NBA icon Shaquille O’Neal was seen warmly greeting Donald Trump at UFC 314 – solely a few years after slamming the president on social media.
Trump was joined by the likes of Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the UFC struggle night time in Miami on Saturday night time.
The president was given a standing ovation by the group at Kaseya Middle, which included the likes of Barstool boss Dave Portnoy and O’Neal.
In a clip that appeared on social media, the Lakers legend may be seen shaking fingers with Trump and sharing a short dialog with the president cageside.
The embrace was in stark distinction to a earlier public trade in February 2023, after Rihanna gave a controversial Tremendous Bowl halftime efficiency.
Trump was amongst these to criticize the singer’s present, branding it an ‘EPIC FAIL’ and, ‘with out query, the one worst Halftime Present in Tremendous Bowl historical past,’
NBA icon Shaquille O’Neal was seen embracing president Donald Trump at UFC 314
Trump was joined by the likes of Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the Miami struggle night time
Trump wrote on Reality Social: ‘This after insulting way over half of our Nation, which is already in severe DECLINE, together with her foul and insulting language. Additionally, a lot for her ‘Stylist!’”
However O’Neal leapt to Rihanna’s protection amid the criticism with a thinly-veiled dig at Trump. He referred to as out ‘presidential candidates’ and mentioned: ‘If she was my girl and I seen one in all you superstars try this. I am gonna must get at ya.
‘Rappers. Presidential candidates – I am gonna must get at you. Depart this girl alone.’… shut the f*** up!’
The 53-year-old continued: ‘All you individuals disrespecting my Rihanna, shut your face. Shut it up… we dwelling in a world the place individuals obtained an excessive amount of freedom. Maintain your f***ing ideas to your self
O’Neal, who’s now a massively widespread NBA analyst, added: ‘She did an exquisite job, she’s pregnant, she blessed it, she did her thang, she didn’t fall. Simply depart it there. All you superstars that’s disrespectful and inflicting beef, shut your face. Shut it up.’
Again in 2016, in the meantime, Shaq described Trump as a ‘straight-up man’. ‘Donald Trump speaks to an eclectic kind viewers… I simply suppose he says it flawed.’
O’Neal additionally clashed with influencer Adin Ross on the UFC occasion on Saturday night time. On Ross’ Instagram story, O’Neal may be seen menacingly trying on the digital camera mouthing, ‘Imma f***ing kill you!’
Ross replied, ‘Then do it!’, whereas the caption to the story learn: ‘@Shaq, please do it I can not wait to sue’.
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