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Shaquille O’Neal Fanboys Over “Queen Beyonce” After Getting Oscar Nomination: “She’s Just Perfect. She Did Something for Me I Can’t Even Thank Her for”

Published 02/10/2022, 11:00 AM EST

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Shaquille O’Neal recently spoke about his admiration for Beyoncé. Shaq revealed an incident where Beyoncé won all his love and adoration. This conversation comes in the context of Beyoncé getting her first Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Song at the 2022 Oscars.

Beyoncé has had an extremely successful career. She has been recording and performing music since 1997. Moreover, she is also a producer and actress. There are no limits to what she can achieve, which has further allowed her to become one of the world’s best-selling recording artists.

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However, through all her years of fame, this is the first academy award nomination she has received. Her performance of the song ‘Be Alive’ in the movie King Richard is what fetched her this nomination.

Shaquille O’Neal addressed this nomination and congratulated her for it. He calls her “Queen Beyoncé”, as everyone does. She has inspired countless people to be confident and proud of themselves. She has been the face of 20th-century pop culture.

Shaq also revealed how Beyoncé helped him make his daughter’s birthday extraordinary and calls her perfect.

How Beyoncé helped Shaquille O’Neal

During an episode of The Big Podcast with Shaq, Shaq revealed how Beyoncé helped him. Shaq said it was his daughter’s birthday, who happens to be a huge Beyoncé fan. He put in a call to Beyoncé and she helped him get tickets to her live show and performance.

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In addition to that, she granted them first-row seats and full backstage access. Shaq explained how he extremely loved her for making his daughter’s birthday extraordinary. Not a lot of people go out of their way to help others, and Shaq was extremely happy she did his for them.

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Moreover, Shaq said Beyoncé not only gave them tickets but also added a personal touch to it. Beyoncé called Shaq’s daughter on stage during the show and sang to her.

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This is the reason Shaq calls her a queen and a perfect person. He adores her for what she has done for him. Beyoncé made his daughter’s birthday extremely special and beautiful, and Shaq could never forget that.

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Abhinav Bhalla is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He is a 5th year law student and has had a passion for Basketball and NBA since his early childhood. He has competed at school, university and national levels himself, and has a deep analytical appreciation for the sport.
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