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“Puts his Butt on your head”: Dropping His Pants at Midnight, Shaquille O’Neal Forced Lakers Cheerleader Paula Abdul to Hide Under a Table

Published 03/04/2023, 6:15 AM EST

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NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal is one of the funniest former athletes ever. The four-time NBA champion loves to prank everyone and his antics are loved by fans around the world. The powerhouse was a fierce competitor on the court and feared by his opponents. But off the court, the 15-time NBA All-Star liked to make his teammates and the people around him laugh. Some of his former teammates have talked about his hilarious pranks over the years.

During his playing career, Shaq was infamous for stripping down now and then to lighten the mood in the locker room. However, it looks like this prank was not just limited to the locker room according to a former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader.

Shaquille O’Neal was mooning at his party

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Paula Abdul, the former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader, recently made an appearance on the Jennifer Hudson Show. During the sit-down, the former American Idol judge discussed a variety of interesting things about her career, personal life, etc. In one instance, the host asked Paula about her experience being the neighbor of Shaquille O’Neal. After joining the Lakers, O’Neal was looking for a house. She recounted that she suggested a house across the street from her place. The Big Diesel loved the place and moved in a couple of weeks later. The TV star then talked about Shaq’s massive new year parties.

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She said that the parties are fine, but she once wanted to just be by herself but Shaq did not allow that. Paula recounted that O’Neal knocked on the door wearing a bright pink three-piece suit with gray pinstripes and picked her on his shoulder to the party. But she did not want to go for an interesting reason. She revealed, “But see I knew what happens at midnight. So right before the clock struck midnight I ran under the dining room table because what he does is he moons people and puts his butt on your head.”

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Jennifer Hudson and the fans could not believe what they just heard and could not stop laughing. Paula also said that it was great being a neighbor with Shaq and added that they were friends. She noted that they were both represented by the same business manager as well.

O’Neal’s prank on Kenny Smith

Shaquille O’Neal continues to amuse his fans with his hilarious antics for NBA on TNT with his colleagues. A few months back, Kenny Smith revealed that Shaq has not changed his ways of stripping down. Smith said that O’Neal pranked him working out butt naked on an exercise bike. He added the Los Angeles Lakers legend is one of his best friends because he has no shame.

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Bagavathi Eswaran

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Bagavathi Eswaran is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He has been playing the game of basketball for more than 20 years now and has also been following the NBA for more than 10 years. After not being able to go pro, this former college player decided to join the IT industry.
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Gideon Mathson