Shaquille O’Neal isn’t budging.
Days after the NBA legend found himself at the center of a viral photo saga, in which fans speculated whether he appeared in a PDA snap with influencer Maria Ozuna Teachey, O’Neal took to Instagram to issue what appeared to be another denial.
In a video with Peter Gunz on Wednesday, O’Neal can be seen behind the mic mouthing the lyrics to Shaggy’s 2000 song, “It Wasn’t Me,” with the three-word phrase written across the clip itself.
“I might not know the words, but I do know it wasn’t me @petergunz174,” he captioned the post.
The drama began earlier this week when Teachey shared a photo that featured a tall suitor draping large hands over her.
The photo didn’t capture the individual’s face but led internet detectives to theorize if the 7-foot-1 O’Neal was in the shot.
O’Neal, 52, denied it was him in the photograph, responding to a post on WorldStar’s Instagram account, “Nope not the kid,” according to TMZ.
The four-time NBA champion addressed the matter in other Instagram posts Tuesday, showing a video that featured him embracing other women.
“Is this my girlfriend too, trust me I’ll let yall know who my woman is, and by the way my woman name is Shaqirah,” O’Neal captioned the clip.
He wrote in a separate post: “I will let yall know when I’m in love.”
However, the ordeal didn’t end there as Teachey shared alleged footage suggesting she visited O’Neal’s room at Harrah’s in Atlantic City, N.J., as captured by The Shade Room.
“Come on Kid . A time was Had,” she appeared to write in the caption of an Instagram post. “Why he lie to yall man.”
Although it remains to be seen if another chapter will be written to this story, O’Neal’s personal life frequently stirs buzz online.
His Beverly Hills dinner outing with Brittany Renner went viral last June, with TMZ reporting at the time, “It was nothing more than two friends catching up.”
