Shaq is setting the record straight when it comes to Sophie Rain.
The NBA legend recently went viral when Rain rang in her 21st birthday, and he showed up.
The OnlyFans model posted a photo online of herself with Shaquille O’Neal during a night out in Las Vegas, sparking thousands of reactions online.
“Look who I ran into on my birthday!!” Rain, who revealed she was doing something special for her birthday, captioned the photo on X.
The picture showed the adult star flipping off the camera while rocking a white cover-up over her two-piece bikini, while the NBA legend smiles while staring right at her.
It led to many fans thinking the two were in a relationship.
Now, Shaq has been forced to speak out to stop the rumors from getting bigger.
Shaq Speaks Out About Relationship With Sophie Rain
Shaquille O’Neal is shooting down rumors about his dating life.
After appearing in a photo alongside 21-year-old OnlyFans model Sophie Rain, the retired basketball star is denying the claim that the two of them are hooking up.
“I don’t [date] that young, but I will date your mom and give u a brother,” the 53-year-old wrote in the comments under a video that insinuated that the two were an item.
To make sure that the rumor further dies down, Shaq offered a couple of since-deleted comments to TikToker Noah Glenn Carter.
“Stop tryna create rumors don’t make me slap you dude,” he wrote, and added. “Your mom is hot, tell her to hit me on my sky tell pager.”
Shaq shuts down dating rumors with Sophie Rain in new Instagram comments 👀 pic.twitter.com/mBnDQrsNIg
— ryan 🤿 (@scubaryan_) October 1, 2025
Shaq has never been shy about anyone he is currently dating, so if he goes out of his way to state that he and Sophie Rain are not an item, you can take him at his word.
Rain echoed O’Neal’s sentiment and shared that the twosome are “just friends.”
“He reached out to me after and was like damn, we are famous, haha, I don’t know why people think we are dating,” Rain said to US Weekly. “People are running with a wild story, but Shaq was nothing but respectful. It was my 21st birthday, and he made it unforgettable.”
