Shaquille O’Neal prompted strong reactions from his Inside the NBA The cohosts then showed his not-so-pleasant feet live on air.
The moment happened in Thursday’s Show, January 23, episode after Charles Barkley It was noted that she got her weekly “mani-pedi.” While he now leaves work to the professionals, Charles, 61, remembers what his daughter, Christia Barkleyused to “do my feet,” nail polish and all, when he was “little.”
“Yeah, me too,” Shaq, 52, added.
The reaction to the revelations of his cohosts, Kenny Smith Making their children clean their feet is likened to a punishment. “You don’t do your homework, you have to do my nails,” she joked.
Shaq, for his part, says his toes are “not ugly,” and takes one of his shoes off and puts the right foot on the table. “Look at the nails, man,” Ernie Johnson Jr. restrained, while Smith, 59, said, “Your feet are like the feet of an eagle.”
SHAQ’s feet drop Barkley so much that he struggles to transition to the next part. “I need time to say something serious, but I can’t do it now,” he said.
Thursday episode of Inside the NBA isn’t the first time his dogs have let their dogs out on TV. Viewers got an up-close look at athlete’s feet in a February 2022 episode of Nba on TNT. “That’s not Ash. That’s dry skin,” he said after facing criticism from Dwyane Wade, Adam lefkoe and Candace Parker.
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After Lefkoe, 37, gave an apology to the audience, Shaq said: “I don’t apologize for what I did.”
Last year, Shaq revealed that he Dropping big bucks on pedicures to keep his feet in top shape. “I gave about $1,000 because I know my feet smell, I know they don’t paint,” he admitted in a March 2024 episode of “The Big Podcast with Shaq” Podcast. “I want them to look beautiful.”
He added: “True story, one time I had a toenail that was torn and I wasn’t going to play, and my mom was like you’re not going to play? ‘ I was like, ‘I’m cutting my toenail.’ “
SHAQ’s latest leg time comes on the heels (pun not intended) of reports that he and Smith have signed a new deal with Sports. Sports on CNBC It was reported Thursday that Shaq is set to a five-year contract with the network, while Smith’s contract will be a “multiyear deal,” as well.
Shaq has another viral Inside the NBA moment at the end of last year, as Smith once again succeeded in pushing his cohost to set Christmas tree. “I have presents for Christmas. … Shaq, I can’t get yours because it’s too bad,” Smith told his partner in a December 2024 episode. , Smith grabbed him from behind.
“Every year we get him, kid,” Smith said with a hearty laugh. “We get him once a year, man.”
