NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal’s ex-wife Shaunie Henderson might be looking to erase her past life with new ink on her body

Shaquille O’Neal and ex-wife Shaunie Henderson (Image via Getty Images)

Tattoos are personal for most people. Some let a patchwork stay on their body for the rest of their lives, while some evolve and change the designs on their body according to the changes in their lives. And looks like NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal’s ex-wife, Shaunie Henderson, belongs to the second group of people, as she was recently seen changing a piece of ink on her body that once meant the world to her. Is it her way of letting the past go or something else? Let’s find out.

Shaunie Henderson does a cover-up on her family tattoo

Shaquille O’Neal and Shaunie Henderson got married back in 2002, and share four children – Shareef, Amirah, Shaqir, and Me’arah. Shaq also has a daughter from a previous relationship and adopted Shaunie’s son Myles from hers.

They had it all, and their love was evident in the way they stood by each other. But like all good things, this came to an end when Shaunie filed for divorce in 2009.Before things took a turn though, Shaq and his wife both got tattoos to commemorate their family.

Shaq got the names of his ex-wife Shaunie, and two of their sons—Myles and Shareef, tattooed on his right wrist, and the names of his daughters—Taahirah, Amirah, and Me’Arah, tattooed on his left wrist.

Shaunie, too, had a beautiful tattoo on her back – a butterfly sitting on a flower, where the petals had the names of all her children written in them.And while Shaq and Shaunie maintain a very amicable relationship as co-parents, looks like the latter is ready to move on from the past a little bit.

She got married to Pastor Keion Henderson in May 2022 and now, recently, was seen doing a cover-up ink on the butterfly tattoo on her back. The previous design is gone, and in its place, there is a vibrant and colorful floral piece.

Shaunie is still a very dedicated mother to all her children, which is pretty evident with how much time she spends with them, but what does the cover-up mean? Maybe it’s just her way of bringing a new change into something old. After all, a tattoo is not proof of how much she loves all her kids.