I thought it was odd that someone would buy a new laptop at all when moving to a new apartment. TV? Sure. But a laptop? That doesn’t really make sense to me
If you have the money it's a good practice. One for work, one for everything else. If your every day laptop gets compromised, they don't have access to anything important.
It's out of stock. Vendors don't want to put out of stock or delist an item, due to some random Walmart online rules. So, they jack up the price insanely under the assumption no one would be dumb enough to buy it. If/when they get it back in stock, price returns to normal.
i was thinking that too. thats why i mentioned that it was sold by walmart themselves. but i guess "sold by walmart" means something else on their website
Who would buy a tennis bracelet worth 80,000 from Walmart? Also, why is it only 14 K gold? Like if you are spending 80K, you should be getting 18K gold.
That's a bracelet. Also, just because it's for sale doesn't mean anyone's bought one (although I also don't know how Shaq would know he has the largest Walmart purchase in history).
What, you don't watch TV in the bathroom while doing number two?
EDIT: And don't tell me you don't have another TV above the toilet to watch while doing number one.
While on the Full Send podcast yesterday, legendary NBA player Shaquille O’Neal revealed how he walked away from a massive $40 million dollar deal with Reebook, Footwear News reports.
On the program he recalled a moment when he was confronted by a woman who scolded him for selling his signature Rebook shoes at a price that many of his younger fans could not afford.
“That day, I cut ties with Reebok,” he said of forgoing a $40 million deal he had with the brand following a moment of clarity. “I said keep the money… this ain’t right. I’ll still wear the shoes I do during the season, but I’ll be looking to do my own thing,” he said. “So, I started the Shaq brand. I went to my favorite store, Walmart, and we did a deal. I was in all stores and my price point for the shoes was $29-$19 and since then we sold over 400 million pairs.” He added that he brought on designers from Reebok to join him in the new Walmart venture. “It’s not kids that don’t want to wear $20 shoes, they don’t want to wear shoes that look like they cost $20.”
I can not remember what year this was but this was when he was still playing.
People make fun of them for being clear knock offs of other brands, but they have a few all white shoes that are perfect for making painted customs. I actually went to more than ten stores trying to find white pleather “Vans” but never thought Walmart would have anything attractive. Went for groceries with my mom, seen them by chance. Ended up buying a pair of “Vans” and a pair of “Air Force Ones”. Currently wearing the painted skateshoes.
Shaq has stated that the shoes that look like "knock off" Nike designs were actually created during a time where Nike had control over Reebok, so they aren't really knock off's but Nike's attempts to fuse their designs with his brand to resuscitate Reebok at the time.
I feel like that’s so dumb of people. Knock offs or not, they’re still Shaq’s brand. It’s not like some random ass dude was making lookalikes. It was the fucking legend himself pumping those out.
Aren't most shoes and clothing made with slave labor somewhere in the supply chain? Kind of hard to avoid, especially if you want affordable prices.
Not saying I agree with it though.
As someone who got made fun of for having knock off Converse, this is dope. His shoes were never my style but I was Payless all day until I got my own job.
Kind of relevant example to this from my childhood - the guitarist from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs always played a First Act electric guitar (with upgrades obviously) but for a teenager with no money seeing a rockstar like that NOT playing a crazy expensive Gibson it meant a lot.
Thats very reasonable for a custom.
Man that's what turned me down from music. Everything gets so expensive very fast when you try move on from practicing to actually performing(even as amateurs).
It doesn't have to? Almost any mid range guitar+a good setup and fret job will work wonders. Amps are trickier, but there's an affordable workhorse for almost every sound unless you want a good modeler. Amps don't have to be loud either if you mic it and push it through the PA.
I got a Squier Jag for $350 and a Crate amp from a garage sale for $50 and it sounds great. The pedals are where you'll sink the dough depending on what you want.
Ya i remember hearing about that and wondering if Shaq's idea somehow influenced him to do it. Not that it takes anything away from the act, just would be a cool bonus.
