Shaquille O’Neal couldn’t assist however stroll away from the “Inside the NBA” desk on Tuesday night time.
Kenny Smith made a reference to the rapper Jay-Z — who’s accused of raping a 13-year-old woman at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000 in a lawsuit filed on Dec. 8 — and Charles Barkley’s response created one other viral second on the TNT broadcast.
“You think Jay-Z or, or, or,” Smith mentioned.
“Probably not a good time right now,” Barkley chimed in after tapping Smith’s arm.
“You’re all silly, man,” Smith mentioned as he shook his head and smiled.
O’Neal, who gave the impression to be laughing, received up and stood behind a wall on the set.
“Go see if you can fix the wall, will you, Shaq?” Ernie Johnson mentioned. “In fact, here, I’ll go with you.”
Johnson received up and joined O’Neal, who was standing together with his again turned to the digital camera.
The TNT manufacturing crew was additionally heard laughing within the background.
Barkley added, “Too soon, Kenny.”
Jay-Z, whose actual title is Shawn Carter, has vehemently denied the allegations towards him and fellow rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs that have been said in an amended civil criticism filed by a lady recognized as Jane Doe.
Combs — who’s is at present behind bars in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Middle whereas awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking and racketeering prices — denied the allegations made by Doe.
Within the criticism, the plaintiff alleges Combs and Jay-Z, each now 55, raped her whereas an unnamed feminine movie star watched through the celebration, which passed off in a New York Metropolis residence.
The preliminary criticism, which was filed in October, didn’t reference Jay-Z by title.
Jay-Z referred to as the allegations “idiotic” and “heinous in nature” in an announcement launched by Roc Nation, one in all his firms, on Sunday.
