Shaquille O’Neal, who had a messy divorce with ex-wife Shaunie, Gives Brutally Honest Relationship Advice to Confused Guy

Published 04/18/2022, 6:30 PM EDT

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal is one of the funniest analysts around the game right now. And, his podcasts never fail to entertain the fans.

He is joined by Spice Adams and Nischelle Turner for ‘The Big Podcast with Shaq’ every week to discuss everything from music to sports to movies and everything trending. And his interactions with Spice and Nischelle are hilarious.

Shaquille O’Neal offers relationship advice

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In the latest edition of the podcast named ‘The Big Incentive’, O’Neal was giving relationship advice to Nischelle’s cousin.

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Nischelle asked, “My little cousin said to me, it’s a guy and he’s in a relationship for kind of like the first time. And he would say to me like, ‘There’s a lot of things I love about her, there’s some things that get on my nerves about her. But when will I know it’s the one?’. And I’m like keep thinking about those and I can’t really give him an answer because listen I’m single and trying to be in love.”. “I’m not married but I’m trying to figure it out myself and I’m like I don’t know. When does it mean?”.

To which Shaquille O’Neal answered, “You have to be realistic about the situation. He probably wants the perfect one, but nothing or no one is perfect. You have to be able to adjust and for something you really don’t like, you have to have a man and woman conversation like, Hey I don’t really like that and can we get rid of it? And give her the same respect when she says, ‘Hey I don’t really like that’. And you know, if you are in a relationship for a certain period of time, you already have an inclination if this could be the one. You know when you know. And all that looking for the perfect one, trust me, let the daddy tell you, that sh*t don’t exist.”.

Shaquille O’Neal’s divorce

Shaquille O’Neal married Shaunie in December 2002. After 5 years of marriage, they separated and reconciled shortly after. But it didn’t last long as Shaunie filed for divorce in 2009.

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And Shaunie created the reality show ‘Basketball wives’ to show the fans what it is like to be in a relationship with sports stars.

As someone who has gone through a divorce, Shaq would know a thing or two about relationships. And his advice to Nischelle’s cousin felt from the heart.

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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 college player decided to join the IT industry.

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Niranjan Deodhar

Shaquille O’Neal, who had a messy divorce with ex-wife Shaunie, Gives Brutally Honest Relationship Advice to Confused Guy

Shaquille O’Neal offers relationship advice

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