Fifteen years after his divorce, Shaquille O’Neal says he’s lastly realized the 5 Love Languages and may “meet all of them.”
Throughout an look on the August 11 episode of the “Armchair Knowledgeable with Dax Shephard” podcast, the 53-year-old retired skilled basketball participant opened up about how he’s gained a deeper understanding of the 5 Love Languages.
“I used to be studying ‘The 5 Love Languages,’ and I didn’t understand that sitting along with your spouse watching TV is just not spending high quality time along with her,” he admitted.
He defined that he didn’t understand what high quality time really was till a lot later as a result of when he first entered the skilled basketball world, he wasn’t precisely common or courting a lot.
“After which once I hit that cowl of ‘Sports activities Illustrated,’ [women were like] ‘I’m coming with you,’” he mentioned.
When host Shephard guessed that O’Neal’s love language is “phrases of affirmation,” the sports activities icon agreed, noting that was the primary one he realized. When requested which others out of the 5 he might fulfil, which additionally embody bodily contact, presents, and acts of service, O’Neal mentioned he can “meet all of them.”
Shepherd clarified that “acts of service” isn’t merely writing a test, it’s generally guide labor like mopping the ground.
“Now, I can do this. Ten years in the past, I couldn’t do this,” O’Neal quipped.
O’Neal, who was married to Shaunie Henderson from 2002 to 2011, with whom he shares 4 kids, has been open about the place he fell quick throughout his marriage lately. Henderson has since remarried and launched a memoir detailing her aspect of the story. Throughout an episode of his podcast, “The Huge Podcast with Shaq,” he didn’t mince phrases when advising NFL participant Jason Kelce to give attention to his household.
“I made a variety of dumbass errors to the place I misplaced my household and didn’t have anybody. I used to be an fool … I misplaced my complete household. I’m in a 100,000-square-foot home on my own,” he mentioned.
