Overview

• O'Neal publicly rejected speculation that he is romantically involved with 21-year-old Sophie Rain.
• He wrote, "I don't [date] that young," adding, "I will date your mom and give u a brother," in reply to Noah Glenn Carter.
• TMZ reports he also posted, then deleted, "stop tryna create rumors don't make me slap you dude," directed at Carter.
• In a reported deleted comment, he said he was DJing at Encore Beach Club that night and that Sophie Rain "happened to be there."
• The story stems from a widely shared birthday photo, and much of the reporting relies on screenshots with some comments not independently archived.