"I'm gonna punch you in f**king face": Shaquille O'Neal furiously checks RGIII with stern warning over controversial Angel Reese 'monkey post'

Shaquille O’Neal has furiously hit out at Robert Griffin III over a controversial Angel Reese comment. On Thursday, Griffin claimed that members of Chicago Sky star Angel Reese’s inner circle reached out to him to confirm that she “hates” Caitlin Clark.

Reese and her mother, in response, denied that anyone close to her contacted the ex-NFL star. This incident left O’Neal utterly enraged as he hit back at Griffin on Tuesday’s episode of Bailey Jackson’s "Off the Record" podcast.

“Tweet another monkey post about my girl Angel Reese and I’m going to punch you in your f***ing face,” O’Neal said (Timestamp: 23:49). “It’s enough. I don’t usually do stuff like this, but just stop it, bro. You got your job, you got your podcast. Leave my Angel Reese alone. I'm the one calling her and telling her not to respond. F****** stop it. That's the last time.

O’Neal explained that Griffin has no “G14 classification” to be making comments about Reese.

"I would respect it more if Lisa Leslie said it," O’Neal said (Timestamp: 25:45). "Like, that’s y’all category. Stay out of other peoples’ category, okay."

He added:

"Leave [Reese and Caitlin Clark] alone. You already spoke on it. Let it go. So what? He hates her. So f****** what? I hate you now [RGIII] for messing with her. Now what?... “I’m her protector. You pick on her, I’m gonna punch you in the f**king face.

“It should be some historic moment for Angel Reese and her family. But some idiot put out that monkey face on it and you retweeted it. I know exactly what the f**k you’re doing. So stop it."

The backlash wasn’t limited to Shaq. It reached so far that even Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter felt the need to weigh in on the drama.

Many fans also condemned RG3 for reposting a disturbing ‘monkey’ image of Angel Reese on the 2K26 cover. Shaquille O’Neal has been a long-standing supporter of Reese and has shown it publicly on various occasions.

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Shaquille O'Neal likens Angel Reese to Naismith Basketball Hall of Famers

Shaquille O’Neal has likened the impact of Angel Reese to that of himself and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Allen Iverson.

"She reminds me of myself or A.I.," he said on Sports Illustrated on July 2. “She’s as good or even better than some of the people that y’all are kissing up to, but y’all don’t know it. But she knows it.

"And in order to be great, you have to know you’re great. ... They’re always gonna have a good guy, and they’re always gonna have a bad guy."

After a tumultuous start to her sophomore season, Reese was back to her devastating best in recent weeks, notching her ninth consecutive double-double of the season in Monday’s 91-78 loss to the Minnesota Lynx and heading to her second All-Star appearance this weekend.

She's averaging 14.0 points, 12.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game this season.