Quote Of The Day: Shaq To Shaunie On Cheating “Okay, You’re Mad. Now What? You’re Not Going Anywhere”

Posted on March 14th, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Divorces, News, Shaquille O'Neal, Uncategorized

Shaunie O’Neal has finally decided to open up about her separation from Shaq and his infidelities.

Pop the top for details and pics from her new Essence Mag spread.

According to Shaunie, Shaq’s trade to Miami was the last straw that broke their marriage.  She says:

Miami is a great city. It just wasn’t a great city for our marriage. I know they say L.A. has its groupies, but Miami has a different mentality. Even going to the games, the whole environment is so different. Girls are practically sitting in their bra and panties in the arena. When you’re trying to keep your husband, that’s a lot to take. It was a whole new lifestyle I wasn’t ready for. Apparently we didn’t have a strong enough foundation for Shaq to withstand that type of temptation.

Shaunie on confronting Shaq about cheating:

He would deny it sometimes, and other times he would ask, ‘You got pictures? Video? If not, don’t come at me because you have no proof.’ “He’d say, ‘Okay, you’re mad. Now what? You’re not going anywhere.

On being accused of cheating on Shaq with her personal trainer:

I worked out at home- with my trainer, my sister, her husband and my girlfriend. I was a good girl. I wouldn’t even entertain a man flirting with me. I was that conservative. But when those rumors came out, I felt I was so small and Shaq was so big that it didn’t matter what I said; nobody was going to believe me. All I was thinking was, How could this happen to me? I had no idea how I was going to pick up the pieces. I was just done.

Shaunie on the state of her relationship with Shaq today:

We are becoming friends, and it’s nice because it’s something we really lacked in our marriage. I enjoy being able to talk openly to him, and I think we both learned a lot from each other during this time.

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  • anya789

    Who cares!!! My boyfriend thinks the same with me. He- is eight years older than me, lol. We met online at an age gap dating site- A_ge_m_in_gle @ c.o.m a nice and free place for Younger- Women and Older Men, or Older Women and Younger Men, to- interact with each other. Maybe you wanna check out or- tell your friends.

  • Veronica

    Sad.. men just cant stop cheating nowadyz even if they have a dime back @ home waiting for them. SMH

  • ohnooooo

    Dont get even get EVERYTHING

  • 2Sweet

    Love Shaunie. She’s a real down chick. Shaq will realize very soon that the groupies weren’t worth his family. By then it will be too late. I do believe she cheated with her trainer though. There’s only so much a woman can take before she breaks. If I were her, I would have done it too, all the dirt Shaq was doing. Regardless she’s going to get that paper anyway!!!

  • lollipoplollipopohlollilollipop

    ^^^ i agree.these men need to learn that u cant let go of a good one for a million.keep the one in a million.

    i wonder whats there relationship with his mom bc from my experience with my ex he cheated alot.and his mom didnt really care to tell him that it was wrong and how to handle temptation.she just let him be.

    but with the guy im with now his mom AND grandmother had a hand in raising him and really instilled good values about how to treat women and being mature enough to handle a relationship.

    Ladies, we cant leave it all up to the men to raise our sons.how else would they learn how to treat a woman besides from their own?

  • LeahLeah

    Reminds me of the Gotti’s

  • Kimmie – Southern Belle

    and when I thought all the pro-ballers were stupid, one had to surprise me with a sign of intelligence. So, Shaq already new what his wife was about. He was right, what was she going to do, she loved the money and fame more than him. Thats probably why it took so long for her to leave him. Wow! I have a new found respect for this dude. Your not stupid after all. Yes Shaunie was down for something and someone….maybe her and her bank account? I don’t know, just speculating…..LOL

  • Stephy

    The reason they were not friend’s is because of the way she obtained a relationship with him. She was pregnant before they married; therefore, how much of a friendship could be developed. They probably married for the wrong reasons. I’m glad they can be civil because of the children, this is very important…kids don’t need their parents drama.

  • Marquis de Sade

    Uhhhh, excuse me, but Shaunie was married when she hooked up with Shaq while attendin’ the church where her (then) husband was the Deacon…Shaq cheatin’ on her is nothin’ more than KARMA!

  • 2Sweet

    @Marquis didn’t know that at all…where’d you hear that?

  • GODSON

    The most profound point she made was they are becoming friends! Friendship is a true foundation for any relationship. Would you really do your friend wrong or really try and hurt your friend? If you answer yes then you really are not a friend to the person.

