The Instagram account of Shaqtin’ a Fool had 72K followers last year — and it just topped 2 million. Still the NBA’s Big Aristotle, Shaquille O’Neal, is not satisfied. He’s bringing the same passion to his internet influencer role as he brought to the Lakers quest to threepeat back in his prime. Charles Barkley, as usual, is here to help, Shaq!
Shaq says 2 million followers is “nothing,” adding “we gotta get to 10 million. Charles Barkley tells Shaq — who’s on the board at Papa John’s – that if he wants to get to 8 digit followers, he should “give away some pizza.” If that doesn’t work, Barkley might even join social media if his second idea takes root.
Barkley suggests beyond pizza that Shaq give away some Krispy Kremes. There is no doubt that one of these things will happen, as marketers jump on the Shaq-wagon. Chales almost “guar- raaaannn-teeeee”d it. Shaq himself has more than 13 million followers on Instagram.