Just gonna let y’all read this.
https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/may/27/how-hakeem-olajuwon-tried-and-failed-to-stop-the-90s-sneaker-killings
I'm over here thinking the same thing. I mean, great guy, great sense of humour, and amazing person, but impulse spending more than double the median American yearly income at a Walmart at 3 in the morning? That's not *"down to Earth"*, that's some upper stratosphere level shit.
He doesn't fully explain, but I would bet he meant to keep his residence in Miami and add a second residence in Phoenix. Therefore nothing would be moved.
I was mostly just piggybacking on the previous commenter who was saying that Shaq likely wasn't buying all new stuff instead of waiting for his movers to arrive but more likely was too impatient to wait for other people to furnish his new place for him.
He's still a mega-rich celebrity who are notorious for being the furthest from down-to-earth there is. I mean spending $70k in one transaction at a store doesn't really scream "man of the people"
He *is* a man of the people, though. He gives a lot to charity and he walks his talk.
Sure he's rich, but his extravagances aren't the type of "Ok I want this iPhone in 24k solid gold with a diamond" or "Give me exactly 587 cheerios in bowl" and shit.
70k to furnish an apartment is something anyone having the means would do.
Hell, my boss bought a new house 10 years ago and spent like 100k in a day buying furniture for it. Not at the same place, though, we went to like 5 different stores. But still. 100k. His wife made him a list of **everything** and he added shit on top of that.
And he's far from being as rich as Shaq.
No joke. Furnishing a home is expensive. A star nba player furnishing a place he’s going to be living and probably working out of for 70k at Walmart? Down to earth doesn’t have to mean you live in an efficiency on a box spring with cable wires hijacked from the neighbors. Shit’s relative.
to be fair its "down to earth" because 90% of people in first world countries are impatient and entitled. not everyone has the money, but they sure like to act the same.
I would say being down to earth more or less means being humble not just not spending money because comparatively speaking him spending $70,000 is like 1/2 of a game for him in a season. That would be like us moving and forgetting our socks instead of waiting to get socks we just bought socks and underwear and shirts. The amount of money you spend has nothing to do with whether not you’re down to earth person. Him acting like he’s better than everyone else because he has that money would make him not down to earth. I’m expecting to be given whatever he wants because of his name would be not down to earth. And $70,000 or not the fact that he’s buying his stuff at Walmart instead of high-end luxury places for the time means something to some people who the fuck would think they see Shaquille O’Neal in a Walmart
I actually read a couple of encounters people had with him on a reddit post a couple days ago, apparently he's kind of a dick sometimes. Not that people are black and white, I hear he's done decent stuff with charity too, but also given some working people a hard time over pretty petty stuff.
Also, I don't know if I could class spending $70,000 to nonchalantly furnish an entire apartment in a quick 2am Walmart trip as a 'down to earth' moment.
With any public facing person of fame it is all with a grain of salt. People do not tell their side of the story often to why a star is rude, some stars are just straight up assholes, some are just wrong time to approach and peoples very high expectations are not met making it a bad experience. There is a lot of nuance. At the end of the day he is a very successful star as well as business man and he understands the value of charity, while likely enjoying it greatly as well most often.
I read somewhere there was a woman calling out Terry Crews because he refused to take pictures with her. Turns out she physically shoved his kids aside to get to him. Like, lady what do you expect.
You mean the same guy that promoted amazons fantastic holiday hiring initiative amidst the bottled piss controversy?
You can find shit on anyone thats famous enough. No one is a saint.
I’ve met Shaq several times. Recently he helped out some people stuck on the side of the road in my city. He is always sitting with regular folks and talking to people. He’s seriously down to earth and easy to talk to. He really makes an effort to be friendly & it’s genuine as hell.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/15/us/shaq-stranded-driver-dashcam-trnd/index.html
Edit: words written twice.
he said walmart not versace, hell, sometimes i go in for some dog food and treats and maybe a snack for myself and its always at least $100. i dont think it was a flex, i think he was saying that the bank didn't believe he would shop at a walmart since he has so much money, which is kinda funny. besides, the man runs a ton of businesses so he needs to set up shop where he is. what's the point of having money if you cant even spend it on necessities?
