A date evening over rooster satay had NBA nice Shaquille O’Neal feeling beneficiant on Sunday.
The retired basketball star, who’s now a sports activities analyst, arrived to Chelsea hotspot Jue Lan Membership with a thriller lady at round 8:30 p.m., we hear. By the top of the evening, he was footing the invoice for the whole eatery.
Spies instructed us he popped in with the unidentified lady, whom he was overheard describing as “my date,” and ordered Beijing rooster, shrimp tempura and the restaurant’s signature rooster satay. “She did all of the ordering,” an insider instructed Web page Six.
After their meal, O’Neal, 50, proceeded to purchase dinner for the whole server crew.
“And to prime that off, he paid for everybody’s verify [who was] eating on the restaurant,” the supply added.
We’re instructed O’Neal apparently needed to maintain his generosity a secret from fellow diners. He requested the employees to not point out that he was paying the invoice for over 40 tables till he left the restaurant, based on our supply.
We’re instructed the invoice amounted to “properly over $25,000” in checks. O’Neal was additionally “extraordinarily beneficiant” to Jue Lan’s employees. “He left them the most important tip they’ve ever obtained,” the supply stated.
A rep for O’Neal didn’t get again to us after we reached out about his costly date evening.
The Lakers legend was lately linked to actress Annie Ilonzeh in 2021. He beforehand stated he blames himself for his 2011 divorce from ex-wife Shaunie, who married pastor Keion Henderson in Could.
