Shaquille O'Neal defends his appearance in Tiger King

The Hollywood Reporter

The former NBA star said on his The Big Podcast with Shaq that he did make donations to Joe Exotic's zoo, but he never bought any animals, despite saying so in the docuseries. “I don’t harm tigers," he said on the podcast, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "I love tigers. I love white tigers. Do I put donations to these zoos to help these tigers out? I do it all the time. Do I own tigers personally at my house? No. But I love tigers. Listen, people are going to make their own opinions, but, again, I was just a visitor. I met this guy — not my friend. Don’t know him. Never had any business dealings with him, and I had no idea any of that stuff was going on.”

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