Shaunie and her current husband, Pastor Keion Henderson, are each divorced, and their previous marriages ended with their children.

The “Basketball Wives” star has five children with her ex-husband, Shaquille O’Neal, while Keion has a daughter with his ex-wife, Felicia Henderson.

On the September 20 episode of Cam Newton’s “Funky Friday” podcast, Pastor Henderson explains his role with Shaunie’s children and divulges his relationship with her, the previous NBA star.

Towards the top of the nearly two-hour-46-minute video, Henderson explains how he and Shaquille work together to be present and supportive of Shaq and Shaunie’s children.

“We went to Me’arah’s graduation party and we went out on the field with her,” he said, referring to Shaq and Shaunie’s youngest child. He continued, “When she announced what school she was going to, we talked about when he was going to speak and when I was going to speak. I mean, bro, me and him. We both know there’s nothing to fight about because everything that happened happened before we met.”

Shaunie and Shaq were married from 2002 to 2011 and had six children of their very own.

Shaunie’s son, Myles, was young when she began dating Shaq, who had a daughter, Taahirah, each from previous relationships. Together they raised 4 children, Shareef, Shaqir, Amirah and Me’arah, within the O’Neal home.

During their marriage, Shaq filed for divorce from Shaunie in 2007, but before it was finalized, the 2 managed to reconcile and ultimately called off the divorce.

This only lasted about two years before Shaunie filed for divorce in 2009, and the couple tied the knot in 2011. Both Shaq and Shaunie later revealed that his infidelities contributed to the breakdown of their marriage.

But with all that behind her, the “Basketball Wives” executive producer remarried in 2022 to Henderson, senior pastor of The Lighthouse Church and Ministries.

Further explaining his relationship with Shaq, he told Newton, “He’s a grown man, I’m a grown man. He’s always respected me. I’ve always respected him. I think he would say the same thing. Nothing but love. No problems. Grown men don’t do that.”

“So we talked. We had events together. We’re good. We’re cool,” he added.

Henderson was married to his ex-wife Felicia Henderson for nine years, and the 2 had one daughter and two children, to whom he was a stepfather. So when it comes to determining his role in Shaunie’s kids’ lives, he already has some experience within the patchwork family department.

He said, “You have to know what a child needs. Because my wife’s kids, some of them were old enough — they didn’t need a father, they needed a friend. So I’m not walking in the door trying to be their father. They understand that.” When Henderson and Shaunie married, 4 of her five children were already adults — Me’arah turned 18 earlier this 12 months.

Knowing that almost all of Shaunie’s children were already adults, Henderson developed a technique for constructing relationships with them. “I learned what each child needed individually and I transformed myself into that void,” he said. “The problem with most people is they try to fill the corners where the furniture is. You just have to be what they need.”

“So I became what they needed,” he said, and it seems his strategy worked. He continued: “Our relationship is amazing. When I say amazing, I mean amazing. I’ve never had a problem, a side note, a line, ‘that’s not my daddy.’ We’ve never had one of those moments in our relationship history.”

Rapper Chingy has faced criticism for his attendance at a Republican Party-sponsored human rights summit attended by the country’s largest and oldest organization representing LGBT conservatives and their heterosexual allies.

His name appeared on a “Red White & Rock” flyer produced by the sponsoring organization, alongside the likes of Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr. as headliners for the evening.

When the Jasmine brand published After the flyer was released, a lot of his fans shared their thoughts on his booking.

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Despite his try to deflect attention from his political affiliations, many social media users compared him to Chrisette Michele, who faced similar criticism for her performance at Donald Trump’s inauguration.

“They better do to him what they did to Chrisette Michele,” one comment read, while one other agreed and said, “Drag him down like you did to Chrisette Michele!” @tyrese Where are you? Because you had quite a lot of warmth for Chrisette.”

Chingy’s planned appearance on the event has reignited the discussion about artists supporting controversial causes for profit.

“Let Chingy do what he has to do for his pork chop and pay his electric bill in peace. Because his performance won’t affect my vote one bit,” one commenter said bluntly.

Another wrote: “Not all money is good money, Chingy. It’s the difference between chasing a dollar and creating a brand.”

A 3rd comment read: “At least he said it was just about the money, most people wouldn’t even admit that.”

Chingy was so overwhelmed by people’s criticism for participating within the controversial event, Log cabin event during which he addressed his fans and critics with a special statement.

The ‘Right Thurr’ star wrote: “I said it once. MY JOB IS TO PERFORM AND I GET PAID TO PERFORM, NOT FOR POLITICS. NOW FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO WITH YOUR TIME.”

He added: “HEY, MAYOR, IT’S SEPTEMBER 14TH^TH CHINGY DAY IN ST LOUIS! WHY IS THIS NOT ON THE VASSAL BLOGS?”

Someone told him“Just tell us you’re in a bad mood,” in line with Baller Alert, to which he replied, “You can’t be in a bad mood when you just bought a $500,000 house.”

“These people don’t hate me because they love my music. The music is not racist and that’s how I play it. All this crap you guys create doesn’t bother me at all,” he continued.

He added: “I’m a performer, whether those people are political or gay or whatever — everybody loves music. I have classic records that everybody loves, and I’ll perform them for them. So I hope that helps you understand that my job as an artist is to perform and create timeless music. And that’s what I did.”

Chingy continued to attempt to make his case on social media. One Instagrammer asked the rapper directly, “What the hell, you a Trump supporter now?” to which he replied, “No, correction, I’m a Chingy supporter. My job is to perform, not to be political.”

This would not be the primary time Chingy’s support for Donald Trump has been met with resistance.

In 2016, the rapper posted a tweet supporting Trump.

“Politics vs. society. People need to understand that politics is a business, just like the job you do. I’m voting for @realDonaldTrump,” he wrote in January 2016. After posting the tweet, the rapper was inundated with backlash, withdrawing his support and admitting he was not fully informed.

“Everything I wrote was completely taken out of content… but I’m still on top. lmao #LiveofACeleb #TwitterIsTheDevil #NoEndorsement,” he said he tweeted later that very same day.

He later said that in line with Bulletin board“I thought it was good stuff. Obviously, we want to keep terrorism out of the country. I didn’t know about some of the negative things he had to say about some of the racing here and the hip-hop community. I didn’t know about a lot of the negative stuff, I was just commenting on reading the article and reading some of the good things he said, so that’s where my comments came from.”

The Red White & Rock event that has sparked a lot discussion is a fundraiser for the Republican Party and can happen on September 29 from 3 to 7 p.m. in Nashville.

The St. Louis native has not formally endorsed any candidate on this round and doesn’t appear to have any political content on his energetic Instagram account. However, after receiving mounting backlash, he decided to tug out of the event.

“YOU KNOW WHAT, BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MESS. I REFUSED TO PERFORM AND NO, I AM NOT A SUPPORTER OF TRUMP OR ANYONE ELSE BUT CHINGY. YES YOU DO,” Chingy said, in line with an Instagram screenshot captured by TeaWith Tia.