    Now Shaq and Shanie are becoming friends their relationship might just have a chance of surviving. Once the money and looks are gone, the only thing left is conversation and friendship. Think about marrying someone for money and the money goes away, what do yo have left. I hope and pray that when I am 103 years old I can still talk and have a wonderful conversation with my wife because at that point in life what will we have…

  • Tequila Is The New Kool Aid

    I don’t know what their relationship was like before but if Shaq wants to spend the rest of his life humping groupies, so be it. I’m sure several of them will get pregnant and then Shaq’s fortune will slowly vanish. At least his ex wife stands a chance to getting a lump sum settlement.

  • memchee

    don’t know why she’s trying to sound so innocent….especially after Magic Johnson opened up about the lifestyle of a baller!

    she either knew or should have known what she was getting into.

    those rumors…the people around him work for him. So if she was caught gettin it in…she was just caught! At least it wasn’t one of his fellow ballers.

  • Candy Barr

    You can only tell they were having problems from Day 1: Don’t they have five kids together? The same thing went on with Eddie and Nicole Murphy, and happens in real life. Chicks don’t want to move on, and think having yet another child will make things fine. Ridiculous.

  • Candy Barr

    He was cheating when they lived in L.A., so the Miami quote is stupid.

  • GET REAL

    Why is she constantly talking about Shaq. She just need to do her & stop with her excuses. We all know that Shaq was a hoe in every city. As soon as she filed for divorce you knew why. Just move on. She does not owe anyone an explanation as to why she divorced Shaq.

  • Mrs. Darren shellychelle Sharper

    I hate that men think they can buy women with $$$ or materialistic things. Well, too bad he couldn’t do it with her. I’m glad Shaunie decided to move on. There is no amount of $$$ that can buy your happiness. Shaq will soon realize that those women were only after him for his money, but it’ll be too late then.

  • ♠♡❥☛【NYWOMAN23】☚♤☂♥

    it doesnt matter how stron ghte foundation of a realtion is . all men cheat. to bieve other wise is straight foolish/naive. its in their nature from biblical times. its something i dont get though.

    ive never been in love or loved a guy. but i have cared for a guy. and with those feelings alone i didnt cheat and didnt and wouldnt want to . my mind focuses on that 1 person im with. if we are in to different places i look forward to seeing that person for the day.

    sometimes i feel like i wanna be with them 24/7.
    so imagine if i felt in love.but you see there are more women who are sincerely in love as oppose to men. maybe if men indeed truly found someone that they fell in love with , ( and not lust, or infatuation, but true love unconditional, which whew, good lucking in finding) there wouldnt be room for another female.

  • rhonda

    If it hasn’t happened already, one day Shaq is going to wake up and WISH he had a woman as strong and as beautiful as Shaunie!!!

  • Don Juan

    Another one from Mo City H-Town Tx.. Shaq ON to the next one homie!!!

  • Jay the Real One

    She cheated on her first husband with Shaq and then cheated on Shaq. Stop lying Shaunie

  • Jay the Real One

    You know those dumb who res at essence never get the story straight

  • What’s love got to do with it

    @ Godson,

    Its commendable that you do not cheat on your girl but trust me that vast majority of men do, friend or no friend. I really feel sorry for guys sometimes because society really strips the humanity away from them so much. Unfortunately many men are raised with the mentality that men and women are complete opposites and most never even attempt to relate or try to be true friends with women and this is part of why so many relationships fail.

    Its hard for you to be friends with some one when you’re so busy being condescending towards them. Friendship requires acceptance but for some reason so many of these so called alpha make it their business to supress all that is feminine. Eg. They constantly say women are too emotional, too clingy, too nagging, too this or too that. The main ones saying that a man has to be a man won’t even let a woman be a damn woman. If you open yourseld up to a woman 9 times out of 10 she’ll respond in kind but a lot of men simply shut off intimacy from their main girl/wifey only to go looking for it elsewhere. Its pathological.

  • What’s love got to do with it

    Anyway Shaq is insecure and whether people choose to admit it or not this actually the reason why a lot of men cheat. There I said it and its the truth.

    You can sugar coat it and put it anyway you like to you can call it. If you need an ego boost all the damn time that simply means that you have wavering self esteem. That is why 99% of men who don’t commit are afraid of commitment. Its a fear that they might give their all and its not good enough therefore they never fully commit and blame the women they get involved with for why they didn’t get close.

    They say the woman was either too this or too that and would rather believe that all women are defective before they accept that they may actually be a major part of the problem. Actually both men and women do this but it seems that women in general are more accepting of men.

