Shaquille O’Neal Reveals Surprising ‘Favorite Song’ Choice
Shaquille O'Neal is apparently a major Swiftie.
On this week's episode of the "New Heights" podcast, Travis and Jason Kelce had the NBA legend on as a guest. At one point during the show, Shaq played Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble” on his phone while attempting to lip-sync the words.
Travis was of course appreciative of O'Neal's appreciation of his girlfriend's music, especially when the big man claimed the 2012 hit was his "favorite song."
"That’s my favorite song in the world, brother,” O’Neal said. "I love it."
That drew loud cheers from the Kelce brothers, with Travis then congratulating Swift on buying back all of her masters following a lengthy battle.
“Shout out to Tay Tay,” Travis said next. “Just got that song back, too. Just bought all her music back so it’s finally hers, man, I appreciate that, dog. Love you big dog.”
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"Shout out to Tay Tay! Just got that song back too. Just bought all her music back so it's finally hers too." pic.twitter.com/C3yLvhxFKR
You can find the entire "New Heights" episode with Shaq right here.
As for Kelce's comments, they are his first public words since Swift regained control of the entire catalog of her first six studio albums last week.
“I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away," Swift said in a letter to fans on her official website. "But that’s all in the past now. I’ve been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found that this is really happening. I really get to say those words.
“All of the music I’ve ever made … now belongs… to me.”
Previously, record executive Scooter Braun had purchased the rights to her first six studio albums, plus any accompanying music videos, art and unreleased songs, back in 2019.
One year later, Braun sold the rights to investment firm Shamrock Capital, but the company went on to sell them back to Swift, with Braun reportedly encouraging the deal.