Kobe Talks Beef With Shaq, Former Teammates Make Amends

Years after the quote “Kobe, tell me how my ass taste” drifted into our distant memory, former teammates Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal have finally reconciled their differences. 

Kobe Bryant appears as a guest on Shaq’s podcast, The Big Podcast With Shaq and of course they talk about their infamous beef. 

Shaq: “A lot of things. You just played the clip where I said I wanted to be traded. I definitely did not want to leave L.A., but you know that’s how you’ve got to talk when you’re in business, especially when you think you’re in control. Definitely didn’t want to leave L.A. A lot of stuff was said out of the heat of the moment. I guarantee I don’t remember a lot of stuff that they said because I changed my thought process of, you know what, we won three out of four, what the hell are you all talking about? This is not really even a story.”

Kobe: “Here’s the thing, though. When you say it at the time, you actually mean it, and then when you get older, you have more perspective and you’re like, holy shit. I was an idiot when I was a kid. To me, the most important thing was really just keep your mouth shut. You don’t need to go to the press with stuff. You keep it internal and we have our arguments and our disagreements, but I think having our debates within the press was something I wish would’ve been avoided, but it did kind of create this whirlwind around us as a team with myself and Shaq and the press and the media that just put so much pressure on us as an organization.”

The podcast episode will air Monday and you can listen it on ShaqFuRadio by clicking HERE.