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Superstar and NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal definitely got everyone’s attention on Sunday when he tweeted a photo of himself lying in a hospital bed.
The 51-year-old NBA commentator didn’t explain much to his 15-million-plus followers what he was doing in a hospital room while hooked up to IVs.
He captioned his post simply, “I’m always watching [TurnerSportsEJ] and [Candace_Parker ] miss y’all.” The post has since gone viral, with 8.3 million views and counting.
i’m always watching @TurnerSportsEJ and @Candace_Parker miss y’all pic.twitter.com/4tY4X6v1Pj
— SHAQ (@SHAQ) March 19, 2023
Reading through the comments, fellow basketball players expressed their concern by tweeting messages like “[you] good …” and others asking “what the hell happened?”
Former professional basketball star Roy Hibbert tweeted, “[you] good, big man?”
U good big man?
— Roy Hibbert (@Roy_Meets_World) March 19, 2023
Former NBA player and current sports analyst for Turner Sports Steve Smith wrote, “Get Well Big Fella.”
Get Well Big Fella,,
— Steve Smith (@steve21smith) March 20, 2023
“What the hell happen to Shaq?” one person wrote.
what the hell happen to Shaq?
— JurgenVanDijk (@Justinrichsmith) March 19, 2023
Another added, “Seriously though, hope everything is ok.”
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Seriously though, hope everything is ok. pic.twitter.com/cxSuIHpiGn
— bill (@billco13) March 19, 2023
Later, Awful Announcing’s Ken Fang shared that during the March Madness Tournament broadcast Shaq’s fellow analyst Ernie Johnson announced that the NBA legend was in the hospital having hip replacement surgery, Fox News reported.
EJ said in the NCAA Tournament studio that Shaq is undergoing a hip replacement. https://t.co/2r4gTv4Jvz
— Ken Fang — Very Asian (@fangsbites) March 20, 2023
On Monday, TMZ reported that sources told them that Shaq was in the hospital over the weekend to fix an issue with his hip and that everything had gone smoothly.
Last year, the NBA superstar talked about focusing on his health more and his efforts to slim down thanks to his “NBA on TNT” cohost, Charles Barkley, The New York Post noted.
“I like to create crazy motivation,” O’Neal said during an appearance on Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast. “I was looking at myself and I had that Charles Barkley retirement body.”
“I didn’t want my stomach to be over the belt anymore,” he added. “So I was just like, ‘Let me go ahead and get slim.’ After that [picture] went viral, now I’ve got to live up to it.”
“I was 401 pounds. Now I’m 365,” Shaq continued. “I’m trying to take it back to 345. I want to have muscles everywhere, and I want to do an underwear ad with my sons [for] Fruit of the Loom, baby.”
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