Shaquille O'Neal interview about sister
Shaquille O'Neal opened up about how a business deal prevented him from being with his sister during her final moments. He recalled, "Get to see my sister in Orlando on a Thursday. She has cancer but it's her third time having it. She beat it the two times." He added, "They don't tell me that it's stage four. They don't want me to worry." The full interview is available at and
Transcript (en)
Get to see my sister in Orlando on a Thursday. She has cancer, but it's her third time having it. She beat it the two times. They don't tell me that it's stage four. They don't want me to worry. So I see her, but I'm in athlete mode. Fuck it, you beat it the last two times. I called the best doctors we could, but they're not telling me anything. But I ask her. I say, hey, you want me to stay here? Something said, just stay with her today. But I had a business deal in L.A. I was like, I need to go get this money right quick. But so in my mind, I was like, you don't want me to stay, but I'm going to go do the deal. Leave there about two, you know, three hours back. So get there at 11, stay all day, leave at six, which is a red-eye flight. On the plane, she passes away. But the point is, I never got to tell all of her. But if I would have stayed there with her all day, maybe the doctor would have been like, hey, you have stage four. Then I would have, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.
