Dwight Howard has as soon as once more reignited his beef with Shaquille O’Neal and stated the pair ought to “go forward and squabble” if it involves that.
“By no means disrespected him,” Howard stated of Shaq on The GAUDs Present. “However he’s all the time had one thing to say. There’s instances the place I’ve gotten upset and I’m like, ‘Yo, Shaq, this gotta cease, man.’ I attempted to [talk to him].”
Dwight then defined how when he was competing on Dancing With the Stars final 12 months he met somebody near Shaq who prompt they settle their beef as soon as and for all.
“At this level, I’m like, ‘Do we have to throw palms? What are we doing?’, Dwight stated. “As a result of I’ve not ever — for me, the one factor I’ve executed with Shaq is mimic his voice. However what else can I mimic him about? He’s Shaquille O’Neal, he’s probably the most dominant middle ever. However once more, he retains saying stuff about me. So it’s like, ‘Hey bro, do we actually have to go forward and squabble?’”
He continued, “That’s the factor that I hate probably the most is the truth that he all the time thought I used to be attempting to be him or be like him,” Howard stated. “However once more, if I wished to be you or be such as you, shouldn’t you are taking that as a praise and to indicate how nice you might be as a participant or an individual? I ain’t by no means wished to be Shaq at any degree. Now, have I wished to take sure issues from him, his life and implement in my life? Hell yeah. I try this with Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, LeBron James, all these folks.”
Shaq noticed Howard’s feedback and responded on X, vowing to by no means deliver up Howard’s title once more.
“The very fact u assume I care about u is humorous, however I received’t ever deliver your title up once more delicate huge man, a jokester that may’t take a joke,” Shaq wrote Monday on X. “Gained’t ever say your title once more ever once more. Have an ideal day and now u have been deleted. Have an ideal day.”
Dwight replied on X, nonetheless claiming Shaq is jealous of NBA stars.
“I do know you care. Cuz yo insecure ass been hating and speaking s–t for 20 years,” Howard wrote. “You to[o] huge to be this insecure. I hope you don’t deliver my title up once more. 52 years outdated tweeting me. And nonetheless hating. Now all this time you was joking. You all the time been jealous. Jealous of Kobe [Bryant], Penny [Hardaway], [Dwyane Wade]. You jealous of Charles [Barkley] too.
“Go transfer round huge lazy insecure ass. I nonetheless have that lengthy 5 Paragraph direct message you despatched me a pair years in the past telling me that I’m not that nice to hate. And you continue to doing it. It’s 2025 develop the hell up. and transfer on.”