Overview
- O’Neal addressed the viral screenshots on The Big Podcast with Shaq, read the alleged messages aloud, and said they were not his, adding that he has “way more game than that.”
- Guest Jim Jones said today’s AI tools and simple photo edits can make fake messages look real, urging caution with viral posts.
- The screenshots, which featured crude lines and a photoshopped image, spread widely on social media before O’Neal mocked and dismissed them on-air.
- At least one outlet traced the circulating post to Instagram parody account @nba_flames, though there is no platform confirmation of the origin.
- Sabrina Carpenter has not issued a public statement, while outlets such as TMZ, Fox News, and Page Six quoted the explicit lines as others framed the episode as a misinformation warning.