Shaquille O’Neal offers to buy viral Pacers couple’s engagement ring if boyfriend proposes to girlfriend on Inside The NBA:
I can’t believe he didn’t take the offer…that ring would’ve been crazy
Bro under pressure 🥀
Like all of us 🤣
Lmao, this is perfect
Bro gets on his knee and tears his Achilles. Out for the season
I can’t believe people are saying this, proposing on the spot because someone told you to is wild. Of course he would rather plan to do it in a romantic setting and just buy the ring himself than do it awkwardly out of nowhere on live TV
Finally a sane take
Just take the ring and do your own romantic one regardless
Relationship would not survive “hey babe you know I just did that for the money right?”
My wife would’ve been mad that I didn’t take the ring, and then sell it for something insanely nice later lol, she’s a very practical woman.
Is your relationship that fickle?
Or take the ring, sell it and use the profit to buy your own ring and pay for the wedding.
Maybe they aren’t ready for marriage. It didn’t seem like they were on the same page in this discussion. I know I wouldn’t want to jump into a marriage if I never discussed it with my partner. At best he would’ve sold the ring after faking a proposal and hoping it never leaks that it was fake.
Yeah, I delayed my engagement for about 3 years because I wanted to wait till I was out of college and could afford to buy a decent ring on my own dime, and it was totally worth it. Nothing says true love like gifting something you earned with your own hard work.
I would enthusiastically say yes to just about anybody in that scenario. Nothing legally stopping you from breaking up!
it’s one thing if your SO is also practical/frugal/open-minded like yourself, but imagine if she’s the type to hold it against you for “being materialistic in romantic moments” and it ruins your relationship
Tbf if that’s what he found out I see it less like you ruined a relationship and more like you spared yourself a divorce.
they would have broken up later anyways then. better he found out first and a little extra money in his bank account from selling the ring.
Yeah for real. Who knows what inane bullshit they’re fighting about every day lol, they’re a couple.
idk man, if shaq’s offer had no limit, im proposing there and then doing a real proposal later. theyre smart and know the economic benefits
Fr, honestly shitty of Shaq to throw money at them and pressure them on live tv. Like what the fuck dude, the world isn’t a circus you can just command because you’ve got a lot more money than the rest of us.
Also the way she was looking at him. Good lord if someone looked at me like that I’d propose on the spot 😂
And then she tried to bail him out with the “I didn’t agree to this” after. She’s a winner
She only stopped agreeing when she thought Shaq could show up at the wedding. She looked all for it before that invite lmao.
Jarvis… end it 🤣🫠
“how much could an engagement ring cost erneh, 75 thousand?”
i’d buy something like the 2nd ring kobe gave vanessa
Could’ve easily spilt the sale of the ring too. SMH
I’m actually glad he didn’t.
Proposing should be made in the right time. Screw the ring.
What is more meaningful is the relationship.
yea and honestly, whether he intended to or not, shaq was kinda looking down on them a bit here, like “imma give you \(5 to entertain me with something that is very important to you" (that ring is probly worth \)5 to him in relative to us)
If the ring was crazy the taxes on it probably also be crazy lol.
Taxes on gifts are paid by the giver
really? huh that’s fascinating, good to know!
There’s no tax below $19k so most people never run into it
That’s only the requirement to file. You don’t actually pay any taxes unless the lifetime cumulative goes over $15 million.
luckily most people in life won’t run into this problem
Yup only shit I ever got over $19 grand I bought for myself.
Hey its me ur IRS
Honestly curious as to what made you think you had to pay taxes on gifts you received lol
I think it’s similar to when people win money on a show or gifts on a show. Like when people would win a car on Price Is Right they normally wouldn’t take the car because then they owe the tax on it almost like income tax, so they’d take the cash value minus the taxes.
Yeah but I think most people would refer to that as a “prize”, not a “gift” to avoid the confusion
You guys pay taxes on gifts?
more that they already paid income taxes on the money before they bought the ring. Unless it’s over 19k, then the giver pays it If he’s over the lifetime limit for gifting and it’s over 19k. The 19k is just what amount before you need to file an irs form so they can keep track.
it’s just not really considered income by recipient in a situation like this unless they sell the ring (then that becomes income).
