Shaquille O’Neal is being accused of ‘lying’ after the NBA legend denied he was the man in a viral photo.
Influencer Maria Ozuna Teachey posted a photo with a man on Tuesday and invited fans to guess who she was with.
The man in the image towers over Teachey, his hands on her breasts. His face is hidden from view. ‘Can you guess whose feet? #loveyou’ she wrote in the caption.
NBA fans immediately claimed it was O’Neal, thinking they had discovered his secret new relationship.
But the 7-foot-1 icon threw cold water on the allegations, writing on Instagram: “No, not the child.”
NBA fans thought they had unmasked Lakers icon Shaquille O’Neal’s new girlfriend
“Shaq thinks we can’t see him,” one social media user wrote after the photo surfaced
Teachey reportedly posted a cryptic update that appeared to negate O’Neal’s denial
He also posted a number of photos where he struck the same pose as the man in the viral photo.
“Believe me, I will tell you who my wife is, and by the way, my wife’s name is Shaqrah,” O’Neal wrote.
But Teachey, who has more than 200,000 followers on Instagram, reportedly posted a cryptic update that appeared to negate O’Neal’s denial.
In a screenshot of a caption — which no longer appears on her Instagram page but was released by The Shade Room — the influencer wrote, “Come on boy it was a while. Why did he lie to y’all (sic) man… I’m done.”
Shaq is now a popular NBA analyst and fans took pleasure in mocking the former Lakers star after the photo first surfaced.
“Shaq thinks we can’t see him,” one social media user wrote. “Shaq and his new girlfriend,” another added.
Maria Ozuna Teachey, who has more than 200,000 followers on Instagram, posted the photo
The NBA legend quickly denied rumors of a new relationship in an Instagram post