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Nearly 2 weeks aft Adam Levine spoke retired to contradict an alleged matter with an Instagram model, Shaquille O'Neal explains wherefore helium has the Maroon 5 frontman's back: "I cannot beryllium a hypocrite."
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In the aftermath of Adam Levine's scandal, Shaquille O'Neal isn't putting his relationship with the vocalist connected the sidelines.
Over the weekend, the Maroon 5 frontman hit the stage at the NBA star's fundraising gala connected Oct. 1, his archetypal amusement since speaking retired to deny an Instagram model's allegations that she'd had an matter with him. The 43-year-old, who performed with his set astatine the MGM Grand Hotel successful Las Vegas, was besides accompanied by his large woman Behati Prinsloo, who supported the vocalist from backstage.
And arsenic Shaq explained, his enactment of Adam comes casual since their enslaved stretches acold beyond the surface.
"Adam is simply a person of excavation from clip ago," helium exclusively told E! News astatine the Las Vegas gala, The Event. Referring to his thoughts connected the performer's caller scandal, helium noted, "I ever accidental to myself, I cannot beryllium a hypocrite."
The hoops star—whose divorcement from Shaunie O' Neal was finalized successful 2011 aft astir 9 years of marriage—added, "I wasn't the top hubby successful the world, truthful conscionable due to the fact that I person a ample level close present doesn't springiness maine the close to bash different people. He's great."
In notation to Adam's show astatine the gala, which raises wealth for underserved youth, Shaq noted, "He's doing thing for the children, he's ever been similar that. I'm blessed for him. And I privation him luck."
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The NBA champ's latest comments on Adam echo akin sentiments helium made a fewer days anterior erstwhile asked astir the cheating allegations against the singer.
"I was a serial cheater," Shaq shared during the Sept. 24 occurrence of The Big Podcast with Shaq. "It would beryllium brainsick and blasphemous for maine to get up present and say, ‘Boom, boom, bam.' I can't bash that."
As helium pointed out, considering his past, helium doesn't spot a crushed to publically justice anyone else.
"I garbage to get up present and beryllium like, 'You shouldn't bash this, you shouldn't person done that,'" Shaq continued. "I'm not that guy. I'm existent with the situation."
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