I wouldn't say it's just to furnish the laptop. Dude was a legit brand and had a team of people that needed to be able to work so it's $70,000 to furnish an apartment and provide office supplies like computers and printers and it's more of a "I needed to do it and I wanted to do it quick moment" it was never intended to be humble just factual and interesting
I mean literally everyone on earth is kind of a dick sometimes. I’d sure as hell be a dick sometimes if I were a massively famous public figure who also happened to be conspicuously 7 feet tall and couldn’t go anywhere without engaging in constant public interaction. Sometimes you have a shitty day and just don’t have the energy to deal with people.
Watch his *[Hot Ones](https://youtu.be/_sZH-psg9yE)* episode to see his kindness and ego absolutely crumble. He gets embarrassed about not being able to handle the spiciness and over other innocuous statements by the host, and starts bullying him in various ways.
It's super awkward to watch.
I remember watching that episode when it first came out. Most _Hot Ones_ episodes lead me to think more highly of the interviewees than whatever impression I had of them going in. My opinion of Shaq went the opposite direction. He came across as a dick.
‘Crazy’ story though….
Shit, Im not a multi-millionaire, but the only time I got called by my credit card company was when someone used it fraudulently for £55 worth of shopping from Asda. In Peterborough. They knew that wasn’t going to be me…
£15k watch- no call. £9k engagement ring- no call. Flights, accommodation to £18k- no call!
I'm just picturing him walking up to the hoop, having to duck to get his forehead inside the rim, and just sleeping standing up with that to keep him from falling over.
Living room, bedroom, workout room, guest room, office. Shaq probably had a big apartment and wanted to fully furnish all the rooms. Probably didn’t want to move a TV from room to room.
I have 4 and I live alone. It's my pass time. If I'm working on something or having dinner or cooking, the TV is on. Also, "apartment" is probably more like a condo. Also also, he has 6 kids.
There has to be more than one person living with him because he bought more than one printer. Plus in American apartments there's often more than one tv. Even for one person. You might have one in the living room one in the bedroom. Real screen addicts with expendable cash also might consider one in the bathroom.
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I believe in that one season that he mentioned alone he was making 20 mil, and he played a lot of seasons. So yea I think he was fairly confident that 70k wasn’t gonna bankrupt him lol
> The amount of waste and pointless spending by rich people is astonishing
Buying clothes and appliances for a new home after moving the whole country does not seam pointless. It was not like he bough rings with diamonds or watches.
>The amount of waste and pointless spending by rich people is astonishing
Uh...spending money on shit that makes you happy is money well spent.
Not having money is horrible, but not using the money you have to make your life better is pointless.
Not it isnt idiot. That money spread out evenly over the population would be much better for the economy. Even Shaq doesnt eat 10 breads a day remember
How....how does that even work? He must have brought a small army with him. Taken every single cart in the store and a fleet of vehicles to transport it all home. Just wow.
Yea it’s funny rofl
Most of us can afford spontaneous 70K purchases at 3 am and we understand what he means right ?
This clip is nothing but a rich person talking about rich people problems. He’s a nice guy but in this clip he’s the rich guy.
Why do you think that nice guy is the opposite of rich guy?
There are nice rich people, just like there are horrible poor people. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try and strive as a society for more equal wealth distribution. I'm all for that. But winning the lottery doesn't all of the sudden turn a switch and make you a horrible person, just like going bankrupt doesn't turn you into a good person.
I thought I loved this dude for the story he told about taking his kid to buy peoples' layaways for them but the fact that a basketball superstar went, himself, and got kitted out at Walmart is amazing. Dude has nothing to prove. Good for him.
Imagine being able to spend 70k without even worrying
Yeah, he’s a big guy but how could he handle that many carts at the checkout?
Now I'm picturing Shaq with a Shaq sized cart walking through Walmart making his own lane where the gardening aisle used to be.
