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Shaquille O’Neal Denies Romance With 21-Year-Old Influencer Sophie Rain

Sophie Rain says they are just friends.

Overview

  • Speculation began after a photo from Rain’s 21st birthday in Las Vegas showed her posing with O’Neal at Encore Beach Club.
  • O’Neal replied on Instagram that he does not date women that young and characterized the encounter as a non-romantic run-in.
  • Multiple outlets report he added since-deleted comments saying he was DJing at the club and urging a content creator to stop creating rumors.
  • Rain told Us Weekly there was nothing romantic between them, echoing O’Neal’s denial.
  • Content creator Noah Glenn Carter, whose video criticized O’Neal’s presence and age gap, later apologized, and O’Neal accepted according to reports.