• When Angel Reese asked him if he was considering remarriage, Shaquille O’Neal said “probably not.”
• In a conversation about his love life, the retired athlete said, “Nobody can understand me because I’m weird.”
• O’Neal made headlines on the podcast after a clip of Reese talking about dunking in “little shorts” sparked outrage on social media

Shaquille O’Neal He made a surprising prediction about his future during a conversation with Angel Reese.

O’Neal, 52, was a guest on Reese’s podcast, 22. Unapologetically Angel, Where the Chicago Sky star asked if she would “get married again”.

“Probably not,” O’Neal replied. “I’ll end up alone.”

“I already know that,” the former NBA star said, explaining, “Because you make rules as you go along. There’s no manual on how to be a perfect man or a perfect husband.”

O’Neal went on to explain his frustration with what qualifies as “cheating” in relationships and why he gets in trouble. “If I can’t physically see someone — me, Diesel — and I’m with you every day and you know my schedule, it shouldn’t matter what I do on my phone. This is not cheating. Then you can’t tell me it’s worse than cheating. It’s not like that.”

“I don’t understand this,” he added.

Reese told O’Neal that he hoped to find a “lovely woman” in the future, but inside the NBA “Nobody can understand me because I’m weird,” the presenter said.

Married retired athlete Shaunie Henderson It ended largely because of his infidelity – he went on to explain that he had “only 18 summers left” before he turned 70. “I’m not doing a podcast at 70, I’m not going to make a deal at 70. So , I’m trying to learn all that stuff now.

Henderson and O’Neal parents of four children Together – Shareef, Amirah, Shaqir and Me’arah – Shaunie has a son, Myles, from a previous relationship; Shaq also has a daughter named Taahirah with his ex-girlfriend Arnetta Yardbourgh.

O’Neal’s appearance on the Oct. 24 episode of Reese’s podcast sparked fan backlash after the WNBA star appeared uncomfortable during a conversation about her recent outfit.

When discussing how lowered rims could impact the WNBA, O’Neal said, “Imagine yourself in the same little shorts you wore dunking at the Wild ‘N Out show,” referencing the shorts Reese wore while making a cameo appearance in the Wild. The N Out Live Tour’s Chicago stop was earlier this month.

Reese appeared to roll her eyes, laugh uncomfortably, and say, “Oh my god,” before O’Neal continued to comment on her appearance.

“Okay, love. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay,” she repeated, trying to change the subject.

The post went viral on social media, with many fans calling out O’Neal’s behavior towards Reese; The WNBA star has described him as “a father figure” in the past. USA Today. O’Neal also Accompanied LSU graduate and her mother Earlier this year, I took to the field at the school’s senior year celebration.

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One to post He said on X (formerly Twitter): “Angel Reese has learned a painful lesson about men in real time, I’m afraid, via Shaq.”

another one to post She called out the retired athlete for “sexualizing Angel Reese when she was 30 years older than him and had older children.”

O’Neal’s rep did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.