Shaquille O’Neal Offers Craig Melvin $1M Cash to Eat Giant Bowl of Candy on TV

Shaquille O’Neal introduced the jokes — and the sweet — to the At present present!

Whereas appearing on the the morning show to speak about his Netflix docuseries, Energy Strikes, on Friday, Might 23, the Contained in the NBA host supplied co-anchor Craig Melvin a candy sum of cash to eat his SHAQ-A-LICIOUS XL Gummies within the newest installment of their ongoing pleasant competitions.

“If you can eat this in 30 seconds, I’ll give you a million dollars cash,” O’Neal, 53, informed Melvin whereas gesturing to a big bowl of his not “adult” gummies.

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Melvin, 46, laughed and declined the invitation, though the retired NBA star remarked that there was a Financial institution of America throughout the road the place he might entry the funds, ought to the broadcaster make good on the problem.

“I walk you over there,” O’Neal mentioned as Al Roker and Dylan Dreyer laughed in response.

Throughout an earlier segment on the present, O’Neal additional delved into his imaginary rivalry with Melvin, who launched the polymath because the “Black Forrest Gump.”

“Every time we see each other we have a competition and I beat him and he just gets mad,” O’Neal joked. “He sends me rude emails, threatening emails. He says he’s always gonna beat me up.”

Elsewhere within the interview, the previous athlete talked about Energy Strikes, which paperwork his behind-the-scenes tasks with Reebok.

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“Are you gonna bring back the Pump?” Melvin requested, referring to ’80s-era Reeboks that featured an air pump button on the sneakers’ tongues.

“Yes we are, and you won’t get a pair,” O’Neal hilariously replied.

Co-host Savannah Guthrie then appropriately summed up the duo’s chemistry by saying: “I’m here for this, I’d like a TV show out of this.”