Shaquille O’Neal clarifies: Messages about him hitting on Sabrina Carpenter are fake. In the podcast “The Big Podcast with Shaq” he uncovered the fake chat.
Rumors are currently making the rounds about ex-NBA player Shaquille O’Neal. These revolve around alleged messages that he is said to have sent to the pop singer Sabrina Carpenter. In the news, he is said to have courted the musician very directly and made no secret of his interest in her. Now he commented personally on the rumors.
Fake news about perfume bottles
On his podcast “The Big Podcast with Shaq,” the former basketball player spoke with his guests Jim Jones and Bailey Jackson about the rumors circulating online. It featured a headline that read, “Shaq caught courting Sabrina Carpenter.” In this context, he had an alleged chat history between him and the musician played back – and then revealed that it was fake.
Said chat opened with this bizarre message: “Damn, baby, I would keep your farts in a perfume bottle and spray myself with it every day. Just kidding. I’m Shaq. What’s your name, baby?” This was even followed by a supposed “response” from Sabrina Carpenter: “I know who you are. You’re way too famous to send me messages like that.”
Shaquille O’Neal’s fake response was that he “couldn’t be horny and want that snow bunny for me” and he accused her of being “rude for no reason.”
Shaquille O’Neal’s reaction to the fake news
In the podcast, the ex-athlete also addressed the fake news personally. So he said: “First of all, girls, the diesel has a lot more to offer than that.” Diesel is the 54-year-old’s long-standing nickname. He closed the topic with the sentence: “I’m just saying.”
This news shows how easy it is, especially these days, to spread fake content about people, and that as a person online you should always be careful about what you get from which sources.
