A video featuring basketball royalties Rachel DeMita and Shaquille O'Neal has been making rounds online. It features DeMita slapping Shaq on the head. Is there a beef between the two?
Below is the video, as posted by Sneaker News:
With or without context, this is straight up disrespectful. FOH. pic.twitter.com/SZ8cQcQ2iT
— Sneaker News (@SneakerNews) April 2, 2018
Here's the video, from another angle as posted by Ballislife:
https://www.facebook.com/ballislifestyle/videos/1902787433096978/
People were quick to react to the video. Some believe that it was a form of assault on Shaq. Others, however, simply commented on how attractive DeMita is. But she herself was quick to reply that they planned this together all along and there's nothing to worry about. There's no beef between them. They are just having some fun:
https://twitter.com/RADeMita/status/980642071903051777
To conclude that the antic was planned is easy to believe. After all, DeMita hand landed on Shaq's head right during the buzzer sounded. Who knows, the two might have rehearsed it before.
The game was actually an exhibition game, the third annual Celebrity Crunch Classic Sweepstakes. Legends Shaq and Magic Johnson went against each other as coaches. DeMita was playing for Shaq.
As reported by PR Newswire, some of the p athletes and celebrities who participated were Jerry Ferrara, Joel McHale, Rachel DeMita, Brandon Roddy, Jonathan Clark, Chris Staples, Spice Adams. DeMita herself finished with 19 points.
It's always good to see our basketball heroes having fun outside the confines of competition. Planned or not, it's just their way of mixing things up with the main aim of entertaining us. And besides, who doesn't want to see Shaq getting dominated by a girl?
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