Shaquille O'Neal to Host New Year's Eve Special in VR - Entrepreneur

Retired NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal had a bully 2022, and helium plans to extremity it successful a uniquely amusive way: partying successful virtual world (VR) with friends and fans connected New Year's Eve.

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In an interview with ET's Nischelle Turner, O'Neal discussed his 40-pound value loss, his plans to suffer astatine slightest 20 more, and his upcoming special.

Shaq said humor enactment results prompted his determination to suffer weight. He recovered the tests alarming capable to punctual the adoption of a "clean" fare — an eating program emphasizing whole, unprocessed foods to enactment wide wellness and perchance beforehand value loss. As a result, helium mislaid 40 pounds.

"I request to suffer astir 20 more," helium told Turner, "but impressive." O'Neal followed up by saying he's going to "get existent chiseled up and bash an underwear advertisement with my sons." The three-time NBA Finals MVP said helium plans to execute his eventual extremity by the clip helium turns 51 connected March 6, 2023.

As for his New Year's Eve plans, O'Neal is hosting The Shaq'tacular Spectacular: A New Year's Eve VR Concert Experience. Meta is advertizing the Shaq'tacular as an "epic NYE celebration, hosted by Shaquille O'Neal (a.k.a DJ DIESEL),"that volition diagnostic Shaq hosting a DJ acceptable "as good arsenic epic performances by Cardi B, Ludacris, Lil Yachty, Killer Mike, and WHIPPED CREAM! The amusement volition besides diagnostic peculiar impermanent appearances by Rob Gronkowski and Camille Kostek."

In his ET appearance, O'Neal, a prolific investor with a involvement successful arsenic galore arsenic 50 brands crossed aggregate industries, elaborate wherefore helium was into the thought of celebrating the New Year successful VR. It turns retired he's a virtual world enthusiast:

"Those VR goggles that you bargain astatine Best Buy -- I enactment them things connected 1 time astatine 12 o'clock, and erstwhile I took them off, it was 3 successful the morning," O'Neal recalled. "I was playing shooting games and each these games. I had 1 with a roller coaster. I'm successful my room, and I'm similar a small kid, 'cause you cognize my large a** can't acceptable connected a roller coaster, truthful I rode that roller coaster astir 100 times."

Shaq reassured anyone who mightiness fearfulness missing retired connected the fun. "Don't interest if you're not capable to ticker it erstwhile the enactment starts," helium said, "as the amusement volition beryllium connected a loop passim the evening, wherever you tin articulation astatine immoderate time."

The Shaq'tacular Spectacular, volition beryllium disposable to fans connected Meta Quest, Facebook, Instagram, and via Messenger's Watch Together diagnostic opening Dec. 31 astatine 6:30 p.m. EST.