The gift tax is really the inheritance tax, they don’t want rich people to just give all their property to other people before they die to skip paying inheritance tax (you can inherit or give away 15 mil or so without paying taxes).
There’s no taxes in gifts until the lifetime exclusion of like $15 million is reached, and then it’s only the gifter that pays a tax.
It’s not considered income unless they sell it. Would be a gift.
no shot, she gets the ring, he takes the risk, nah, i’m good fam.
the balls on that guy to come to the negotiation table with nothing and still make demands
she’s going home and asking him “what the fuck were you talking about” x3
Hey, this reminds of that couple in the basketball game…
was definitely worth the shot, he pulling up to the wedding now 😂😂
She literally said “I didn’t agree to any of this”. He handled that beautifully. Did anyone of you actually watch the video?
Why would she say it 3x? Is there a reference I’m missing?
And he will say, it’s all about the rings Ernie!
And she will have no idea
They both look like Zach Lowe
LMAO 🤣
This killed me 😂😂
Welcome to… the Lowe Proposal!
Comment of the year. We still doing that?
This is the greatest comment this season
This is some Back to the Future shit
ROFL
That’s a bar
i just looked up their instagrams. Dude looks much more suave with his hair short
Shaq just caused a huge ass argument between the two of them
Not an argument. But it seems that neither of them have brought up marriage in the relationship and they’re gonna have THE TALK.
This mother fucker is insane lol just do it bro that ring would be nuts
just get engaged on the spot when a stranger tells you to bro! do it immediately!
Could have just sold the ring later and split the money
Shaq can’t force them to actually get married lol
just potentially irrecoverably disappoint your girlfriend with 2 seconds of thinking bro
Split the sale if you divorce and still come out on top. Y’all are young living in NYC (in this economy?), now is not the time to be proud.
Hell yeah you know it 😂 I mean damn bro don’t fumble the girl and the bag
They’re still arguing lmfao
Arguing like a married couple too :)
WTF are they talking about?
Setting aside the financial offer, and the fact it was probably staged, it is insane to put someone on the spot on TV with a proposal or demands/requests of a proposal.
Yeah it’s so out of pocket actually
Coming from Shaq I wouldn’t necessarily expect it to be out of pocket… I mean a pocket of a kind, but not the kind of pocket you’d want
Oh, it really was a media plant.
r/nothingeverhappens
Go outside more man
It’s the definition of ignorance to not be assuming every single thing you see on the internet is fake or staged at this point lol. 99% of it is fake, staged or embellished.
I’m all in
Why the hell would the “media” plant a couple arguing during an end of season game against two tanking teams? Almost no one was watching this game and on top of it it was only shown on the Pacers broadcast.
I don’t think it is the case here (though at points I’ve had my doubts), the arena teams plant fake fans in the audience all the time for bits with the mascot, during kiss cam, or even on the court hijinks (see the fake wizards April fool’s joke half court shot).
Planting a couple arguing is a bit ridiculous, but also not really above the arena teams. Less the “media” at large, but more the team’s in charge of running the game experience.
That’s also why I don’t believe it was a skit. The game took place at Barclays and the couple wasn’t shown on the Nets broadcast. Makes no sense that the Pacers org would do this in another team’s arena.
Yeah, I mean apparently from what everyone is saying based on their social media, they are a real couple and it wasn’t a skit.
I won’t lie that I did have my suspicions at first just because the camera work and the enunciation of the words plus the reactions really did make for a great tv moment.
I know them irl, not a plant.
you’re a plant, too. plants all the way down.
I’m a plant
This video really killed the fun of it
they’re on twitter and very clearly a real couple
I didn’t jump to that from the initial viral clip but I definitely think that’s the case now. That whole interaction seemed off.
They’re real, she’s a notable Twitter shitposter who was clearly not expecting to be actually famous
Did they say what the original conversation was about?
He was explaining to her the complexities of the Huey Lewis and the News song “it’s hip to be square” and how it was an undisputed masterpiece.
He also couldn’t get reservations to Dorsia.
