Former Los Angeles Lakers player Shaquille O’Neal was on ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’ and he was asked about Kerry Washington revealing that Shaq slid into her dms.
As we previously reported, the actress was on an episode of Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” where the star was asked, “Who’s the most famous person to slide into your DMs, wanting to connect as a friend or otherwise? “Um, Shaq, Shaquille O’Neal,” she promptly answered, adding, “He’s a big ‘Scandal’ fan. He’s always like I’ll do anything for command.” So when Hudson got the chance to ask Shaq about those dms the former basketball star shared the same story that Washington said.
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“First of all, I wasn’t DMing her,” said the retired athlete before confirming Washington’s account of what happened.
“I’m a fan of hers and we were talking about ‘Scandal,’” said Shaq, noting that he contacted Washington to celebrate her award-winning role and success.
“I said, ‘God bless you. I’m proud of you and I love your show,’” he recalled, stating he started watching the show late.
“I wasn’t watching when it was on. So, I picked it up and I was watching like 1 through season 7 and I’m a binge-watcher, so I watched, like, seven seasons like 3 days. Then when it went off, I couldn’t find it, so I jumped in the DM. Like, ‘Hey, is ‘Scandal’ coming back on?”
The Emmy winner, who was on the talk show to promote her new memoir “Thicker than Water,” also shared that O’Neal, 51, likes to make jokes referencing the plot of her Shonda Rhimes drama series, which ran for seven seasons from 2012 to 2018.
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“He’s always like, ‘I’ll do anything for command,’” Washington said, referring to the title her “Scandal” character, Olivia Pope, uses to call her dad.
Along with her A-list DM from the former NBA star, Washington also revealed the most famous person in her phone contacts to be Oprah Winfrey and spilled that the most recent celebrity to text her was Jennifer Aniston.
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