Reality TV star Natalie Nunn has sparked a rumor about Shaquille O’Neal after making an look on Cam Newton’s podcast. Nunn informed Newton that she acquired a $21,000 automobile from O’Neal when she was nonetheless a school pupil within the 2000s.
Did Natalie Nunn date Shaquille O’Neal?
Newton was in disbelief when Nunn shared that O’Neal bought her first automobile.
“Shaq purchased me my first automobile,” Nunn mentioned on Newton’s Funky Friday podcast, admitting that her remark might have been off subject.
Before Nunn may end her ideas, Newton requested, “You dated Shaq?”
While Nunn mentioned she by no means dated O’Neal, Newton nonetheless needed solutions.
“Something ain’t including up,” he mentioned repeatedly.
Nunn then went on to elucidate how she bought her first automobile from the NBA legend: “I used to be at USC. He purchased me a bug, a model new convertible bug,” she informed Newton, in response to First Sportz. “I used to be in school and he performed for the Lakers.”
Still, Newton was puzzled, saying, “You dated Shaq? Make it make sense.”
O’Neal bought a 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle for Nunn. At the time, O’Neal was married to Shaunie Henderson, so Newton’s response implied that he believed that Nunn and O’Neal have been secretly an merchandise.
Natalie Nunn rose to fame via ‘Bad Girls Club’
Before rising to fame by way of Oxygen’s Bad Girls Club in 2009, Nunn, who’s now 41, was a soccer participant at USC, in response to The Sports Rush. Nunn has since gone on to government produce and star in Zeus exhibits like Baddies; she’s generally known as the “Baddies CEO.”
“I all the time inform these ladies [Baddies], you could have seven various things that you just do to earn money if you wish to be a millionaire,” Nunn mentioned in an August 2025 interview with Forbes. “Seven completely different ways in which you earn money. I’ve many issues that I’m concerned in.”
She lately launched a tequila line, Baddie Baddie Shot O’ Clock. She additionally dabbles in music together with her newest challenge, Queen Baddie, dropping in August.
“Go out and get stuff accomplished,” Nunn informed Forbes, providing recommendation to girls who wish to be their very own boss. “Don’t simply sit there and scroll in your cellphone. Do one thing productive. It’s a critical factor. I need individuals to get pleasure from life.”
In 2012, Nunn married former soccer participant Jacob Payne. They welcomed their daughter, named Journey Ruth Payne, in 2017.