Shaquille O’Neal has denied flirting with Ice Spiceafter the two met at the Super Bowl earlier this year.

Talking on his Big podcast about meeting the Bronx rapper and Taylor Swift at football game, Shaq tried to explain his viral comments about Ice Spice.

He said: “Tell Jason, it’s Shaq, he wants to see Taylor. The guy comes out ‘you gotta wait till halftime’. So I go at halftime, we go down and take a picture and I see her – Ice Spice is fine as fuck by the way, she really hot. The reason why I put up the post with Ice Spice is not cause I was trying to flirt. I didn’t really blow her off, I just wanted to show her some respect too.

“That’s why I put the post up. Because I was in there and it was all about Shaq and Taylor and she was in the picture so I had to come back and say by the way this little woman is fine too. Shaq don’t flirt like that. My flirting is unorthodox.”

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After the Super Bowl, Shaq posted a picture on Instagram with Swift and Spice and wrote in the caption: “And @icespice is so dam fine thanks @taylorswift.”

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While she did not respond to Shaq’s compliment, Ice did repost a similar photo on her own Instagram page along with several more from her Super Bowl weekend.

She simply captioned the slideshow: “W.”

Shaq is far from the first famous figure to publicly lust after Ice Spice.

Playboi Carti has been flirting with the rapper since he namedropped her on his song “BACKR00MS” last month, rapping: “I think I need me a Ice Spice, yeah I want me a munch.”

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Carti later ramped up his romantic pursuit by reposting Spice’s birthday thirst trap on his Instagram Stories.

The provocative slideshow, which included photos of Ice flashing her bum to the camera while wearing a figure-hugging mini dress and thong, had already sparked a flood of horny reactions from fans.

The “Munch” hitmaker actually attended the Super Bowl wearing one of Carti’s custom Opium chains and the piece of jewelry can be seen around her neck in the picture with Shaq.

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Even though she appears to be being publicly courted by both Shaquille O’Neal and Playboi Carti, Ice Spice previously revealed that she was in a relationship.