  • ♠♡❥☛【NYWOMAN23】☚♤☂♥

    What’s love got to do with it

    3/14/10, 15:47:pm

    @ Godson,

    Its commendable that you do not cheat on your girl but trust me that vast majority of men do, friend or no friend. I really feel sorry for guys sometimes because society really strips the humanity away from them so much. Unfortunately many men are raised with the mentality that men and women are complete opposites and most never even attempt to relate or try to be true friends with women and this is part of why so many relationships fail.

    Its hard for you to be friends with some one when you’re so busy being condescending towards them. Friendship requires acceptance but for some reason so many of these so called alpha make it their business to supress all that is feminine. Eg. They constantly say women are too emotional, too clingy, too nagging, too this or too that. The main ones saying that a man has to be a man won’t even let a woman be a damn woman. If you open yourseld up to a woman 9 times out of 10 she’ll respond in kind but a lot of men simply shut off intimacy from their main girl/wifey only to go looking for it elsewhere. Its pathological.

    *************
    ty

  • ♠♡❥☛【NYWOMAN23】☚♤☂♥

    GODSON
    I understand why men write songs with the title “*****es aint ***** but hoes and tricks”. We have to learn how to love each other from a fundamental basis

    **************

    i dont understand. and theres no excuse for it

  • Lisa (with a Big L)

    I read this article in Essence yesterday and while I think Shaq is a D.I.C.K., they did not tell the WHOLE story. Whatever happened to all of that money that Shaq claimed she stole when she was buying up a bunch of properties using his money, but putting it in her name? I like Shaunie, but this chick ain’t innocent. Besides, wasn’t she married and left her first husband for Shaq? Like they say, what goes around comes around. I believe she that loved Shaq, but she loved that money a whole hell of a lot too.

  • EL’BOOGIE

    HELL YEAH,LISA,,,,Shaunie LOVED that $$$$$. What comez around,NO DOUBT,comez back AROUND! How Doez it FEELLLLLL….LOL

  • ***JUDY***

    After awhile cheating justs gets old and you have to move on especially when someone is blatantly disrespecting you.Shaq will learn them groupies aint about shyt they just want his money and some good times.

  • white male

    shaq didn’t cheat in miami he cheated in highschool everybody knows that

  • ohnooooo

    Does anybody remember what SUPERHEAD said about Shaq? Where were they living then? It wasnt Miami!

  • Kool Breeze

    The absolute truth !!

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  • that one girl

    First off those blue shoes she’s wearing r CRAZY!!!!!! LOVE SHAUNIE!!!!!!!!! Beautiful family. She seems like she about her business do your thang girl.

  • chuuuch

    Shaunie was just a LA GROUPIE who got wiffed up. She no different than any of them other gold digging hos.

  • Bosygirl

    I can’t believe u guys are commending Shaunie…she’s trying to play innocent but she’s not telling the truth. Her son that’s sitting down is not Shaq’a son. He’s from her first marriage whom she cheated on w/ Shaq,,got pregnant w/Shaq’s baby (the taller boy w/the ball). She was still married to her older son father when she got pregnant w/Shaq’s baby. That’s why it took so long for the marriage to happen becuz she was still married. So she had another kid by Shaq before getting divorce. So she shouldn’t b upset she was a groupie,jumpoff herself. It’s all good now but wait until the kids get older,,she has alot to pay for.

  • bishop

    Lying arse byotch!! The pot calling the kettle black. Shaq may have cheated more frequently than she did, but she still cheated with his trainer…Cheating once, or multiple times are all still wrong. Good Shaq had her sign a pre-nup as to how to got married in the first place anyway. That is why Shaq sounds so confident in the headline. Cause you don’t get half, you pu$$y trapping leech!.

  • tashira

    SHE HAD HIS BABIES DO YOU.

  • Bosygirl

    She mentioned she stayed because she didn’t want her kids to have a broken home,,then why did you leave your first marriage with your son. Oh, let me guess because it was 4 Shaq. I can’t believe you would be talking bad about him knowing your triffling A$$. I’m not condoning his actions but you had to know he would eventually realize u r a groupie and he planted 4 seeds w/you.. Shaunie act as if no one knows her story,,stop talking about your failed marriage to Shaq and start talking about your first failed marriage. I feel really sorry for all 5 of your kids they seem very sweet. Oh, cute picture

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  • Chi-Town Diva (Wild 100′s)

    I CANT THINK OF ANYTHING THAT SHAQ COULD HAVE DONE 2 MAKE ME LEAVE. WOMEN DEAL WITH WORSE SHYT WITH BROKE MEN ATLEAST HE’S RICH DAMN. I DONT THINK THAT BYTCH WAS ALL THE WAY RIGHT ANYWAY.

  • Stephanie Jones

    Isn’t Shaunie the same one that left her first husband for Shaq? Like just walked out??? So it appears that Shaq has been cheating on her practically the entire time that they have been together. You reap what you sow Boo.

