“Celebrities Who Lost Everything”: Shaquille O’Neal Joins Zendaya and Cristiano Ronaldo as ‘Has Beens’ Who Live in Brazilian Slums

Tonoy Sengupta | 07/04/2023
"Celebrities Who Lost Everything": Shaquille O'Neal Joins Zendaya and Cristiano Ronaldo as 'Has Beens' Who Live in Brazilian Slums

Shaquille O’Neal is not a man that minds a joke at his expense. Sure, he might always say that he is a ‘beautiful’ man, or even flex his achievements, with Charles Barkley likely getting hit in the process. However, if you make fun of him, and the joke is funny enough, the man just laughs the absolute loudest.

As an example of that, Shaq has been rather active on his Instagram lately, sharing whatever he finds amusing so that everyone in his audience base is able to see it. And of course, some portion of that is the jokes on him.

Falling into the same category as these humorous posts, a recent Instagram post pokes a little fun at Shaquille O’Neal along with a host of other celebrities. And we have to say, it is beyond hilarious, something Shaq evidently agrees with.

 

Shaquille O’Neal is one of the ‘has been’ celebrities who now lives in Brazil

And when we say that, we don’t mean one of the mansions that are a bit cheaper to purchase in Brazil, as opposed to in the United States. No, we mean, celebrities who have lost everything, and live in Brazil’s slums. Or rather, in the post’s words “Celebrities that lost everything and now live in a Brazilian favela.”

…Okay, yes that did not sound very different in the first place and might have been a bit unnecessary. So, instead of staying in this awkward situation, we’re simply going to move on and show you the Instagram post in question. Take a look at the Instagram post below.

 

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It may be hard to believe, but that is not Shaquille O’Neal. In the same spirit, neither are those people Cristiano Ronaldo, Zendaya, and Dwyane ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Shocking, we know.

Jokes aside though, what was Shaquille O’Neal’s reaction to this? Was he laughing as loud as the rest of the NBA community?

 

How did Shaquille O’Neal react?

Shaquille O’Neal uncharacteristically, wordlessly posts whatever it is he finds amusing. And as it turns out, this is no different. Take a look at the tweet below.

Perhaps the man just believed that letting the picture live on its own in its beauty was the right thing to do.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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