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Charles Barkley Shared A Totally On-Brand Response To People Who Have A Problem With His Gambling Habits

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Charles Barkley Shared A Totally On-Brand Response To People Who Have A Problem With His Gambling Habits

Charles Barkley is known for being one of the best basketball players of all time and for being an outspoken sports pundit. Of course, there’s something else that a portion of the general public has come to know about him. In his spare time, Barkley also enjoys gambling and has been open about his love for it. Fans seem to have mixed feelings about his habits, and the former Philadelphia 76er is aware of that. So, as you’d probably expect, Barkley just shared a totally on-brand response to those who take issue with him placing bets.

The hysterical 61-year-old Inside the NBA host certainly isn’t one for mincing words, especially reacting to backlash of any kind. When he recently appeared on The Dan Patrick Show, the eponymous host asked the Round Mound of Rebound about his finances and whether he’s purchased anything “exotic.” The NBA legend asserted that he doesn’t buy anything extravagant, leading Patrick to quip that he’d have more money if he didn’t gamble. After that, Sir Charles shared the following assessment of his hobby:

You know what’s really funny about the gambling thing? You know, my grandma was a maid, and my grandmother worked in a butcher factory and we grew up on welfare in the projects. Nobody cared about my money. Nobody ever said, ‘Hey, let’s go take care of that Barkley family. Let’s do a GoFundMe for them.’ Now that I got money and I like to gamble, everybody’s like, ‘Man, he gambles too much.’ Let me just say this so that people don’t get the wrong idea, Dan. Kiss my ass!

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