Shaquille O'Neal Involved in $50 Billion TikTok Sale in the US, Competing with Elon Musk and Others as a Potential Buyer
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If Shaquille O’Neal aims to continue his wild lipsync videos and push the envelope at music festivals, he should move quickly. TikTok is facing significant challenges, and devoted fans are hoping this won’t turn into another Twitter/X debacle. A worried comedian is urging the social media-savvy entrepreneur to step in and save the platform, possibly requiring some compromises on his part. After all, Adam Silver recently praised Shaq as an early tech adopter, highlighting his role in boosting the popularity of various platforms.
TikTok could effectively be banned this Sunday unless someone with a big bank account buys it. After taking over the erstwhile Twitter, Elon Musk is one of the potential buyers. Shark Tank’s Mr Wonderful Kevin O’Leary, former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, and YouTube legend, Mr Beast are the other names. Maybe barring Mr Wonderful, the frontrunners are not appealing to the TikTok generation.
Jordan Klepper addressed it on The Daily Show. The comedian is more than peeved about TikTok coming under someone who doesn’t understand the platform. “Can’t there be one, cool potential buyer?” Was the rhetoric question, then he turned to the camera like Jim on The Office and directly called out who that question was meant for.
“Shaquille O’Neal, I’m talking to you. Stop buying so many Papa John’s franchises and get real about your investment future.” You heard him, Sh
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