“Taking shots at me for 20 years,” Skip Bayless says he envies Charles Barkley for escaping the cancel culture, unlike him

Skip Bayless stated that Charles Barkley has hurled verbal shots at him on national television but he never faced the social media trial. 


“Taking shots at me for 20 years,” Skip Bayless says he envies Charles Barkley for escaping the cancel culture, unlike him

Charles Barkley and Skip Bayless

In the latest episode of The Skip Bayless Show, Skip Bayless finally addressed the criticisms that were hurled at him by Charles Barkley. Bayless said the former Phoenix Suns legend has been throwing shots at him for 20 years. Moreover, the sports analyst said that Barkley has been indirectly saying things that would mean physical threats. The NBA icon has expressed that he doesn’t like Bayless because he throws unnecessary hate at LeBron James.

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Earlier, appearing on the “All the Smoke” podcast, Sir Charles said that Bayless was unfair to many athletes, especially LeBron James, and spread the wrong idea in the media. “I don’t like the guy,” Barkley said about Bayless. “Skip, to me, these guys are real people. And I don’t mind you criticizing guys, it can never be personal…You have to be fair and honest with people,” he added. “Like, you can’t say bad stuff about LeBron James … Skip’s disrespect toward [LeBron], I do not like it.

In response to Barkley’s remarks, Skip stated on his eponymous podcast, The Skip Bayless Show, that the former NBA legend has been taking shots at him for over two decades. However, making a sarcastic remark, he also added that Barkley, for the first time, has not said that he would kill Skip Bayless. “Charles has been taking shots at me for, I don’t know, 20 years? On various platforms including his own on TNT’s Inside the NBA,” Bayless said. “But at least this time, for the first time ever, Charles didn’t go ‘k-word’ on me. This time, for the first time ever, he did not say that he would like to ‘kill me,’ as he so often has.”

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Skip Bayless claims that in comparison to him, Charles Barkley can get away with saying anything

Skip Bayless and Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley’s honesty is one of the many reasons he is so popular on NBA on TNT and among the fans.  But, according to Skip Bayless, the former NBA player has dropped numerous bombs on live television, but nothing has happened. “And I must admit, I do love Charles on TV,” Bayless said. “… As you know, it has come to the point, he can get away with saying just about anything that pops into his head and out of his mouth. That’s just Charles being Charles … I envy that,” he added. 

Bayless drew a comparison between fans’ reactions and other media sources when he spoke and when Barkley spoke. The Undisputed co-host remarked that every time he speaks his mind, he must face the social media trial. Perhaps he was alluding to requests by players, celebrities, and fans to keep Bayless off national television.

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