Shaquille O'Neal runs off TV set to use bathroom in hilarious on-air scene: 'He can't hold it'

Shaquille O’Neal’s request to usage the restroom connected "Inside the NBA" sparked monolithic laughter and disorder among his co-workers, Ernie Johnson, Kenny "The Jet" Smith and Charles Barkley. 

And yes, it was during a unrecorded segment. 

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Shaquille O'Neal earlier the crippled betwixt the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks during the NBA Finals astatine TD Garden successful Boston, June 6, 2024. (David Butler II-USA Today Sports)

While analyzing the Denver Nuggets-Los Angeles Clippers Game 2 slate successful the NBA Playoffs' archetypal round, O’Neal got up accelerated disconnected his seat and started to marque his mode to the door. Johnson, Smith and Barkley were each stunned. 

"Go ahead, support talking," O'Neal said arsenic helium made his mode to the restroom. 

Smith said helium knows the crushed O'Neal couldn't clasp it successful portion connected air. 

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"It’s that olive lipid you’ve been drinking," Smith said. "Listen, helium can’t clasp it. After 40 [years old], you can’t clasp it anymore."

Smith said his workfellow work determination that olive lipid helps to cleanable the gut. So, he's investigating it out. 

"You person to bash it for 2 weeks," Barkley added to the conversation. 

Shaquille O'Neal connected the TNT NBA Tip-Off broadcasts unrecorded earlier the crippled connected Oct. 24, 2023, astatine the Ball Arena successful Denver, Colorado. (Jamie Schwaberow/NBAE via Getty Images)

Johnson joked: "He’s gonna miss a batch of aerial clip then."

Things took different step, though, erstwhile the broadcast decided to amusement a replay of O’Neal heading to the bathroom, which helium thought was implicit the line. 

"Chuck, halt talking truthful damn much, decorativeness your constituent truthful we tin spell to break," O’Neal said erstwhile helium got backmost to the desk. He besides noted that it was excessively overmuch water, which led to the indispensable bath break. 

"I’m sitting present like, ‘Shut the hellhole up and hurry up.’ Sorry astir that, America," O’Neal added.

Shaquille O'Neal connected March 14, 2019. (Nathan Congleton/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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From shoving O’Neal into a Christmas tree, to making amusive of Barkley’s statements passim the season, the "Inside the NBA" squad has ever provided immoderate laughable moments. 

One genuinely ne'er knows what this unit volition bash next. 

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