He was basically telling her that a liberal arts degree is useless
It was about the Ben Sasse podcast, talking about something he said about the future of higher education
Specifically, it was about how liberal arts education only prepares you for the first job out of college, but they should prepare you for the second and third job. She replied “They do, they do, what the fuck are you talking about?”
He was telling her that JJK needed to replace Bleach in The Big 3 and she was not having any of that.
Tbf I wouldn’t be having any of that either
Bleach was mostly trash after the soul society arc. Too many pointless characters with too many fights happening in parallel and so much time was wasted with the recaps and replaying previous fight scenes every damn time it jumped to a different fight. It was a complete disrespect to the viewer’s time.
The Big 3 are overshadowed by the One Above All, Gintama
I never watched it, but I can see that being a respectable opinion.
I personally believe its Bobobo-bo bo-bobo but i respect the Gintama pick
The video pointing out that the Hueco Mundo arc was -literally- just the soul society arc again bit by bit convinced me that I really did waste a lot of time watching that anime. Still a classic shonen though.
True of all 3 though, and Bleach is better than the others in that regard, especially if you skip the filler arc too. Latest shit is fire too
Bleach honestly felt like it was winging it the most out of the Big 3. One Piece & Naruto feel more tightly put together in generally, ofcourse they’re all weekly series so it’s not like they had everything planned but One Piece & Naruto feel good through most of the series.
Not that I believe in replacing any of The Big 3. That’s their own Era. let JJK, Chainsaw Man, Hell’s Paradise be the dark trio that they seem to get titled
The Thousand Year Blood War arc fucking slaps though and the anime is really expanding on what Kubo wasn’t able to do in the manga.
And HxH
She’s based then, as the “Big 3” is a term used to refer to an era in the 2000s where those three were the dominant shonen, so retroactively trying to replace one of them makes no sense.
He said something about the Pacers and the Colts both going all the way in their respective sports. Crazy stuff.
He was explaining why season 8 was the best season of Game of Thrones
Man, the way she was looking at him….should have done it. Shaw also said he’d come to the wedding!
I would’ve sold the ring and bought a house.
For real.
He just fumbled a $50k ring
Or saved himself from a $25k wedding.
shouldve asked shaq to pay for the wedding
Shaq’ll pay for it only if they get married at one of his Papa John’s
Something is off about her I can’t seem to figure out what lmao
Pacer’s fan
Have you seen her twitter account before it was hacked? Her humor is pretty unhinged.
I got it back don’t worry
Love your humour, should’ve gotten the ring for the vibes or sell it idk
In the interview she said she’s not a really a sports person. I don’t think she cares too much about the pacers
It’s that she’s an actor and isn’t very good
It’s an Inside (the NBA) job
And trying way too hard
Edit: but also she’s my type I’d lie for her on tv in a heartbeat
I was NERVOUS
Wow it’s actually you, did you want him to propose there or no?
I literally thought it was like a weird uncle embarrassing his nephew lollll so i went along with the bit also pressuring and embarrassing him. When it kept going i was like alright i didn’t ask for this, im just debasing myself at this point.
Im actually mortified that people are analyzing it so closely and taking it seriously.
I literally thought it was like a weird uncle embarrassing his nephew lollll so i acted accordingly. When it kept going i was like alright i didn’t ask for this, im just debasing myself at this point.
I got two words for you: Shaquille O Neal and Wedding Proposal, must see TV
eats hotdogs sideways
Ok, that actually made me laugh
Lmk if you figure it out. I’m listening I’m learning
Hope you got fully caught up on the lore regarding them big ol women in San Antonio. You looked very confused when San Antonio came up lol
Had no idea what it meant but have now been sent the compilation by about 12 guy friends.
Why are you psychoanalyzing a random woman lol
Needs to be analyzed in the HOT-CRAZT SCALE…
Her smile is like Joker’s lmao
Lmao I was thinking Harley Quinn. That wide sinister smile like she’s actually enjoying the violence. It’s not mean like the Joker
I’m glad they didn’t succumb to the pressure. Fuck, I’m not getting married because some third party says he’s paying for the ring. That’s so cheap (the exp, not the ring).
Maybe they don’t want to get married either. I know a lot of couples who don’t give a shit about being married or expensive rings.
