Shaquille O'Neal Says He's 'Not' Friends with Joe Exotic from Netflix's Tiger King

'I met this guy — not my friend. Don't know him. Never had any business dealings with him,' the NBA legend explained on his podcast

The show follows Maldonado-Passage and the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, the zoo he previously owned in Oklahoma. O’Neal makes a brief appearance in the seven-episode series and is shown interacting with some of the animals.

“So we go in there, and it’s a beautiful place, and the character that was there was Exotic Joe,” O’Neal, 48, recalled in a recent episode of The NBA legend admitted to donating money to the park but explained that he gives to many of the zoos he visits. He maintained that he did not know what was happening behind the scenes with Maldonado-Passage.“I don’t harm tigers. I love tigers. I love white tigers,” he said. “Do I put donations to these zoos to help these tigers out? I do it all the time. Do I own tigers personally at my house? No. But I love tigers.

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