Former NBA celebrity Shaquille O’Neal reportedly handled an entire restaurant to dinner the opposite evening when he paid the tab of $25,000 on the eatery after making an look with a thriller girl.
The 50-year-old sports activities analyst and former skilled basketball participant reportedly arrived on the Chelsea hotspot Jue Lan Membership in New York Metropolis with an unidentified girl, whom he was overheard describing as “my date,” sources instructed Web page Six in a chunk revealed Tuesday.
After the 2 had dinner, Shaq reportedly confirmed off his beneficiant facet, paying for dinner for the complete service workforce on the restaurant.
“And to prime that off, he paid for everybody’s test [who was] eating on the restaurant,” the supply shared.
The outlet famous that O’Neal needed to maintain his deal with to the 40 tables of patrons a secret till he had left the restaurant.
Sources mentioned the invoice amounted to “effectively over $25,000.” The supply additionally instructed the outlet that Shaq was “extraordinarily beneficiant” to Jue Lan’s workers.
“He left them the most important tip they’ve ever acquired,” the supply added.
The sports activities analyst adopted up his generosity the following day when he confirmed off a newly refurbished basketball courtroom the place a girls and boys membership he was once as a baby in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, via the assistance of his basis and company sponsor Icy Scorching, Fox Information famous. O’Neal initially renovated the courtroom again in 1992.
“This courtroom is for you guys,” Shaq instructed Fox5 New York. “You guys can simply come out right here and observe your goals, and take it from me, you might be no matter you need to be. I’m you — I’m not the man that was the neatest in class. I’m not the man that was hottest. I’m you. We come from the identical place.”
In February, the basketball legend stunned the Collins household of 11 with not one however two new vehicles, ESPN famous in a publish on Instagram.
“At present Shaq blessed us like by no means earlier than,” the Collins household captioned their publish on social media. “Final evening we had a shock go to from Shaq. He took us to dinner as a household at babes rooster. It was a lot enjoyable to only hang around and eat dinner with him.”
The publish famous how Shaq even foot the invoice for an additional desk’s meal earlier than he ended up tipping the waitress “$1000 after her automobile broke down as we speak.”
“After which as we speak! He began the time off by taking us to the Mercedes dealership to get us a brand new household 15 passenger van,” the household’s publish learn.
The household later shared that when he noticed the state of the husband’s truck, which has “been with out air-conditioning and warmth for some time,” the previous NBA star “took us to a Ford dealership and blessed us with one other truck.”
