Shaquille O’Neal is renowned not only for his legendary basketball career but also for his remarkable generosity. His acts of kindness have garnered attention over the years, from paying bills for strangers at restaurants to leaving exceptionally generous tips for waitstaff.
One notable example of his generosity involves the Collins Kids, a popular Instagram account featuring a family of nine siblings. Shaq, who is friends with the family, frequently spends time with them and has shown his support in meaningful ways.
The Instagram account is run by Karissa, the young mother of 9 children, and has amassed over 350k followers. Shaq had been communicating with the family over the Instagram account. And at the beginning of this year, he even paid the young family a visit.
During his first visit with them, he spent quality time with the children and doted on them. Karissa wrote in a post she made later about the visit, “He came in and played “Watch ya mouth” with the kids, loved on them, encouraged them, entertained them, took pics with them, gave them gifts, encouraged us as parents, and just showed us so much love.”
And while even this sweet interaction was enough for the family, the legendary athlete had something else in mind. A few months after the initial meeting, he reached out again and surprised the family with dinner. “Last night we had a surprise visit from Shaq. He took us to dinner as a family at babes chicken. It was so much fun to just hang out and eat dinner with him.”
While again, this seemed to make the family plenty happy, the NBA player had other plans. The next day, he took the family to the Mercedes dealership and order a custom 15-passenger van for them that they are due to receive in mid-July.
