Shaq Denies Fabricated Explicit DMs to Carpenter

Shaquille O'Neal, the retired NBA star, firmly denied sending explicit direct messages to singer Sabrina Carpenter during a recent episode of his podcast, "The Big Podcast with Shaquille O'Neal," aired on March 20. The 54-year-old basketball legend addressed screenshots that had gone viral on social media, showing fabricated exchanges from an account appearing to be his, filled with crude and inappropriate content aimed at the 26-year-old pop artist.

The rumors began circulating earlier this month when an Instagram parody account, known for posting false NBA-related stories, shared the images. The alleged messages included lines such as, "Damn, baby. I would keep your farts in a cologne bottle and spray it on me every day. Just jokes, I'm Shaq. What's your name, baby?" In the fabricated conversation, Carpenter reportedly replied, "I know who you are. You're way too famous to be sending messages like that." O'Neal's supposed response escalated with, "I can't be horny and want some of that snow bunny kitty for no reason. You can't handle Big Diesel anyway. My meat would have you in the hospital."

Reading the messages aloud on his podcast, O'Neal laughed off the claims and...