Shaquille O’Neal leaves fans concerned with cryptic social media response to his ex-wife saying she is unsure if she ever truly loved him

Shaquille O’Neal has left fans worried after he appeared to address his ex-wife Shaunie Henderson’s comments about the breakdown of their marriage.

O’Neal and Henderson divorced in 2011 after nearly nine years of marriage. She said earlier this week that the NBA legend kept going “missing” and that she’s not sure she ever truly loved him.

He appeared to respond to those comments with a post on Instagram on Thursday, saying in an all-caps post: “I understand…I wouldn’t have been in love with me either. I wish you all the best… All the love, Shaq.”

He captioned the post: “Trust me, I understand.”

Fans were quick to offer him their support in the comments, with one saying: ‘I wish she’d never said that. Some things you just keep to yourself.’

The NBA legend posted a message on Instagram that appeared to respond to her

Shaunie Henderson claimed that Shaquille O’Neal kept going ‘missing’ before their divorce

Another wrote: ‘This man doesn’t post anything personal to the media so it’s a good thing this information is being released publicly.’

Another comment read: “Shaq is going through it now,” with a crying emoji.

Henderson and O’Neal married in December 2002 and share four children: sons Shareef and Shaquir and daughters Amirah and Me’arah. O’Neal also had a daughter, Taariah, from a previous relationship. Meanwhile, Henderson’s son Myles, also from a previous relationship, later adopted the center’s surname.

In her new book “Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms,” ​​the Basketball Wives creator opened up about how she saw the first signs of the end of her marriage to O’Neal.

‘I enjoyed those wonderful first years as a mother and raising my children; My days were always busy with kids and family, and every now and then I got to travel or enjoy a bit of the good life in the NBA. But invisibly my marriage began to crumble.’ Henderson wrote, as reported by the New York Post.

‘As I have written, it was not clear at the beginning. You know how when you first get sick and the symptoms are so mild that you’re not even sure if you’re sick? That’s how things went in the early years. I was busy and happy and didn’t notice what was going on. But as the disease progressed, the symptoms became increasingly difficult to ignore.

“Looking back, I don’t know if I was ever really in love with the man, but I was in love with the idea of ​​marrying the man I had a family with.”

Henderson recalled hearing rumors about O’Neal when they moved to Miami after the Lakers traded the center to the Heat in 2004.

In her new memoir, Henderson described the events that led to the divorce filing

The couple married in 2002 and had four children: Shareef, Shaquir, Amirah and Me’arah.

“Take Shaquille’s habit of ‘going missing,’” Henderson recalled. ‘Our chef did all the shopping. His managers paid all the bills. I took care of the children. So where did he go morning, day and night? No one trains that often.

“When we moved to Miami, I even heard a rumor that he had an apartment in Miami Beach. I started to get suspicious, but he always had an answer and I could never prove anything. Ultimately, I had to admit that my family life was not as blissful or perfect as I wanted to believe.”

The four-time NBA champion has taken responsibility for the fallout from their marriage several times.

In his 2011 memoir, “Shaq Uncut: My Story,” Diesel explained that he was “a man with too many options,” and hinted that this would affect their marriage indefinitely.

In April 2023, O’Neal appeared on “The Pivot Podcast” and said, “I was bad, it was all me.”

O’Neal filed for divorce in Miami in September 2007 after admitting he “failed to protect” [Henderson] and protecting those vows.” However, the couple reconciled about a year later, with Henderson telling the Associated Press that they had dropped divorce proceedings.

They called it quits again in 2009 before their divorce was finalized in 2011.

More than a decade later, in May 2022, Shaunie married Pastor Keion Henderson.

In an interview with singer Monica, O’Neal wished Henderson and her new groom well, saying, “Shaunie was a perfect woman too and I ruined it.”

“I hope this gentleman treats her the way she should be treated, and that I will still love her,” O’Neal continued. ‘She’s still my wife. I will always protect, care for and love her, whether she is married or not.”