Shaquille O’Neal Meets College Basketball Star Taller Than Him: Watch

It turns out that Shaquille O’Neal isn’t always the tallest person in the room.

The former NBA star, 52, was recently “out-gianted” when he had a funny encounter with a Florida Gators player who holds the Guinness Record for the world’s tallest teenager.

O’Neal, who stands 7 feet, 1 inch, met 18-year-old Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9-inch center for the college basketball team, in a video Posted by Hot Freestyle on Friday, January 10th.

In the clip, O’Neal can be seen scolding Logan Bohbotdirector of artist management at Medium Rare. But when he turns around, he finds his face level with Rioux’s chest.

O’Neal then slowly tilts his head up to look the freshman in the eyes before turning to look at the camera with a shocked expression on his face. The two athletes then burst into laughter.

“SHAQ got gigantic. ,” Hot Freestyle captioned the post, which was also shared by O’Neal’s official Instagram account.

The retired athlete, who has since taken up DJing as a new profession, also shared one raw version of the video under his DJ Diesel account. He captioned the post: “Choose a person your own size .”

According to Guinness World RecordsRioux earned the title of world’s tallest teenager when he reached a height of 7 feet, 5 inches at age 15.

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In the comments section of the Instagram post, fans reacted to the funny encounter.

” Funniest video I’ve seen on the internet today thanks,” one person wrote, while another added, “Lmao bro IS the damn brace.”

“You know it’s crazy when Shaq has to look up,” said another Instagram user, while one more wrote: “Shaq only looks up at the Statue of Liberty… until now….”