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.