By Mitch Fink – Published July 15, 2025, 2:38 p.m. – New York Post
Shaquille O’Neal is beyond furious with Robert Griffin III over his comments on Angel Reese.
“RG3? Tweet another monkey post about my girl Angel Reese and I’m going to punch you in your f—ing face,” O’Neal said Tuesday on Bailey Jackson’s “Off the Record” podcast. “It’s enough. I don’t usually do stuff like this, but just stop it bro.”
Griffin III, the sports media personality and former NFL quarterback, has been embroiled in controversy over his July 10 post on X, in which he strongly denounced a racist photo edit of Reese, but gave the racist image a greater platform by reposting it.
In the post, Griffin also reiterated his previous statement that Reese “hates” Caitlin Clark, and wrote that people in Reese’s inner circle called him and “told me I was right.”
Reese responded in a post on X that was clearly pointed at Griffin III, writing, “Lying on this app when everybody know the first and last name of everybody in my circle for clout is nastyyyy work.”
Angel Reese with the Chicago Sky on June 12.Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images
O’Neal, who has had a close bond with Reese dating back to the Chicago Sky forward’s days at LSU, made his feelings on the situation abundantly clear.
“You got your job, you got your podcast,” O’Neal, who also played at LSU, said in a message to Griffin III. “Leave my Angel Reese alone. I’m the one calling her telling her not to respond. F–ing stop it. That’s the last time. OK?”
O’Neal, the 7-foot-1, 325-pound Hall of Famer and four-time NBA champion, continued to lay into Griffin III, who played seven seasons in the NFL.
“It’s a shame that all the stuff you did in your life, you’re going to be remembered for your podcast,” O’Neal added. “That should tell you you’re not that f–ing great. I don’t want to be remembered for Shaq’s ‘Big Podcast.’ I do not. Leave those girls alone.”
O’Neal added that Griffin III has no “G14 classification” to make comments about Reese.
“I would respect it more if Lisa Leslie said it, like that’s [women’s basketball players’] category,” O’Neal added. “Stay out of them peoples’ category.”
RGIII – on Angel Reese controversy –
Alright. This has got to stop. There is no place for racism in this world. Whether you like a player or not. Angel Reese should never be called or depicted as a Monkey. I have been quiet on the Angel Reese front because she shared a video that aided in my wife, kids, family and friends receiving death threats, threats of physical harm to my family and friends and threats of sexual violence to my children on social media and beyond. That will never be okay with me. I never attacked her or her family when I stated and backed up with clear basketball evidence that Angel Reese hates Caitlin Clark. It’s sports. Everybody won’t like each other. People in Angel’s inner circle called me and told me I was right and Angel Reese has grown to hate Caitlin Clark because of the media always asking her about Caitlin and being constantly compared to her. Some people made it about race, but I never did and never will. Instead of becoming the villain in anyone’s story, I decided to just not. All that being said, Angel Reese or any Black man or woman should never be called or depicted as a Monkey. Ever. Stop it. If you hate Angel Reese because she is Black, you are the problem. If you hate Angel Reese because you are a Caitlin Clark fan, don’t turn it racial. There should be no space for racism in this world.
A picture is worth a thousand words – RG3
Good for you Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. You gotta be a real hater to see this level of happiness and be like, “Yea I don’t like it.”
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