Shaquille O’Neal: 'The Earth is flat.' (He really said this and seems to believe it); Update: 'It was a joke, OK?'

Oh my. Add Shaquille O’Neal to the list of NBA stars who think the world is flat.

From O’Neal’s podcast:

Shaq is a flat-Earther, too

I’m speechless

I love this NBA narrative so muchhttps://t.co/eijTsZKJZm pic.twitter.com/3zOLbABfeQ

— Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) March 19, 2017

Here’s the entire bat-crap crazy segment, which we encourage you to listen to. It’s hilarious, especially his dismissal of “all that stuff about gravity”:

Earlier this month, NBA star Kyrie Irving also declared the Earth is flat:

For @YahooBDL: Kyrie Irving doubles down on his flat-Earth theory and can now control his dreams. https://t.co/pqCk3ZKVoY pic.twitter.com/CWbQ7T9daA

— Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) March 15, 2017

What the heck is wrong with them?

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Update:

Shaq was apparently trolling everyone when he made his flat-Earth commentshttps://t.co/NPZ0d4TJ4s pic.twitter.com/MZVfxDmujS

— CBS Sports NBA (@CBSSportsNBA) March 23, 2017

Phew.