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Shaquille O'Neal gets honest about painkiller addiction

NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal is opening up about his past experience with painkillers. In a conversation with Dax Shepard on the Armchair Expert podcast, the former Lakers star revealed why he had been using painkillers in the first place.

"You had to be on pain pills to play. You had to," Shepard said.

Shaq confirmed Shephard's comment: "You were playing through so many injuries. Again, back to this thing where I'm suspicious that for you to admit you have any weakness would be too painful."

"You're just keeping it all in, right?" Shepard asked. "You're just playing through everything."

"You have stuff that's going on and yeah, you had to be on pain pills," Shaq said.

Shepard inquired how or if taking the

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