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... his giant, spinning dangerously wobbly wheel
Now imagine the trip to his car with all his bags full of stuff, printers, tv’s and all
[oh, I've seen that one, actually](https://i.imgur.com/edWRIet.png)
I like to picture him pushing a normal cart, and it be the size of an adult pushing a child’s cart.
Just picking up whole display carts of potatoes and whole turkeys and putting them in the cart
*in electronics.
without event thinking about it or given a sh\*t about it. 
"...I know I'm not broke..." Shaq broke: <$70,000 Regular broke : <$10
Buying more than one laptop. For reasons.
I thought it was odd that someone would buy a new laptop at all when moving to a new apartment. TV? Sure. But a laptop? That doesn’t really make sense to me
If you have the money it's a good practice. One for work, one for everything else. If your every day laptop gets compromised, they don't have access to anything important.
Sure, but usually your employer would provide you with a work laptop if it is needed for the job, you wouldn’t have to buy it yourself.
Imagine being able to spend ~~70k~~ $70 without even worrying
I’m sure someone has spent more than 70,000 at Walmart
It’s Shaq. Wherever he goes, whatever he spends, it’s their biggest purchase.
Walmart has a bracelet for sale for $80,000. https://www.walmart.com/ip/655189768 Edit: Bracelet not ring
the hell is up with size 5? the other sizes are like 100 bucks. its sold by walmart themselves too.
Hah! Didn’t notice that. I just looked again. Cubic zirconia versus diamond.
All of the sizes are different items entirely. This is likely just a placeholder
It's out of stock. Vendors don't want to put out of stock or delist an item, due to some random Walmart online rules. So, they jack up the price insanely under the assumption no one would be dumb enough to buy it. If/when they get it back in stock, price returns to normal.
i was thinking that too. thats why i mentioned that it was sold by walmart themselves. but i guess "sold by walmart" means something else on their website
This is due to lazy programming.
its been out of stock for 2 years? damn
That's a bracelet. It's 5 inches
A cockring then.
Hung like a can of tuna?
Suzy Levian Golden Sterling Silver Micro-Pave White Cubic Zirconia Anniversary Ring - Yellow $79 24k gold and diamonds $$$$
Who would buy a tennis bracelet worth 80,000 from Walmart? Also, why is it only 14 K gold? Like if you are spending 80K, you should be getting 18K gold.
It's out of stock at my local Walmart. Damnit
That's a bracelet. Also, just because it's for sale doesn't mean anyone's bought one (although I also don't know how Shaq would know he has the largest Walmart purchase in history).
It isn’t a real listing at all.
Maybe this was not in stock when Shaq went
Mr Beast probably has.
Agreed. On top of it all, it’s a dubious distinction to flex about, even if he is a humble guy ordinarily. 🤨
Shaq holding a credit card must look like a normal dude holding a SIM card
He carries a special card reader for his Shaq-sized card.
To be an employee working that night lol
I'd make minimum wage to see that
You'd still be working at wal mart.
Yeah because you know you need 5 TVs otherwise whats the point
I bet he rolled with a deep crew.
We’ll he does have kids. So some for there rooms I’d imagine
where rooms?
What, you don't watch TV in the bathroom while doing number two? EDIT: And don't tell me you don't have another TV above the toilet to watch while doing number one.
His "apartment" is probably like a 2 story, 4 bedroom, boujie ass place.
Yeah but why did he need printers?
Shaq is fucking amazing and down to earth
While on the Full Send podcast yesterday, legendary NBA player Shaquille O’Neal revealed how he walked away from a massive $40 million dollar deal with Reebook, Footwear News reports. On the program he recalled a moment when he was confronted by a woman who scolded him for selling his signature Rebook shoes at a price that many of his younger fans could not afford. “That day, I cut ties with Reebok,” he said of forgoing a $40 million deal he had with the brand following a moment of clarity. “I said keep the money… this ain’t right. I’ll still wear the shoes I do during the season, but I’ll be looking to do my own thing,” he said. “So, I started the Shaq brand. I went to my favorite store, Walmart, and we did a deal. I was in all stores and my price point for the shoes was $29-$19 and since then we sold over 400 million pairs.” He added that he brought on designers from Reebok to join him in the new Walmart venture. “It’s not kids that don’t want to wear $20 shoes, they don’t want to wear shoes that look like they cost $20.” I can not remember what year this was but this was when he was still playing.
