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Shaquille O’Neal Hates Rich People’s Food: “I Want Chicken Wings, Pizza And Chips”

Shaquille O'Neal prefers the food normal people eat, he said he wants chicken wings, pizza, and chips over 'rich people food.'

Divij Kulkarni
Jan 9, 2023
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Credit: Darren Yamashita/USA Today Sports

Shaquille O’Neal is one of the most well-loved players in the league’s history, there are very few fans of the NBA that don’t love the Big Diesel. While his dominance is a large factor in that, the bigger positive is his personality. Shaquille O’Neal has a bit of a mean streak, but for the most part, he is fun-loving and relatable, both qualities that people love to see in their sports legends. 

Shaquille O’Neal is a business tycoon, he’s got more money than most people in the world thanks to his business empire. But despite being worth $400 million, O’Neal still loves to eat as normal people do. The Big Aristotle goes to events where the catering likely costs an absolute bomb, but as he told Stephen Colbert during an interview, he doesn’t care for any of that food. 

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“I don’t like rich people food,” said Big Aristotle. “Like Hors d’oeuvres, us regular people, we like chicken wings. I don’t go to like all these parties, and the caviar, I don’t like all those stuff. I want chicken wings, pizza, and chips.”

This is an incredible take coming from a man that could afford to eat the fanciest meals daily. Shaquille O’Neal was raised to be humble by his father, and it has translated into his tastes as well. Shaq loves to eat normal people’s food, and if the stories are to believe, a whole lot of it. 


Arnold Schwarzenegger Told An Amazing Story About How Much Shaquille O’Neal Was Eating In The 90s

Shaquille O’Neal is a big man, it stands to reason that he eats more than most. And when he was a young man in the 90s, his appetite was the stuff of legend. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in awe of watching the big man eat. 

“I think this is a whole new dimension; it seems to me. He came over today to Planet Hollywood, and he ate his lunch there. I’m telling you the waitresses went and kept bringing food, one meal after the other, and he must have eaten like 10 meals. It was just staggering the way this guy devoured it.”

Shaquille O’Neal is a man of simple pleasures, someone that knows what he likes and has worked to be in a position to get it whenever he wants it. The NBA legend will always primarily be remembered for the things he achieved, but his personality will live long in the memory even more than that. 

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ByDivij Kulkarni
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Divij Kulkarni is an NBA columnist for Fadeaway World. He has covered the NBA and the English Premier League, with 4 years of experience in creating sports content. Finding exciting and intriguing content about all things NBA is both his job and his passion. Divij loves the Dallas Mavericks and can be regularly observed getting emotional during games. Outside of basketball, he enjoys reading fantasy and sci-fi novels, consuming copious amounts of movies and TV, and spending time with his dog, Olivia. Expertise: NBA, Historical Sports ResearchFavorite Team: Dallas MavericksFeatured On HoopsHype, Sports Illustrated, Secret Base, MSNPrevious Work: Tribuna
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