquille O’Neal Making Simone Biles Look Like a Doll Left Fans Drawing Absurd Comparisons

Since the beginning of her career, Simone Biles has been proving her mettle in the sport of gymnastics. In addition, winning four Olympic gold medals in gymnastics makes her incredible. But there is one thing that made the gymnast conscious. It was her height, due to which she faced several bittersweet comments.

However, as she appeared in the Olympics, she understood her worth. Meanwhile, in 2017, there was a time when her phone flooded with millions of comments regarding her height. It happened because of her picture with a tall NBA legend.

Fans reacting to Simone Biles’ height

As Simone shared her picture with NBA player Shaquille O’Neal, fans poured their love into her comment section. Meanwhile, several made different jokes about her height. There was a fan who compared Shaq’s hand with her face. “Girl his hand is the size of your face.”

Similarly, one user also wrote, “She is size of his one leg.” Another wrote, “Shaq is big tallest than you shortest tall!” One user joked about John Cena and said, “Somebody asks John Cena if he can see her.” While one wrote, “Girl, you have to look 1,000 miles up.” Some other people also stated, “He can put her in the basket.” Notably, in the picture, everyone can see the height difference between a 4’8″ tall Biles and a 7’0″ tall Shaq.

There was one person who talked about her hard work and said, “This girl is shot, but this girl’s determination and thinking, hardworking and technic is not little or shot this is for you.” The other touches of humor comments were, “How to unseen this my god,” “She can ask how’s the weather up there?.” But some appreciated her height in a different way, “Her work is enough to maker her stand out.”

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On the other hand, someone saw heels. “Plus she’s in heels holy sh**.” However, there was one worthy comment: “Proof that talent knows no bounds and that size really *doesn’t* matter.”

Simone faking her height

There was a time when the legendary gymnast had to lie about her height. She described the details of the incident in her book ‘Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance.’ Simone stated that she looked small for the age group of fourteen years old. She wrote, “At the time, I was fourteen and small for my age. A four-feet-eight-inch ball of nonstop energy, I liked to say I was four feet nine just so I could feel taller.”

Further, she penned, “But I was also strong. I’d been born with the kind of biceps and muscled calves that, back in third grade, had earned me the nickname swoldger-a cross between swollen and soldier.” However, as the four-time Olympic gold medalist proceeded further in life, she penned her legacy, forgetting all the worries regarding her height.

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