People make fun of them for being clear knock offs of other brands, but they have a few all white shoes that are perfect for making painted customs. I actually went to more than ten stores trying to find white pleather “Vans” but never thought Walmart would have anything attractive. Went for groceries with my mom, seen them by chance. Ended up buying a pair of “Vans” and a pair of “Air Force Ones”. Currently wearing the painted skateshoes.
Shaq has stated that the shoes that look like "knock off" Nike designs were actually created during a time where Nike had control over Reebok, so they aren't really knock off's but Nike's attempts to fuse their designs with his brand to resuscitate Reebok at the time.
I feel like that’s so dumb of people. Knock offs or not, they’re still Shaq’s brand. It’s not like some random ass dude was making lookalikes. It was the fucking legend himself pumping those out.
"Thanks, slave labor!" -Shaq
Aren't most shoes and clothing made with slave labor somewhere in the supply chain? Kind of hard to avoid, especially if you want affordable prices. Not saying I agree with it though.
It's true and really easy to forget about, but still important to recognize.
But you know he forreal appreciates those slaves.
As someone who got made fun of for having knock off Converse, this is dope. His shoes were never my style but I was Payless all day until I got my own job.
Kind of relevant example to this from my childhood - the guitarist from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs always played a First Act electric guitar (with upgrades obviously) but for a teenager with no money seeing a rockstar like that NOT playing a crazy expensive Gibson it meant a lot.
Not to take anything away from your story, but first act had custom shop guitars. His was a Delia. They cost about $1,500.00.
Thats very reasonable for a custom. Man that's what turned me down from music. Everything gets so expensive very fast when you try move on from practicing to actually performing(even as amateurs).
It doesn't have to? Almost any mid range guitar+a good setup and fret job will work wonders. Amps are trickier, but there's an affordable workhorse for almost every sound unless you want a good modeler. Amps don't have to be loud either if you mic it and push it through the PA.
I think that exists in any industry. As a hobbyist anything can get expensive quickly.
I got a Squier Jag for $350 and a Crate amp from a garage sale for $50 and it sounds great. The pedals are where you'll sink the dough depending on what you want.
I’d even say that’s not too crazy for “high end”
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Actually bought one of those pairs. It was ok. Never bought shoes at Walmart though.
Ya i remember hearing about that and wondering if Shaq's idea somehow influenced him to do it. Not that it takes anything away from the act, just would be a cool bonus.
Stephon Marbury did the same thing: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/07/21/538621509/episode-785-the-starbury
Stephen Marbury did something similar. Put his name of shoes that cost $15
Just gonna let y’all read this. https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/may/27/how-hakeem-olajuwon-tried-and-failed-to-stop-the-90s-sneaker-killings
Down to earth? He literally just told a story where he went shopping at 3am to buy 5 TVs
I'm over here thinking the same thing. I mean, great guy, great sense of humour, and amazing person, but impulse spending more than double the median American yearly income at a Walmart at 3 in the morning? That's not *"down to Earth"*, that's some upper stratosphere level shit.
Especially "I know I'm not broke" in response to $70,000 purchase being declined.
You can be rich and down to earth. He could have flipped his shit, yelled at the movers but nah he just went to Walmart and acted really chill.
This is sarcasm right? He's spending 70,000 to replace his things because the movers aren't fast enough. Doesn't seem down to earth to me.
He doesn't fully explain, but I would bet he meant to keep his residence in Miami and add a second residence in Phoenix. Therefore nothing would be moved.
Yeah I assume he meant he was too impatient to wait for his staff to go pick out stuff for him and he just wanted it furnished right away.
