Charles Barkley‘s weight loss was the brunt of what Shaquille O’Neal recently told a colleague.
On Tuesday’s episode of ‘Inside the NBA’ former NBA guard Jalen Rose mentioned how O’Neal told Miami Heat great Alonzo Mourning that he was drinking low-fat milk, which led to Barkley making a joke about O’Neal.
“You’ve already lost weight.” Barkley told him.
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Charles Barkley speaks on stage as Fall Out Boy takes the stage at the American Express All-Star Live from the Hammerstein Ballroom, broadcast live on TNT to conclude NBA All-Star 2015 on February 12, 2015 in New York City. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for American Express)
That’s when O’Neal cracked his joke about Barkley about the weight loss drug Ozempic.
“Ozempic is still looking for you. “O’Neal said, drawing laughter from the panel. “Ozempic, I’m snitching, he’s here! Ozempic FBI, he’s right here!”
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Now, Barkley technically doesn’t take Ozempic, as he said on “The Dan Patrick Show” last year that he uses a similar prescription, Mounjaro, to treat his symptoms. type 2 diabetes.
Mounjaro, the brand name of Tirzepatid, like Ozempic, helps with weight loss by suppressing appetite and improving the way the body breaks down sugar and fat.
Charles Barkley attends the Redmont Challenge with Charles Barkley at Puttshack Atlanta on April 8, 2022 in Atlanta. (Prince Williams/Wireimage)
Barkley also said exercise, along with medication, helped her lose weight.
“I started at 352 (pounds) and got down to 290 pounds,” Barkley said at the time. “I started to feel like a human being and not just a fat person anymore.”
The funny jokes are all part of the fun on ‘Inside the NBA,’ which will be featured on ESPN next season after TNT Sports signed a deal with the Connecticut-based network.
Barkley recently roasted TNT after saying he was blindsided by ESPN’s moves, which is something you hear on the Internet, not the network itself.
NBA Hall of Famers Shaquille O’Neal (left) and Charles Barkley exchanged some quips about each other on ‘Inside the NBA.’ (image)
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“We need to hear this in the media,” he said on “The Bettor Angle.” BetQL Network. “And I also heard about this ABC/ESPN thing on the Internet. Scott Van Pelt, Brian Windhorst, Elle Duncan, Bob Myers, these are some of my favorite friends. They texted me and said welcome to ESPN. family. I said, ‘What happened?’ TNT wasn’t even polite.”
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Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
