Shaquille O’Neal would possibly assume Ice Spice is “so dam advantageous,” however he swears he wasn’t attempting to rizz up the rapper along with his Instagram caption after the Tremendous Bowl …. claiming he was simply attempting to be good!!

The 52-year-old Corridor of Famer defined what occurred on his “Large Podcast With Shaq” this week … saying he bumped into IS when he hopped over to Taylor Swift‘s Allegiant Stadium suite throughout halftime of the massive sport.

Shaq shared a pic of his meet-up with Swift, Spice and others … and he raised a ton of eyebrows when his caption praised the “Assume U The S*** (Fart)” MC’s magnificence.

However Shaq insists he wasn’t pulling up from half-court … he was simply giving her her flowers.

“The rationale why I put out the submit with Ice Spice, not ‘trigger I used to be attempting to flirt, however I did not actually blow her off, however I simply wished to indicate her some respect too,” Shaq mentioned.

“That is why I put the submit up as a result of I used to be in there and it was all about, ‘Oh, Shaq met Taylor’ and [Ice Spice] was within the image.”

It does not actually clarify why he went with that particular caption, however Shaq claimed he does not shoot his shot in that method — he really considers his flirting fashion “unorthodox.”

“I do not flirt like that,” Shaq mentioned. “Simply ‘trigger I say ‘hello’ do not imply I am tryna slide within the DMs.”

Shaq did admit he finds Ice Spice, 24, enticing … and mentioned Taylor — who was there to observe her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, win his third Tremendous Bowl — was additionally very good.

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