Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, a four-time NBA champion, said he lost $20 million for claiming the Earth is flat.
Oku.Az“Complex’s GOAT Talk” reported on this.
“This is what happened. I once said that the Earth is flat and I lost a lot because of that: 20 million dollars. There were about 500,000 threatening letters,” O’Neill said.
It is worth noting that Shaquille O’Neal was Olympic champion in 1996 and world champion in 1994.