It appears the only thing that can truly challenge Shaquille O’Neal is 10 progressively hotter chicken wings. The four-time NBA champion and three-time NBA Finals MVP squeezed his large frame into the “Hot Ones” studio with Sean Evans.
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O’Neal, 47, reflected on his hip-hop career, missed investment opportunities, relationship with Yao Ming, and more on the candid 30-minute conversation. The innovator of Shaq-Fu looked to redeem himself after a poor showing against a hot chip on a November edition of “Inside the NBA”.
O’Neal was feeling confident on “Hot Ones” before he took a bite of wing No. 6. “I have a confession. These wings are not cold, they are hot,” O’Neal proclaimed. “I’m sweating and my boys are sweating. That’s how hot they are. I’ll let you figure out what my boys are.”
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The mammoth basketball player could not help but tear up as the Scoville scale continued to crank up. Impressively, O’Neal managed to tear his way through all ten hot wings. He did get some retribution, however, forcing host Evans to eat a wing drenched in what O’Neal simply called, “Shaq Sauce.”
The interview ended in the most comedic Shaq way possible: a free-throw competition. The NBA star and the “Hot Ones” host stood behind a chair and threw a mini basketball into a child-sized hoop. O’Neal used his ridiculously long reach to his advantage with his free throws looking more like dunks.
