Whenever one thinks of Shaquille O’Neal, the first image that comes to mind is of a 7ft 1″, 324 lbs man. From this description, one can imagine why people may get intimidated and maybe find him a little scary. However, Shaq is the exact opposite!
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While his size may give him a tough look, he’s a teddy bear on the inside. The big man does not like violence, and tries his best to always keep things civil. He may occasionally use his stature to intimidate people, but it’s usually only for laughs and giggles.
However, there are times when the big man has lost his cool as well. Big Diesel revealed one such time on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Shaquille O’Neal once admitted to tearing apart a Toyota Corolla!
Talking to Jimmy Kimmel, Shaq was clarifying myths about himself. Kimmel talked about how he once put a teammate in a sleeper hold, how he pulled urinals off the wall and more. Kimmel then asked Shaq about the time he was inspired by the Hulk and destroyed a car with his bare hands.
Shaquille O’Neal nodded and said, “Yes, I did.”
He then added,
“I remember it was a beige Toyota Corolla, it was some guy’s that had got stolen, but it was just right there in front. So when I was doing it and the cops roll by, and they saw me doing it, they thought I stole it, but luckily the cops that rolled by were my uncle’s. So they took me, and they just sat me in jail for a day, the whole day, the whole night and said,
‘Hey, you have a decision to make. You can either start listening to us and going the right way or go the wrong way.”’
As we know, O’Neal chose the right path, and now he’s remembered as one of the best basketball players the world has ever seen. Since Shaq shared that he was thirteen or fourteen when this took place, it was the mid-80s. A Toyota Corolla cost nearly $5000 back then. Tearing apart a five-grand car just because you can? Man, that’s the most Shaquille O’Neal thing I’ve ever heard.
Shaq’s ex-wife Shaunie once destroyed his car over cheating allegations
Shaq has everything a man could want in life. He’s famous, has an incredible frame, a net worth in excess of $400 Million, and six wonderful children. However, the one thing he lacks is a lady to share it all with.
He was married to Shaunie for seven years, but Shaq wasn’t a loyal husband during that time. When Shaunie discovered his infidelity, she took it out on his car. In her words, she’d said,
“I went in the arena and I went in that garage, not only did I flatten tires, bust a few windows, I wrote on the hood of his car, ‘I cheat on my wife. I ain’t sh*t’ with a knife.
I wrote it on the hood and down the side of the car. He had to drive that sh*t on four flats, with the messages all around it. I drove right on the side of his ass blowing the horn, cause I wanted to people to like see. Beep! Beep! The Whole ride, the whole ride.”
From destroying a car as a kid to having your own car destroyed, Shaq’s life went full circle indeed.
