Shaquille O’Neal’s ex-wife, Shaunie Henderson, opened up about her past relationship with the NBA legend.
While promoting her new book “Undefeated“, Shaunie admitted that she may have never truly been in love with her ex. “Looking back, I don’t know that I was ever really in love with the man, but I was in love with the idea of being married to the man I had a family with.”
O’Neal and Henderson share four children: sons Shareef and Shaqir and daughters Amirah and Me’arah. Their romance began in the late’90s and ended in 2009.
Shaq, responded to Henderson’s claims, expressing “I understand… I wouldn’t have been in love with me either. Wishing you all the best. All love, Shaq.” He captioned the post, “Trust me, I get it.”
Ahead of the book launch, Henderson opened up about being nervous about sharing details of her romance with Shaq.
“I always had a fear of sharing too much and of telling my story that involved anybody else,” Henderson shared. “I didn’t want to disrespect someone else’s story, even if it was a part of mine, but as I get older and do more things in the entertainment industry, I found that people have a misconception of who I am.”
“I’m literally telling my story and my journey, which he was a part of,” she continued. “So I’ve always been a little nervous about that, but I think I did a good job at sharing my story without destroying him because that’s not my intent at all, ever.”