NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has admitted to nearly pooping his pants on live television during a live segment of the NBA on TNT last month. 

During the April 22 in-studio portion during TNT’s basketball, while Kenny Smith is making a point about Kawhi Leonard’s potential, O’Neal stood up from behind the desk and lightly ran off set. 

He was asked about the incident during Thursday’s episode of ‘The Tonight Show’ where he tried to play it cool by saying it was ‘drinking a lot of water’ that day for a ‘No 1 run’. 

‘You know what, I just made a mistake,’ O’Neal added. ‘I lied to you on national TV. It wasn’t a No 1 run, it was a No 2 run. I had to go bad. Oh, I had to go so bad.’

‘Did you see me squeeze my ʙuтт cheeks when I was running?’

On the next broadcast, O’Neal made his entrance from a portable toilet that was place on the set behind his typical chair. 

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has admitted to nearly pooping his pants on live television

O’Neal stood up from behind the desk and lightly ran off set during the April 22 broadcast

The next night, O’Neal made his entrance from a portable toilet that was place on the set

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O’Neal blamed the near on-air poop on an olive oil cleanse, which he claims helps shrink your stomach. That shrinking apparently includes human waste. 

The 53-year-old hoped the olive oil cleanse would make him Sєxier. Instead, he nearly soiled his incredibly dapper gray suit pants.  

O’Neal’s jog off screen did not fool his TNT co-stars even in the moment, with Charles Barkley taking the obvious opportunity to make fun of his colleague. 

‘Hey, take some matches with you!’ Barkley said to O’Neal before disappearing off screen. 

O’Neal has not had another incident where he nearly excreted in the month since his dash from behind the desk.