{"id":2272399,"date":"2024-06-20T10:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T14:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-shaq-throw-robert-de-niro-out-of-his-restaurant\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T10:31:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T14:31:14","slug":"fact-check-did-shaq-throw-robert-de-niro-out-of-his-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-shaq-throw-robert-de-niro-out-of-his-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Shaq Eject Robert De Niro from His Restaurant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ffact-check-did-shaq-throw-robert-de-niro-out-of-his-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=2272399&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>The \u2062summary\u200c discusses a\u2063 claim circulating \u200don <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-missile-or-rockets-strike-poland-how-will-nato-respond\/\" title=\"Russian Missile Or Rockets Strike Poland: How Will NATO Respond?\">social media suggesting<\/a> that retired \u2063basketball star Shaquille O\u2019Neal ejected actor Robert De Niro from his restaurant. This claim is debunked as false; it\u200d originated from a \u200dsatirical news source. Additionally, it mentions a separate but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inflation-is-hitting-voters-who-will-decide-some-key-midterm-races-the-hardest\/\" title=\"Inflation Is Hitting Voters Who Will Decide Some Key Midterm Races the Hardest\">unrelated fact<\/a> that Shaquille O\u2019Neal recently purchased a Tesla Cybertruck for $100,000, despite previously expressing his \u2064dislike \u200bfor Tesla products on a podcast.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=376029062141585&#038;set=a.258422927235533&#038;ref=embed_post\">shared on social media<\/a> purports retired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-debunking-the-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Debunking The  Minimum Wage\">basketball player<\/a> Shaquille O\u2019Neal threw actor Robert De Niro out of his restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The claim stems from a satirical news outlet.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neal recently purchased a Cybertruck worth $100,000 when he formerly stated his distain for Tesla on a podcast, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/news-if-bron-fit-motherf-ker-shaquille-o-neal-buys-100-000-cybertruck-dealership-lebron-james-called-fake-marketing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sportskeeda<\/a>. The dealership was once in hot water with LeBron James, but has since apologized for the incident, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>A post shared on Facebook alleged O\u2019Neal removed De Niro from his restaurant for his behavior. The post shared a photo of the former basketball player with a smaller image of De Niro in the corner.<\/p>\n<p>The caption reads, \u201cShaq Throws Robert De Niro Out Of His Restaurant, \u2018He\u2019s A Creepy Woke Jackass.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The claim is inaccurate. The claim stems from a satirical news outlet called<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spacexmania.com\/breaking-shaq-throws-robert-de-niro-out-of-his-restaurant-hes-a-creepy-woke-jackass12\/\">SpaceXmania<\/a>. The article does feature a label that identifies the piece as satire. The piece claims that O\u2019Neal referred to the actor as a \u201ccreep\u201d before personally asking him to leave. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/06\/fact-check-sylvester-stallone-robert-de-niro-woke-creep\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Did Sylvester Stallone Call Robert De Niro A \u2018Woke Creep\u2019?<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/11\/fact-check-image-claiming-to-show-trump-statement-on-hunter-biden-conviction-is-fake\/\"><strong>)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The website features a Disclaimer that identifies the site as parody. The<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spacexmania.com\/disclaimer\/\">disclaimer<\/a><span> <\/span>reads, \u201cPlease note that the article under the category \u2018SATIRE\u2019 are satirical in nature and are not meant to be taken seriously. These articles are meant to be humorous and are often entirely made up. We make no claim that the information presented in these articles is true or accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation involving De Niro has been shared online. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/07\/fact-check-did-paramount-ban-robert-de-niro\/\">debunked<\/a> a claim Paramount banned the actor from their studios.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A social media post claimed Shaquille O\u2019Neal ejected Robert De Niro from his restaurant, which is false; it originated from a satire site. Additionally, despite previous criticisms of Tesla, O\u2019Neal bought a $100,000 Cybertruck, reports Sportskeeda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1245,"featured_media":2272400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shaq-e1643987422367.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shaq-e1643987422367.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2272400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}