Shaquille O’Neal is among few of the names who are talked about on and off the basketball court. After all, he is a big name in NBA. After retiring, he started commentating and made a name for himself there, too.

Shaquille O’Neal is also a DJ, grooving under the name ‘DJ Diesel’ and making people dance all around the world to his beats. However, being a well-known public figure, ‘Shaq’ has also heard many rumors about himself. This time, he acknowledged one rumor which led him to talk about another one.

One of the most recent rumors is that Shaquille O’Neal has a girlfriend who is 20 years younger than him.

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O’Neal was discovered in an Instagram post with Tiara Renee, a realtor, and real estate investor. In the post, Tiara was seen kissing Shaq on the cheeks and there was also a baby in the picture. This sparked rumors of him having a girlfriend and a baby, too.

Shaquille O’Neal claims to have 57 children

On Shaq’s Podcast- ‘The Big Podcast’, Shaq, Spice, and Nischelle were talking about a rumor which said that Shaq had once gifted LeBron James a Rolls Royce. When confronted about the rumor to know its credibility, he said that it might be true.

However, he also denied it humorously by saying that believing in rumors is hard. He supported his statement by saying that over his 50 years, according to rumors, he’s had “alleged” 57 children. Shaq said this because of the rumor of him being in a relationship with Tiara Renee and about him having a baby with her. Shaq tried removing that rumor by saying that false rumors like him being with many girls have also emerged many times, and if he were to have kids with all of them, he would have had 57 children.

New Shaq rumors continue to come, and people continue to talk. But, his replies and way of handling those rumors will stay constant.

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Thus here, in this instance, Shaq dealt with one rumor very wittily to destroy another one at the same time. This smartness is only commendable of the legend.