Everyone is calling Shaq’s dinner with Brittany Renner a ‘date’ but we aren’t convinced!
According to the NY Post the NBA Hall of Famer, 51, dined at the Beverly Hills Hotel this week with internet personality Brittany Renner, with the outing being described to TMZ as “nothing more than two friends catching up.”
Renner, who shares a child with Charlotte Hornets forward PJ Washington, opted for a white dress and a bright purse while O’Neal sported light-wash jeans, a zip-up and sneakers.
The duo arrived together around 6 p.m. and shared a meal before departing close to 8 p.m., TMZ reported.
Although photos of the outing have since ignited buzz online, the outlet was told “there was nothing romantic going on” between O’Neal and Renner.
The NBA analyst, who was in Denver this past week for the first two games of the 2023 NBA Finals between the Nuggets and Miami Heat, was previously married to Shaunie O’Neal.
The former couple, who has four children together, wed in 2002 and divorced in 2011.
O’Neal blamed himself for his failed marriage to Shaunie, stating on “The Pivot Podcast” last April how he “messed up.”
“I was just being greedy,” he said at the time. “I had the perfect situation. Wife was finer than a mug, kept giving me babies, still finer than a mug.”
“I had it all, and I don’t make excuses — I know I messed up.”
With all that said, the internet has no chill, people are convinced Shaq and Brittany Renner went on a date.
Shaq and Brittany Renner. Reminder you not ugly you just broke. pic.twitter.com/qQaoX5qQoI
— Trøøp Ålmïghty³?? (@Kxngtroopa) June 7, 2023
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Kobe Bryant seeing Shaq taking Brittany Renner out to dinner : pic.twitter.com/ls8J2b3syn
— Da Realest DJ in the ? (@djrealsmoove) June 7, 2023
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NBA and NFL Players seeing Shaq with Brittany Renner: pic.twitter.com/AZ6tFohNUF
— boredjesse (@boredjesse) June 7, 2023
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Shaq and Brittany Renner pic.twitter.com/VfQckG2LKw
— Mr. Nigga (@IGTVCheaters) June 7, 2023
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Shaq when people try to tell him about Brittany Renner pic.twitter.com/8GAZoIzYe3
— Versace Hugs (@JaeGotJokes) June 7, 2023
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Between this Zion getting women pregnant to Shaq going on a date with Brittany Renner… The TL going crazy today pic.twitter.com/X7z0LatnGo
— More Life ?? (@PJ_More_Muscle) June 7, 2023
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Shaq after everybody tries to warn him about Brittany Renner pic.twitter.com/ujHQn2JYcz
— V̷a̷t̷o̷r̷ (@Vator_H_Town) June 7, 2023
It was probably a business meeting, nothing to see here!
