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“He Beat Me to the Punch”: Logan Paul Once Revealed the Real Reason NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal Apologized to Him

Published 07/07/2022, 9:45 AM EDT

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Can you imagine Shaquille O’Neal and Logan Paul in one room on just another episode of Impaulsive? Well, as Logan Paul once revealed, O’Neal was actually about to appear on Impaulsive, but circumstances snatched the moment. On his podcast, Paul has interviewed a wide range of figures. His list, starting from Snoop Dogg to Liam Payne to Jeffrey Starr, goes all the way to Arnold Schwarzenegger and shark Kevin O’Leary.

Back when Logan Paul interviewed Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Maverick and his friends talked about Shaq. Paul, taking the light to himself, revealed his interaction with the former NBA champion.

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He said, “Yeah, I saw him and I pressed him. Mike’s (Majlak) like, ‘Yo, tell Shaq he’d be great on our podcast today. Yeah, I was going to, and right as I was about to do it, he beat me to the punch.”

Here is what happened after Paul incited by Mike Majlak approached Shaq.

Logan Paul mimics Shaquille O’Neal in the middle of his podcast

A podcast with O’Neal would actually help Paul with views and attract a vast audience. Looking into Paul’s speech, it seems O’Neal was once all set to appear on Paul’s podcast. However, because of some unknown reason, the 4-time NBA champion failed to make it.

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Mimicking O’Neal’s voice for the first part, this is what Logan Paul said in the Arnold Schwarzenegger interview podcast:

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“Sorry I couldn’t come on your podcast today. And I was like, ‘yeah, man you did great.’ I was looking up at him and I’m like, ‘I’m just kidding bro; You’re Shaq. You can honestly do whatever the fu#k you want.’

Paul went on and expressed how he felt about O’Neal failing to turn up on Impaulsive.

Was Paul upset because of O’Neal?

Paul took the moment to express his innermost feelings. In a surprising tone, he said he had taken “zero offense” and that he completely understood Shaq.

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He said, “When you’re dealing with a guest like a caliber like that, these things happen.”

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Would you like to see Shaquille O’Neal on the Impaulsive podcast with Logan Paul? Let us know in the comments.

 

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Samrat Sardar

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a final year undergraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.
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Ajinkya Aswale