Shaquille O’Neal took a break from his NBA Finals duties on Tuesday evening to dine with social media star Brittany Renner.

According to TMZ, the couple dined at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, and the occasion was “nothing more than two friends catching up.”

Shaquille O’Neal was spotted out for dinner with social media star Brittany Renner this week

The pair, who are said to just be friends, dined together at the Beverly Hills Hotel for dinner

Renner was dressed in a white gown and carried a bright orange purse, while O’Neal was dressed in a zip-up sweatshirt, trousers, and sneakers.

According to TMZ, the two arrived around 6:00 p.m. local time, shared a lunch, and then left around 8:00 p.m.

While the internet was abuzz when the couple’s video and photographs were published, TMZ was informed that ‘there was nothing romantic going on’ between the two.

Basketball legend O’Neal (right) was taking some time out from covering the NBa Finals

O’Neal was in Colorado recently for the NBA TV coverage of the 2023 NBA finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat.

Both о’Neal and Renner have children from previous relationships. Renner is the mother of a child with Charlie Hornets star PJ Washingtоn.

Shaq has four children with his ex-wife, Shaunie O’Neal, whom he married in 2002 and divorced in 2011.

Renner’s most recent Instagram photo from this week shows her in the back of a car

O’Neal admitted on a podcast in April that he was responsible for his marriage’s demise, saying in ‘The Pivot Podcast’ that he “messed up.”

‘I was just greedy,’ he admitted to the show. ‘I was in an ideal circumstance. The wife was finer than a mug, and she continued giving me babies, so she was still finer than a mug.

‘I had it all, and I’m not going to make excuses; I know I screwed up.’