LeBron James ate some Red Vines — and yes, it appeared to be Red Vines, there was a shot of the packaging from TNT’s cameras — on Tuesday night after his huge night in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 118-109 win over the New Orleans Pelicans, a moment fit for a king.
But when the footage aired on TNT’s postgame show, Shaquille O’Neal declared that “white guys call it Red Vines, black people call it Twizzlers.”
When it was pointed out to Shaq that there are two different brands, that Red Vines are actually different, he didn’t care.
That got some folks on Twitter to reach out and let him know the difference, as well as mention they’ve never heard of Red Vines. Here’s the original footage:
Shaq "White guys call it Red Vines, black people call it Twizzlers" pic.twitter.com/1UpgUaVoj6
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) February 26, 2020
And the reaction:
Dawg… There’s a difference between Redvine & Twizzlers Shaq
2 totally different tastes and textures 🤦🏾♂️ pic.twitter.com/3rDkvSoYFS— HDN (@im_HDN) February 26, 2020
Two totally different candies…
— Ro (@RowanVSpencer) February 26, 2020
No he’s right. Twizzlers won that battle just like Qtips and Kleenex dominated their respective fields. Game’s the game. https://t.co/64lnom0iv3
— S M A R F (@ColeyMick) February 26, 2020
I’m Japanese and I call them Twizzlers, although I think it’s more of an East vs West thing. I’m from NJ like Shaq and I’ve only seen Twizzlers at stores. https://t.co/6D0IXnM8uz
— 大西玲央 Reo Onishi (@ReoOnishi) February 26, 2020
Yo @SHAQ @DwyaneWade @Candace_Parker they are literally two different things. @RedVines are hard and @TWIZZLERS are softer and better. Twizzlers are Hollywood, red vines are country. pic.twitter.com/PXPGREUl1R
— Vic L Joseph (@vicljoseph) February 26, 2020
If @SHAQ calls them Twizzlers, I’m a call them Twizzlers. pic.twitter.com/DEWqLbFgKE
— Jamaal Gardner (@RandomJamaal) February 26, 2020
@NBAonTNT @SHAQ is 100% right. It's Twizzlers. All day every day. Try going to the movies and pop in some butter popcorn and Twizzlers. Whoooooo!! BTW, Red Vines are turrrrrble. pic.twitter.com/w4KV9H70uA
— Tyrone Scott (@tyronescott32) February 26, 2020
@SHAQ Twizzlers are waxy and https://t.co/8XhrrNXxlu Vines are soft and amazing. Pull and peel is way better than Twizzlers as well.
— DONMEGAA (@DonyaeJohnson2) February 26, 2020
Red vines & twizzlers aren’t the same @NBAonTNT @SHAQ come on, man
— Pete (@Mynamebepete) February 26, 2020
Shaq and them on @NBAonTNT are right…never heard of red vines in my life
— Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) February 26, 2020
@SHAQ red vines been here longer pic.twitter.com/yeGWyQvMdh
— J at Thinking outside of the box (@caveman43) February 26, 2020
THEY ARE RED VINES @SHAQ pic.twitter.com/4mJ6QliHEH
— Kobe "Bean" (@Jer_Bear__) February 26, 2020
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