This was the best thing to happen to the Pacers organization this year
Poor girl got all excited for a second and then went into defensive mode when he didn’t get on his knee haha
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Homeboy got cock blocked tonight for sure!
But would this count as cock blocking himself for not going with it? 😂
You can’t pressure things like that.
I’m actually glad the guy stoop up.
You want what is good for you and your spouse, not to what some demands a rich person makes.
Screw the ring, what is important is the well-being of living with each other, finding the right time to propose and get married.
The ring is meaningful regardless its price, it holds a significant value for both partners, a singal of their relationship. You don’t subject it to how much money it is worth.
I would have declined the ring too, because I wouldn’t want to cheapen the experience of proposing. My future wedding will be amazing im sure, but I’ve always wanted a great proposal. I wouldn’t want to propose on live tv in a bedroom. I want to buy my own ring, go somewhere nice where it’s just us, and do it the way I know she would want to be proposed to. The people here saying he’s a pussy for not taking a free ring are missing the point of a proposal imo
She seems fun
She’s got a good twitter
Her twitter pic is Hilary Clinton wearing braids, it confused the fuck out of me at first
Man imagine all them at the wedding that would be a hell of a party
They ain’t staying together if this real lmao
Shaquille O’Priest
Yea No. I’m a big SHAQ and Inside NBA fan but respectfully no. You do that on your terms and with the rock you can afford and woman you love. IYKYK. Also holds true for women on the other end. Why the public pressure and the burden of saying yes on national TV.
Or sell the ring for an amazing honeymoon that you’d never be able to afford otherwise and still have money left over for wedding rings.
Shaq is such a cunt for this shit, what an insecure human… Or maybe he’s just a bully like he has been for what 25 years?
So many degens saying “Dude it’s a free ring!, how are you not going to do it?” bc they’ve never been in a relationship. They act like this shit is normal.
haha, what a great moment. the guy should have just said yes. that’s how you want to start a lifelong commitment imo
Shaq is such a weird fucking dude. Thats just trying to bully someone with money
Looks like she’s rocking a kiffeyeh designed shirt. Based
This guy is insufferable
Secret part of deal; Shaq gets to poop in that man’s shoe.
He did the correct thing. Doing this will put a ton of pressure on him and his GF. Imagine if you are the woman in this scenario, what if you change your mind or get cold feet? Now you can’t say no or say anything other than yes because the whole world will be watching.
She would be the only person in a Pacers jersey with a ring
this couple is rly the highlight of our season
I don’t see any other reason to say no to this unless he doesn’t feel that he’s with the right one. The negotiation bit was insane though.
‘Viral Pacers couple’ tf does that even mean
Shaq just broke up a couple in national TV
When he sees the tape back he’s gonna realize he passed up a wide open shot
That’s messed up putting him on the spot like that…
It’s oomf
wtf is he talking about
Shaq is part Indian. This is exactly how arranged marriage setup goes like.
😭 this has me wondering if this is really how it feels to be set up with an arranged marriage. I have some Indian friends but I can’t really imagine being in an arranged marriage situation outside of what I’ve seen in tv shows.
Wasn’t it alleged of Shaq that he tried to intimidate a woman in florida into getting an abortion? The court fillings made it clear he impregnated her and was trying to keep it a secret from his wife and the mother of his children. What business does he have messing with other couples after what he’s done?
Sir this is a Wendy’s
Shaq just put a doomsday clock on that relationship
Link to the original video without shitty tik tok edits since mods removed the first post?
I mean, worst you can do is say yes and sell the ring. Don’t necessarily have to go through with the wedding until the time is right.
What is that dude doing ! Get that ring from shaq
All the evidence to know that bullshit was staged
Everyone who thinks this is staged must have some really boring-ass lives. Not everything is a conspiracy.
It cut off so what did he say?
IMO he should have just agreed right there and then worried about the details later
Does nobody here understand that this was all set up? Lol. Eesh.
Careful, pacers fan, Shaq will make the ring his personal butt plug till he gives it to you
I love shaq probably the mpst down to earth athlete ever
Shaq threw that guy under the bus lmao
Did he?
So many people know her Twitter due to her initial response, so he might’ve actually ruined their lives for a while. So many people are going to be weird about this to them, ranging from constantly annoying to scary.