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:
And the reaction:
