Charles Barkley’s weight reduction was the brunt of Shaquille O’Neal’s newest quip to his colleague.
Throughout Tuesday’s episode of “Contained in the NBA,” former NBA guard Jalen Rose introduced up how O’Neal advised Miami Warmth nice Alonzo Mourning that he’s ingesting low-fat milk, which led Barkley to crack a joke about O’Neal.
“You already obtained the fats reduce,” Barkley stated to him.
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Charles Barkley speaks on stage as Fall Out Boy takes the stage at American Specific All-Star Dwell at Hammerstein Ballroom broadcast reside on TNT for the tip-off the NBA All-Star 2015 on Feb. 12, 2015 in New York Metropolis. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Photos for American Specific)
That’s when O’Neal cracked his personal joke about Barkley over the weight-loss drug Ozempic.
“Ozempic nonetheless in search of you’re a–,” O’Neal stated, inflicting some laughs on the panel. “Ozempic, I’m snitching, he’s proper right here! Ozempic FBI, he’s proper right here!”
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Now, Barkley technically shouldn’t be taking Ozempic, as he stated on “The Dan Patrick Present” final yr that he’s utilizing Mounjaro, an identical prescription, to take care of his Kind 2 diabetes.
Like Ozempic, Mounjaro, which is a model title for tirzepatide, helps with weight reduction by curbing urge for food and enhancing how the physique breaks down sugar and fats.
Charles Barkley attends the Redmont Problem With Charles Barkley at Puttshack Atlanta on April 8, 2022 in Atlanta. (Prince Williams/Wireimage)
Barkley additionally stated that understanding has helped alongside together with his treatment to chop weight.
“I began at 352 [pounds] and I’m right down to 290,” Barkley stated on the time. “I’m beginning to really feel like a human being, not a fats a– anymore.”
Cracking jokes is all a part of the enjoyable at “Contained in the NBA,” which might be featured on ESPN subsequent season after TNT Sports activities made a take care of the Connecticut-based community.
Barkley not too long ago roasted TNT after saying he was blindsided by the ESPN transfer, listening to it on the web moderately than from the community itself.
NBA Corridor of Famers Shaquille O’Neal, left, and Charles Barkley had a number of quips for one another on “Contained in the NBA.” (IMAGN)
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“Now we have to listen to it via the media,” he stated on “The Bettor Angle” on BetQL community. “And even this factor with ABC/ESPN, I heard about it on the web. Scott Van Pelt, Brian Windhorst, Elle Duncan, Bob Myers, all mates of mine who I actually like so much. They texted me welcoming me to the ESPN household. I’m like, ‘What occurred?’ TNT didn’t even have the courtesy.”
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