Shay Mooney Once Accidentally Received Shaquille O'Neal's Dry Cleaning: 'He's About 17 Times My Size' (Exclusive)

Shay Mooney is recalling a time when he may have been mistaken for Shaquille O’Neal!

During a Dan + Shay performance in Las Vegas on Saturday at a charity fundraiser for The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation dubbed The Event, Mooney revealed that he once received the NBA legend's dry cleaning by accident while staying at a fancy Los Angeles hotel.

“I walked in the building and they said, ‘Mr. Mooney, we have your dry cleaning.’ And I said, ‘OK awesome. I'm forgetting things all the time. Makes sense,'" the Dan + Shay singer, 31, said.

“I get into the room and I find this bag and I open it up and I see what I think is a black shirt that I left," he added.

However, the “shirt" in question was actually not a shirt at all, he revealed. Instead, it was a pair of boxer shorts.

“Me, Dan [Smyers], and several of our friends could have fit inside of [the boxers,]” Mooney said.

The singer then revealed that he looked in the closet of his room and saw clothes owned by an incredibly tall person hanging up in the closet.

“I realized that my name, Shay, is just one letter away from being another gentleman's name. He’s about 17 times my size,” Mooney said, referring to O'Neal, who stands at 7’1”.

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Although the country music singer never got confirmation that the clothes he received in the hotel belonged to the Hall of Famer, he said on Saturday that he's "pretty sure" they did.

“I did what any man would do: I took a bunch of photos and I sent them out to my friends. I did FaceTime Dan,” he added, referring to the other half of the country duo. “You can just imagine my entire body being clothed in a t-shirt that looks like from a woman's dress.”

He added, “It was beautiful. It was stunning, and I'm pretty sure it was Shaquille O’Neal’s.”

Mooney and Smyers — who recently won group/duo of 2023 at the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards — joined a line-up at the event's concert that included Jennifer Hudson, John Legend and Anderson Paak. As well as the musical performances, the night featured a private dinner and live auction, during which O’Neal proved that along with his impressive stature, he has a big heart.

During the auction, the NBA legend made a winning $20,000 bid for the chance to sit at a single table on stage during the concert — and then gave the prize to his mom. His generosity didn't stop there, as O'Neal went on to place a bid of $50,000 on a vacation to Bora Bora, which he then won.

O’Neal started his foundation in 2019 and has partnered with the Boys & Girls Club and Communities in Schools, and they work to create opportunities for underserved youths. According to the foundation's website, the two organizations are close to the NBA legend's heart.