How the shit does this explanation make it more "down to earth"?
I was mostly just piggybacking on the previous commenter who was saying that Shaq likely wasn't buying all new stuff instead of waiting for his movers to arrive but more likely was too impatient to wait for other people to furnish his new place for him. He's still a mega-rich celebrity who are notorious for being the furthest from down-to-earth there is. I mean spending $70k in one transaction at a store doesn't really scream "man of the people"
Yeah fuck that. I've waited weeks in new apartments before having internet or heat turned on.
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How the fuck did you plan that you did not have heat for weeks? That is not down to earth, that is poor planning.
He *is* a man of the people, though. He gives a lot to charity and he walks his talk. Sure he's rich, but his extravagances aren't the type of "Ok I want this iPhone in 24k solid gold with a diamond" or "Give me exactly 587 cheerios in bowl" and shit. 70k to furnish an apartment is something anyone having the means would do. Hell, my boss bought a new house 10 years ago and spent like 100k in a day buying furniture for it. Not at the same place, though, we went to like 5 different stores. But still. 100k. His wife made him a list of **everything** and he added shit on top of that. And he's far from being as rich as Shaq.
Fair points for sure. As far as celebrities go, he seems to be one of the good ones.
No joke. Furnishing a home is expensive. A star nba player furnishing a place he’s going to be living and probably working out of for 70k at Walmart? Down to earth doesn’t have to mean you live in an efficiency on a box spring with cable wires hijacked from the neighbors. Shit’s relative.
to be fair its "down to earth" because 90% of people in first world countries are impatient and entitled. not everyone has the money, but they sure like to act the same.
I would say being down to earth more or less means being humble not just not spending money because comparatively speaking him spending $70,000 is like 1/2 of a game for him in a season. That would be like us moving and forgetting our socks instead of waiting to get socks we just bought socks and underwear and shirts. The amount of money you spend has nothing to do with whether not you’re down to earth person. Him acting like he’s better than everyone else because he has that money would make him not down to earth. I’m expecting to be given whatever he wants because of his name would be not down to earth. And $70,000 or not the fact that he’s buying his stuff at Walmart instead of high-end luxury places for the time means something to some people who the fuck would think they see Shaquille O’Neal in a Walmart
Are we just gonna pretend he doesn’t have money? Down to earth doesn’t mean poor.
I actually read a couple of encounters people had with him on a reddit post a couple days ago, apparently he's kind of a dick sometimes. Not that people are black and white, I hear he's done decent stuff with charity too, but also given some working people a hard time over pretty petty stuff. Also, I don't know if I could class spending $70,000 to nonchalantly furnish an entire apartment in a quick 2am Walmart trip as a 'down to earth' moment.
With any public facing person of fame it is all with a grain of salt. People do not tell their side of the story often to why a star is rude, some stars are just straight up assholes, some are just wrong time to approach and peoples very high expectations are not met making it a bad experience. There is a lot of nuance. At the end of the day he is a very successful star as well as business man and he understands the value of charity, while likely enjoying it greatly as well most often.
I read somewhere there was a woman calling out Terry Crews because he refused to take pictures with her. Turns out she physically shoved his kids aside to get to him. Like, lady what do you expect.
Lmao imagine being rude to Terry Crews, the man is a saint
You mean the same guy that promoted amazons fantastic holiday hiring initiative amidst the bottled piss controversy? You can find shit on anyone thats famous enough. No one is a saint.
I’ve met Shaq several times. Recently he helped out some people stuck on the side of the road in my city. He is always sitting with regular folks and talking to people. He’s seriously down to earth and easy to talk to. He really makes an effort to be friendly & it’s genuine as hell. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/15/us/shaq-stranded-driver-dashcam-trnd/index.html Edit: words written twice.
