Overview
- In a short social-media video, O’Neal puts his arm around Ekaterina Lisina and kisses her cheek as they pose together.
- Lisina holds the Guinness World Record for tallest professional model and previously won Olympic bronze with Russia in 2008 before retiring from basketball in 2014 at age 38.
- The clip spread widely online, prompting both criticism of O’Neal’s immediate touching and lighthearted jokes about the pair’s heights.
- Reports emphasized their rare height parity, describing O’Neal at about 7-foot-1 and Lisina around 6-foot-9.
- The setting and circumstances of the meeting have not been verified; EssentiallySports also noted the timing coincided with O’Neal’s 55th birthday, and outlets cited Lisina’s recent Kai Cenat livestream appearance as part of her growing visibility.