{"id":1517564,"date":"2022-06-15T15:49:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T19:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517564"},"modified":"2022-06-15T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T19:49:16","slug":"extremely-generous-shaq-reportedly-foots-25000-tab-for-entire-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/extremely-generous-shaq-reportedly-foots-25000-tab-for-entire-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Extremely Generous\u2019: Shaq Reportedly Foots $25,000 Tab For Entire Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fextremely-generous-shaq-reportedly-foots-25000-tab-for-entire-restaurant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517564&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former NBA superstar Shaquille O\u2019Neal reportedly treated a whole restaurant to dinner the other night when he paid the tab of $25,000 at the eatery after making an appearance with a mystery woman.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/shaq-denounces-celebrity-status-celebrities-are-going-freaking-crazy-and-i-dont-want-to-be-one\">50-year-old sports analyst<\/a> and former professional basketball player reportedly arrived at the Chelsea hotspot Jue Lan Club in New York City with an unidentified woman, whom he was overheard describing as \u201cmy date,\u201d sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/06\/14\/shaquille-oneal-pays-for-fellow-diners-tab-on-nyc-date-night\/?utm_source=P6Twitter&#038;utm_medium=SocialFlow&#038;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;crl8_id=e5e600d6-d960-4a7e-b756-35766f09e26b\">Page Six<\/a> in a piece published Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>After the two had dinner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sheriff-shaq-oneal-wants-more-law-enforcement-hank-berrien\">Shaq<\/a> reportedly showed off his generous side, paying for dinner for the entire service team at the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to top that off, he paid for everyone\u2019s check [who was] dining at the restaurant,\u201d the source shared.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet noted that O\u2019Neal wanted to keep his treat to the 40 tables of patrons a secret until he had left the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said the bill amounted to \u201cwell over $25,000.\u201d The source also told the outlet that Shaq was \u201cextremely generous\u201d to Jue Lan\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe left them the biggest tip they\u2019ve ever received,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n<p>The sports analyst followed up his generosity the next day when he showed off a newly refurbished basketball court where a boys and girls club he used to be as a child in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, through the help of his foundation and corporate sponsor Icy Hot, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/shaq-nyc-restaurant-new-court-new-jersey\">Fox News<\/a> noted. O\u2019Neal initially renovated the court back in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis court is for you guys,\u201d Shaq told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/shaquille-oneal-newark-basketball-court-housing\">Fox5 New York<\/a>. \u201cYou guys can just come out here and follow your dreams, and take it from me, you can be whatever you want to be. I\u2019m you \u2014 I\u2019m not the guy that was the smartest in school. I\u2019m not the guy that was most popular. I\u2019m you. We come from the same place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In February, the basketball legend surprised the Collins family of 11 with not one but two new cars, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaV6LfuFdZ2\/?utm_medium=copy_link\">ESPN noted<\/a> in a post on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday Shaq blessed us like never before,\u201d the Collins family captioned their post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaTZMkUAeRo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;ig_rid=61e2a9f5-9d09-4fbc-aeda-76627684e502\">social media<\/a>. \u201cLast night we had a surprise visit from Shaq. He took us to dinner as a family at babes chicken. It was so much fun to just hang out and eat dinner with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post noted how Shaq even foot the bill for another table\u2019s meal before he ended up tipping the waitress\u00a0\u201c$1000 after her car broke down today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then today! He started the day off by taking us to the Mercedes dealership to get us a new family 15 passenger van,\u201d the family\u2019s post read.<\/p>\n<p>The family later shared that when he saw the state of the husband\u2019s truck, which has \u201cbeen without air-conditioning and heat for a while,\u201d the former NBA star \u201ctook us to a Ford dealership and blessed us with another truck.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NBA superstar Shaquille O\u2019Neal reportedly treated a whole restaurant to dinner the other night when he paid the tab of $25,000 at the eatery after making an appearance with a mystery woman. 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