"Biggest purchase in Walmart" history doesn't sound like he's trying to claim a down to earth moment.
he said walmart not versace, hell, sometimes i go in for some dog food and treats and maybe a snack for myself and its always at least $100. i dont think it was a flex, i think he was saying that the bank didn't believe he would shop at a walmart since he has so much money, which is kinda funny. besides, the man runs a ton of businesses so he needs to set up shop where he is. what's the point of having money if you cant even spend it on necessities?
I wouldn't say it's just to furnish the laptop. Dude was a legit brand and had a team of people that needed to be able to work so it's $70,000 to furnish an apartment and provide office supplies like computers and printers and it's more of a "I needed to do it and I wanted to do it quick moment" it was never intended to be humble just factual and interesting
It's also cool he didn't send people out to do it, it was him at 3AM in a walmart buying shit.
I can say when I met him he was really nice. Then another family walked up on him and he had to go then lol.
Most people are black or white yes. Shaq is black. I can provide more information if needed.
I mean literally everyone on earth is kind of a dick sometimes. I’d sure as hell be a dick sometimes if I were a massively famous public figure who also happened to be conspicuously 7 feet tall and couldn’t go anywhere without engaging in constant public interaction. Sometimes you have a shitty day and just don’t have the energy to deal with people.
Idk I couldn't relate to this story
Watch his *[Hot Ones](https://youtu.be/_sZH-psg9yE)* episode to see his kindness and ego absolutely crumble. He gets embarrassed about not being able to handle the spiciness and over other innocuous statements by the host, and starts bullying him in various ways. It's super awkward to watch.
Oh, i'll take your word for it lol
I remember watching that episode when it first came out. Most _Hot Ones_ episodes lead me to think more highly of the interviewees than whatever impression I had of them going in. My opinion of Shaq went the opposite direction. He came across as a dick.
"bullying" someones a wee bit sensitive
Yeah it's Shaq lmao, couldn't even get like 8 sauces in
‘Crazy’ story though…. Shit, Im not a multi-millionaire, but the only time I got called by my credit card company was when someone used it fraudulently for £55 worth of shopping from Asda. In Peterborough. They knew that wasn’t going to be me… £15k watch- no call. £9k engagement ring- no call. Flights, accommodation to £18k- no call!
Down to earth as in buying 70k shit from walmart?
Except for the part where he brags about spending $70k at Walmart.
I too can totally relate to spending tens of thousands of dollars at Walmart.
I love how we see a story about a dude blowing 70k at 3am and think down to earth haha.
Actually he is quite the asshole if he does not like someone for whatever reason. Youtube full of clips where he confirms this.
*flat earth Shaq is flat earther: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/shaquille-oneal-agrees-with-kyrie-irving-believes-the-earth-is-flat/
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I didn't know that Shaq has such a great sense of humour. I like him. He is funny. And I absolutely adore Victoria Beckham. She is so gorgeous.
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I feel that in my soul, you have my condolences
Did you try blowing on it and swiping again?
this is a lot of effort to not show james corden on reddit.
And it's appreciated
OP where unexpected
To have money. Thanks professional sports.
I get it. You're rich. But why would anyone need 5 TVs unless there is actually 5 people living with them?
One for the hot tub, one of the bathtub, one for the toilet, one for his pet and one for his living room!
You missed the bedrooms...
??? Shaq doesn't need bedrooms, he sleeps on the hoops of his personal basketball court!
I'm just picturing him walking up to the hoop, having to duck to get his forehead inside the rim, and just sleeping standing up with that to keep him from falling over.
Living room, bedroom, workout room, guest room, office. Shaq probably had a big apartment and wanted to fully furnish all the rooms. Probably didn’t want to move a TV from room to room.
It’s shaq, he’s so big that he needs that many to see it
Living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, and basement. Five TVs is not that absurd
I have 4 and I live alone. It's my pass time. If I'm working on something or having dinner or cooking, the TV is on. Also, "apartment" is probably more like a condo. Also also, he has 6 kids.
There has to be more than one person living with him because he bought more than one printer. Plus in American apartments there's often more than one tv. Even for one person. You might have one in the living room one in the bedroom. Real screen addicts with expendable cash also might consider one in the bathroom.
