Shaq and Wife Forgot That They Were Scheduled for a Divorce; Now Cancelling It

You may recall that Brett mentioned the possibility of Shaquille O'Neal not getting divorced, based on some photo action of the Daddy and the soon to be Mrs. Ex-Shaq lounging on a pool. So the possibility that the Big Aristotle was inaccurate in consistently reminding us that he would be divorced certainly loomed.

And now it would appear he and his lady friend are in fact going to stick out their troubles, as the AP (via Ballhype) notes that Shaunie O'Neal says they're calling the split off.

During an interview about the launch of her new video-sharing Web site, Shaunie O'Neal told The Associated Press that the couple plans to stop divorce proceedings soon.

"Neither one of us could probably answer why we were getting one in the first place," Shaunie O'Neal said.

Shaquille O'Neal filed for divorce in Miami-Dade Circuit Court in September 2007, after nearly five years of marriage.

"Things have been going so great, that someone actually had to remind us that 'Hey, you do remember those papers are still there.' Literally, it was days ago," Shaunie O'Neal said. "So, we've agreed that before we leave Florida in a few days we'll make sure that that's gone away."

Not to be skeptical at all here, but isn't it weird that only Mrs. O'Neal is mentioning this? And that Shaq hasn't actually come out and mentioned it himself? Perhaps he feels too awkward about the fact that he's the one who filed the divorce papers. Or maybe he doesn't feel the need to call a press conference to announce that he and his wife are sticking together.

Regardless, yay. Color me happy for the Diesels.