  • Lisa (with a Big L)

    Quietly Shaunie needs to write a manual on how to be golddigger because girlfriend’s got game! She tried filing for the divorce in California to guarantee that she would get half of Shaq’s money and a.s.s.e.t.s, even though they were legal residents of Florida. But a Cali judge shut it down. The divorce will be handled in Florida, but the child support will be dealt with in Cali.

  • wow

    I didn’t know she was married when she hooked woth Shaq. I knew she had a kid already, but didn’t know the other stuff. Wow! Karma!

  • http://Bossip.com clay

    That tramp is not innocent! And why was she taking money and hiding it? Now that right there sounds suspicious!

  • Daphine

    Shaunie was married to Shaq’s friend when they met and first started hooking up so she knew what time it was. She is a former groupie so she knew what she was getting into. She stayed married long enough and pushed out a bunch of kids to solidify her future, which was her plan to begin with.

  • Bruh

    To all those proclaiming that “ALL MEN CHEAT”,
    please tell us who are they cheating with.
    Unless some DL action is going on, then its
    WOMEN they are tipping with. So this means that women are no better than the men you’re
    trying to dog out.

  • the informer

    why is she lying like that Shaq and whole miami know she cheated on him! it was all about money!

  • real black is chocolate

    it’s women cheated. not men!

    balck women need stfu cuz all know that you are wh’res

  • impriss00

    if all these things are true that Miss Thang got prego by Shaq, while stil Married to a Deacon….is jst trif!!

    and the reason he says this to her iz B/c he knws y she’s there in the f1rst place…………..
    Money Power & Fame!!

    she made this Monster

  • DC Cj

    This chick is a buisness woman. That is what this marriage was for her….and now she’ll receive the payoff.

  • kel886

    Who cares!!! My boyfriend thinks the same with me. He- is eight years older than me, lol. We met online at an age gap dating site- A_ge_m_in_gle @ c.o.m a nice and free place for Younger- Women and Older Men, or Older Women and Younger Men, to- interact with each other. Maybe you wanna check out or- tell your friends.

  • Interesting….

    @ kalifa.williams@yahoo.co.uk: I totally agree with you. I don’t know the ins and outs of thier relationship, it’s all speculation. At the end of the day, if the checks stop coming and he is still paying child and spousal support he will wish he made a different decision.

  • TheSupa1

    From the looks of that family picture it looks like she has 4 or 5 sources of income. I guess she was told to diversify her portfolio when she married Shaq. GET PAID GIRL.

  • WORD!

    Damn all that, why is that big a.s.s. kid on her hip?

  • You know what?

    Ok. I think Shaunie needs to take her whining self, sit down, and shut the f u c k up. I am tired of her talking about why her relationship with Shaq didn’t work. I hate that s h i t. It is the past tense, just like the marriage to that one guy who was a deacon, or something. Look, Shaunie is not a f u c k i n g victim. She knew what she was getting into from the beginning. She had Shaq’s babies before she married him, so all the marriage was was a tool to get her pocketbook lined with Benjis. If it is a promo for her retarded tv show, then ok-I understand her hustle, but other than that, she sounds like a typical black female always whining about the past. Get over it.

  • OHIOLOVEJONES

    To NYWOMAN23: Ive never cheated on anyone ive been with. The fact that you would make a comment like that tells me something about you. do you know the vast majority of men? of course not.if your statement is “all men cheat” then stand by that. but then again,females speak,women think before they speak.I wonder what kind of thugs or guys you mess with.

  • Wendy

    Well Shaunie looks good in those pictures with this Article..Its a sad situation.Temptation is very hard to break…I’m still shock it was girls in the Arena with Bras and underwear just on…They have no respect for themselves and if a man wants that, than let him go..He just wasn’t the one..

  • Gaboy

    Hey y’all…some of y’all are too worldly, if she was married before and divorced, Shaq not suppose to marry a divorced woman no way, that union not blessed from the beginning, marrying a divorced woman is adultery, not just committed adultery..living in adultery..which is a life style…get it together people…Shanice ain’t no angle…

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  • YNV Me

    he shld have never married her azz! str8 up! kinda what the hell he gets for just marrying any o’l damn groupie….nothing abt this relationship was authentic from the start and this is the type of shyt that happens when u just marry a mofo for the sake of just marrying they azz. TOWN BIZ!

  • detroit2la

    this is only news if some1 didnt consent!!!

  • gsucutie2000

    But what a lot of people don’t know is that Shaunie cheated on her first husband with Shaq. She’s not all that innocent.

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