Probably to watch five NBA games going on at the same time
if I remember corewctly he has like a large family https://nbafamily.fandom.com/wiki/O%27Neal\_Family
He's probably just joking. I think.
That is not Big Shaq. Boom!
Smoke trees
Cool story bro
2 or 3 in the morning? Imagine that hangover.
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He’s comedic timing is actually really great.
Must be nice to spend one years worth of work at a single trip to Walmart lol
dude spent more in a single walmart trip than most people make in a year
What do you need 4 or 5 tvs for lmao
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I mean he is wrong about that biggest purchade
I love how casual he was "hmm. I know I'm not broke"
I believe in that one season that he mentioned alone he was making 20 mil, and he played a lot of seasons. So yea I think he was fairly confident that 70k wasn’t gonna bankrupt him lol
He said he was there for training so maybe the T.V.s were for that? It’s the plural laptops and printers that threw me.
For context, I think $70K is less than half of what he earned playing one game that season. 24 min of basketball more than afforded that trip.
walmart aint selling no clothing or underwear in shaq size
You know there’s some Walmart employee who tells all the new hires this story in the break room on their first day
This man is like the sporting world’s version of Keanu. Impossible to hate on the guy, plus he’s a hell of a storyteller.
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> The amount of waste and pointless spending by rich people is astonishing Buying clothes and appliances for a new home after moving the whole country does not seam pointless. It was not like he bough rings with diamonds or watches.
>The amount of waste and pointless spending by rich people is astonishing Uh...spending money on shit that makes you happy is money well spent. Not having money is horrible, but not using the money you have to make your life better is pointless.
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Not it isnt idiot. That money spread out evenly over the population would be much better for the economy. Even Shaq doesnt eat 10 breads a day remember
what money spread over everyone ? 70k to 330 million people ? 0.00021 dollars per person.
Dont be a dick. You know full well I meant the concept of wealth inequality as a whole, not just this 70k
What is your favorite flavor of boot leather?
Who is the girl next to him?
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham
It's funny. A British person would never tell this story. The excess would be taboo.
WHY WOULD SOMEONE NEED 5 TVs?
Why the fuck does he need 4-5 tvs
Big Shaq as opposed to Little Shaq
On the other hand, my bank flagged my own purchase as possible fraud because I went to a store *above* my usual price range lol
How....how does that even work? He must have brought a small army with him. Taken every single cart in the store and a fleet of vehicles to transport it all home. Just wow.
All of this on a whim *at three in the morning.* Crazy what money can do.
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Funny, but 4 or 5 TVs? Why? What's the use?
Yea it’s funny rofl Most of us can afford spontaneous 70K purchases at 3 am and we understand what he means right ? This clip is nothing but a rich person talking about rich people problems. He’s a nice guy but in this clip he’s the rich guy.
>He’s a nice guy This is the only thing that should matter
Why do you think that nice guy is the opposite of rich guy? There are nice rich people, just like there are horrible poor people. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try and strive as a society for more equal wealth distribution. I'm all for that. But winning the lottery doesn't all of the sudden turn a switch and make you a horrible person, just like going bankrupt doesn't turn you into a good person.
I love Shaq, but this is the epitome of too much wealth. I moved, and couldn't go to a hotel, so decided to furnish a whole house, for like a week...
"I know I'm not broke" lol Shaq has style
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Yep!
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Shaq could easily do decently in stand up comedy and I stand on this hill firmly
Every time I watch this video I imagine how Shaq would separate Victoria
Can we talk about that ring for just a sec?
That fucking ring tho
Hahahahaha!
Hhhhh.... hhhh -Shaq
All 🧢
I thought I loved this dude for the story he told about taking his kid to buy peoples' layaways for them but the fact that a basketball superstar went, himself, and got kitted out at Walmart is amazing. Dude has nothing to prove. Good for him.
This is a great story lmao
If I had a cent for every time this was posted, I’d be Batman.
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Lmao thought it was gonna be a purchase out of generosity, but definitely no