Shaq knows he’s ‘gonna end up alone’ romantically

Shaquille O’Neal didn’t clasp backmost while discussing romance and relationships pinch Angel Reese.

The NBA fable explained why matrimony astir apt isn’t successful nan cards for him aft his divorce from ex-wife Shaunie Henderson successful 2011.

“I’m gonna extremity up alone, ” Shaq said connected nan latest installment of Reese’s “Unapologetically Angel” podcast. “I already cognize it. Because y’all beryllium making rules up arsenic you spell along. There is nary handbook connected really to beryllium nan cleanable man aliases cleanable hubby … and y’all beryllium making s–t up without telling us.

“If I’m not physically seeing somebody — me, nan Diesel — and I’m pinch you mundane and you cognize my schedule, it shouldn’t matter what I’m doing connected my phone. It’s not cheating and past you can’t show maine that’s worse than cheating. It’s not. I conscionable don’t understand that.

“I already cognize I’m going to extremity up being unsocial … Nobody tin understand me because I’m weird.” 

The “NBA connected TNT” characteristic went connected to explicate that he’s focused connected activity earlier his model of opportunity closes.

“I ever show people, men should ever beryllium focused connected 3 things: protecting, providing and loving. But nan problem pinch women is, you each want it successful nan bid that you want it in,” he said.

“You day me, you want nan emotion first. ‘Aw, let’s spell here.’ No, I don’t sewage clip for that correct now. I’m a supplier first. I only sewage 18 summers near and I’m gonna beryllium 70. I’m not going to beryllium doing podcasts astatine 70, I’m not going to beryllium getting deals astatine 70. So, I’m trying to cognize each of this s–t retired now.”

Shaq and Henderson, nan creator of VH1’s reality bid “Basketball Wives,” were joined for 7 years earlier they separated successful 2009. Their divorcement was finalized 2 years later.

They stock 4 children, sons Shareef and Shaqir and daughters Amirah and Me’arah.

Shaq has a daughter, Taahirah, from a erstwhile narration pinch Arnetta Yardbourgh, whom he’s called his “first love” successful anterior interviews.

The four-time NBA champ has taken nan blasted for nan demise of some relationships connected galore ocassions.

In his 2011 memoir, “Shaq Uncut: My Story,” O’Neal explained that he “was a feline pinch excessively galore options,” and that infidelity played a domiciled successful his divided pinch Henderson.