The Miami Grand Prix has been in the spotlight since the beginning of the month. Many celebrities descended to the ‘Sunshine State’ to catch the F1 racing action. Among the prominent ones were Mike Tyson, Roger Federer, Serena and Venus Williams. Despite the presence of such sporting stalwarts, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal’s TNT colleague garnered the most attention. And that too, for an interesting reason.

A former Houston Rockets player, O’Neal’s friend became a part of the banter. In his YouTube podcast, the LA Lakers legend had a funny take on him.?

Shaquille O’Neal denied his presence on the beach

During the F1 weekend, Kenny Smith was spotted with the Brazilian model Aline Bernardis. In O’Neal’s YouTube podcast, The Big Podcast with Shaq, host Nischelle Turner asked him about the same situation. ‘The Big Diesel’ replied with a laugh.

“I know he’s gonna do that. I told Kenny to welcome me to my life. Kenny goes, ‘Hey man, I was sitting at the beach and a dude came out with an AR-15 camera and tug tug tug tug tug’…… “

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Nischelle pulled up a clip from?TNT Inside the NBA, where Kenny Smith was roasted for his picture with the Brazilian Model, making everyone on the podcast laugh. O’Neal also denied having lunch with ‘The Jet’ to keep himself away from the picture controversy.

‘The Jet’ got roasted on Inside the NBA

Kenny Smith was roasted by his Inside the NBA crew on his beach photos with the Brazilian model. In the segment, Ernie Johnson instigated the banter as he said, “Any photos you guys want to share from the weekend???Charles Barkley hilariously replied, ?I?ve got one of Kenny,??which made O’Neal laugh loud.

Kenny calmly responded that it was him and O’Neal hanging out at the beach, only to be denied by the latter. The 51-year-old replied, ?No, no, no, not Shaq and Kenny.” Ernie tried to help Kenny by telling him that he’ll be doing a favor to him. Charles Barkley poked Kenny by saying, ?Are you going to show TMZ?? Johnson saved Kenny with a commercial break while O’Neal laughed and said,?“It wasn’t me…Everybody gonna say its me…”

O’Neal, on his podcast, shared his thoughts and joked about the Kenny Smith picture. Did that segment make you laugh too? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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