Shaquille O’Neal in X-rated photo drama as NBA legend responds

Shaquille O’Neal has responded to suggestions he is the secret boyfriend pictured in an X-rated photo shared by an Instagram influencer.

Shaquille O’Neal has denied suggestions he is the secret boyfriend of Instagram influencer Maria Ozuna Teachey.

A storm in a tea cup exploded on Tuesday after O’Neal was falsely identified as the man pictured in an X-rated photo shared by the model.

Teachey has ignored pleas from fans to address the swirling drama, and has not yet confirmed the man in the photo is not the 2.16m giant.

The photo Teachey shared with her 200,000 Instagram followers shows her breasts being held by a man standing behind her.

The mirror-selfie show’s Teachey enjoying the pose as she holds her camera up to take the photo.

“Can y’all guess who(se) feet? #loveyou” Teachey wrote as a caption.

Maria Ozuna Teachey enjoyed the storm. Photo: Facebook.

The man’s face is not seen in the photo — but the monstrous size of his hands led to light-hearted suggestions the mystery figure it the former Los Angeles Lakers superstar.

“Shaq think we can’t see him,” one user wrote on social media.

The speculation exploded when one cheeky comment went viral with 15 million views.

“‘Shaq ain’t got no shame,” the Twitter user wrote.

Teachey also poured fuel on the rumours when she shared another photo of a mystery man lying on a couch. Some social media users claim the black man in the photo also resembles O’Neal.

The situation was getting out of hand when O’Neal moved to shut it down.

He shared a message on Instagram that showed him laughing off the speculation, sharing a photo of him posing with several different women.

Maria Ozuna Teachey has more than 200,000 followers. Photo: Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/_1.filly/?hl=en

Maria Ozuna Teachey has more than 200,000 followers. Photo: Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/_1.filly/?hl=en

“Is this my girlfriend too, trust me I’ll let yall know who my woman is, and by the way my woman name is Shaqrah,” he wrote.

“Nope not the kid.”

He wrote in another post: “My real girlfriend knows I’m a big black exotic dancer.

“I will let yall know when I’m in love.”

The post was accompanied by a video with O’Neal lip-syncing to Denzel Washington’s Training Day monologue to end the beloved movie.

Los Angeles Lakers player Shaquille O'Neal with Kobe Bryant. Photo by KEVORK DJANSEZIAN / GETTY IMAGES.

Teachey has not addressed the storm publicly, but has deleted the X-rated photo from Instagram.

It is still visible on her Facebook page.

The NBA fan favourite, known and loved as ‘The Big Diesel’, has rarely opened up on his love life, but has shared some of his more embarrassing moments in the dating game.

He is still kicking himself over his lack of game when meeting Hollywood star Halle Berry.

“I had a shot one time and I froze,” Shaq said on the Complex GOAT podcast.

“So one day I’m at the Four Seasons on Doheny [Los Angeles] and I’m in the elevator. I’m coming up from the bottom and the door opens. It’s me, D Mac, and the door opens and it’s Halle Berry.

“All I could hear was the ding” O’Neal shared. “What made it worse is she spoke to me first….Then (the door) opened and then she f***ing walked out.”

There’s no stopping the Big Diesel.

Originally published as Shaquille O’Neal in X-rated photo drama as NBA legend responds