{"id":78367,"date":"2021-06-20T12:32:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T16:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=78367"},"modified":"2021-06-21T12:15:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T16:15:09","slug":"charles-barkley-cancel-culture-is-forcing-him-to-leave-inside-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/charles-barkley-cancel-culture-is-forcing-him-to-leave-inside-the-nba","title":{"rendered":"Cancel culture is forcing Charles Barkley to leave &#8220;Inside the NBA&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>He&#8217;s gregarious. He&#8217;s a political chameleon. He&#8217;s affable, annoying, and outspoken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Barkley is also&#8230; fed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The basketball legend has announced he&#8217;ll be leaving his analyst post on TNT&#8217;s &#8220;Inside the NBA&#8221;, laying it at the feet of cancel culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on a Washington sports-radio station, Barkley said \u201cIt\u2019s gotten so out of hand right now, I couldn\u2019t imagine having to watch myself. You can\u2019t even have fun nowadays without these jackasses trying to get you canceled and things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barkley says he&#8217;ll &#8220;hang on for another couple years&#8221; until he turns 60. After that, Barkley says &#8220;they can kiss my ass&#8230; We\u2019ve had fun all these years, and now all of a sudden in the last year and a half, everybody\u2019s trying to get everybody fired, and it really sucks.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Known as the &#8220;Round Mound of Rebound&#8221; during his all-star days with the Phoenix Suns, Barkley thrust himself into a larger spotlight as a player when he fronted a Nike campaign in 1993 (the year he also was named the league&#8217;s Most Valuable Player) in which he stated &#8220;I am not a role model&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charles Barkley &quot;I am not a role model&quot;   Nike Air Commercial\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R8vh2MwXZ6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Barkley: not a role model, and yet certainly one for those tired of cancel culture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Politically, Barkley has been all over the map \u2013 even during his NBA playing days with Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Houston from 1984-2000. In 1995, he considered running for governor of Alabama under a Republican ticket. In 2006 he quipped, &#8220;I was a Republican until they lost their minds&#8221;. The following year, he made a video in support of Democrat Barack Obama&#8217;s candidacy in the 2008 presidential election. During a Monday Night Football broadcast in September 2007, Barkley alluded to another run at governor of Alabama and declared himself an Independent while stating &#8220;the Republicans are full of it, (but) the Democrats are a little less full of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just this past April, working as an analyst for CBS&#8217; pregame coverage of the 2021 NCAA Men&#8217;s Final Four, Barkley expressed frustration regarding a racial divide between &#8220;whites and blacks&#8221;, but putting the blame squarely on the shoulders of politicians on both sides of the aisle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Charles Barkley speaking the truth <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lt9jBldV2a\">pic.twitter.com\/lt9jBldV2a<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RunBMC (@runBMC57) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/runBMC57\/status\/1378435984707133445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, it&#8217;s cancel culture that is in Sir Charles&#8217; crosshairs. \u201cThat\u2019s all we ever talk about behind the scenes like, \u2018Yo, man, be careful going in this direction.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Yo, man, we can\u2019t even have fun anymore&#8230; I\u2019m only working until 60. I\u2019ve already told them that. I\u2019m not working until the day I die. That\u2019s just stupid. And if I don\u2019t have enough money by now, I\u2019m an idiot, anyway. They should fire me, anyway.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 58-year old Hall of Famer is tired of social justice warrior &#8220;jackasses&#8221; who have taken the fun out of broadcasting, so he&#8217;s retiring in two years. 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