Shaq is a stand up guy

[vraiblonde]

Shaq rejects celebrity status: 'These people are out of their freaking mind'

Shaquille O’Neal is done. The four-time NBA champion and one of the greatest basketball players of all time renounced his celebrity status in an interview with the New York Post.

www.foxnews.com

He's one of the very few professional athletes that I have any respect for.

 

[Sneakers]

Finding that a bit hard to swallow, as he is spokesperson for many different companies, and his face is plastered everywhere on commercials for all kinds of products. As long as he's doing those commercials, his celeb status remains intact.

 

[WingsOfGold]

Meh, don't know, don't care.

 

[vraiblonde]

You know what? Forget I said that. Forget I even posted this thread. Every time I get sucked into thinking some celebrity is okay, they turn around do something terrible. Not one single time have they been a good person and stayed that way.

Shaq sucks. Ptooey!

 

[Hijinx]

Celebrities are like everyone else , some good, some bad.

Many are bad all of the time while no one who is good is always good.

 

[Sneakers]

I wasn't implying he wasn't a good guy, just that he's "renouncing" celeb status, but with his visibility, that's just not possible. All of his commercials are based on his celeb status. The only way to fully renounce is to completely drop all endorsements, but that would mean his income goes bye-bye. Not happening.

 

[black dog]

You know what? Forget I said that. Forget I even posted this thread. Every time I get sucked into thinking some celebrity is okay, they turn around do something terrible. Not one single time have they been a good person and stayed that way.

Shaq sucks. Ptooey!

Yep. Its a terrible thing to have a mom and then a stepfather point you in the right direction and succeed in America... What a shame...
Haters gonna Hate.....

 

[vraiblonde]

Yep. Its a terrible thing to have a mom and then a stepfather point you in the right direction and succeed in America... What a shame...
Haters gonna Hate.....

I just want to keep him that way and not jinx him with praise and admiration.

 

[black dog]

I wasn't implying he wasn't a good guy, just that he's "renouncing" celeb status, but with his visibility, that's just not possible. All of his commercials are based on his celeb status. The only way to fully renounce is to completely drop all endorsements, but that would mean his income goes bye-bye. Not happening.

Funny how some blend it and live normal lives while being wealthy.
Redford and Newman set examples out in public.
Melloncamp walks the small towns of southern Indiana like anybody else. You see them in Spencers Hardware stores and restaurants...
Plenty of wealthy folks out there and nobody has a clue.

 

[black dog]

Meh, don't know, don't care.

LOL ... It rips a few of ya'all here up that some of doz's knee-grows bee's do'in good's..
Ud'er wize you wouldn't have posted.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Funny how some blend it and live normal lives while being wealthy.
Redford and Newman set examples out in public.
Melloncamp walks the small towns of southern Indiana like anybody else. You see them in Spencers Hardware stores and restaurants...
Plenty of wealthy folks out there and nobody has a clue.

I saw Al Sharpton in a walmart believe it or not.

 

[Monello]

Shaw is at least entertaining. Watching some of the roles he plays in commercials, you can see he doesn't take himself seriously.

 

[vraiblonde]

You know who else I like - Charles Barkley. But I don't want to say anything or he'll start kneeling and tweeting Marxist crap. Ignore this post.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

You know who else I like - Charles Barkley. But I don't want to say anything or he'll start kneeling and tweeting Marxist crap. Ignore this post.

While he isnt as nice as Shaq he does have a decent head on his shoulders.

I like Shannon Sharp also.

 

[black dog]

While he isnt as nice as Shaq he does have a decent head on his shoulders.

I like Shannon Sharp also.

He was pretty funny on Shark Tank.

 

[WingsOfGold]

LOL ... It rips a few of ya'all here up that some of doz's knee-grows bee's do'in good's..
Ud'er wize you wouldn't have posted.

Not at all, don't know, don't care. >shrug<

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Shaq's parents are at least part responsible for him being a good man. The part about the movie Shazam was hilarious.

Mother Lucille O’Neal Wasn’t Impressed by the Millions Shaquille O’Neal Brought Home as a Megastar

NBA Superstar Shaquille O'Neal says that his mother wasn't impressed by him getting millions and she forced him to finish his education.

www.essentiallysports.com

 

[LightRoasted]

If I may ...

It's those millionaires that we don't hear about, who are truly altruistic in their giving, help, or service to others, who are deserving of praise.