Pastor Keion Henderson’s Shocking Relationship with Shaquille O’Neal Revealed After Marriage to NBA Legend’s Ex-Wife

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.”