They’ve one of many healthiest co-parenting relationships within the leisure business and have not been shy about talking brazenly concerning the missteps that occurred throughout their marriage. Shaquille O’Neal and ex-wife Shaunie have been married in 2002 and divorced in 2011, and in a latest chat with The Pivot Podcast, he admitted that the demise of the union was his fault.

“I’ve by no means talked about this, and I am glad you guys requested as a result of I do not thoughts speaking about this, however I used to be dangerous,” Shaq stated. “She was superior. She actually was. It was all me.”

Shaunie O'Neal, Shaquille O'Neal
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He did not need to get into an excessive amount of element about what occurred through the marriage’s downturn as a result of it has all the time been vital to the Los Angeles Lakers icon to shelter their privateness. Nevertheless, he did add, “I wasn’t defending her and defending these vows.”

“She did precisely what she was alleged to do and gave me stunning youngsters, maintain the home, maintain the company stuff,” he stated. “It was simply all me. Typically, while you make lots of errors like that, you possibly can’t actually come again from that.”

 

In 2020, Shaunie started courting Pastor Keion Henderson and final yr, the couple introduced their engagement. Watch Shaq on The Pivot Podcast beneath.