Shaq Reveals Why He 'Never' Wants To Be Called A Celebrity

In an interview with People's Mark Gray, Shaquille O'Neal repeated a past stance that he doesn't want to be associated with other celebrities who give fame a bad name...

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"You know why I had to denounce myself from being a celebrity about six, seven years ago? Celebrities are a------. They just are. I never want to be in that category," O'Neal said.

"A lot of these people, when they come to a certain status, it automatically gives them the right to think they're smarter than you, they're better than you, they’re bigger than you," he claimed. "And I never wanted to be like that."

"I have to do regular people's stuff because I'm a regular person," O'Neal said. "I ain’t got no security. I ain't got no entourage. I'm just a guy that played in the NBA."

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(The Spun)