‘They named their mascot after them’: NBA icon Barkley below hearth for joking Georgia girls appear to be ‘bulldogs’

Former NBA famous person Charles Barkley has landed in some sizzling water after feedback he made on a reside tv spot this week by which he appeared to disparage the appearances of ladies from the US state of Georgia.

‘Sir Charles’, because the 11-time All-Star was identified all through his iconic profession, made the feedback totally unreflective of his regal nickname whereas protecting the Dallas Mavericks’ 115-110 win towards the LA Lakers on Thursday when his co-host on the ‘Contained in the NBA’ present, Ernie Johnson, introduced the dialog to the efficiency of Lakers star Kentavious Caldwell-Pope who scored a decent 29 factors in his group’s shedding effort.

The dialogue turned to the College of Georgia, the college from which Caldwell-Pope took his first steps into the NBA, the place Barkley let free his important feedback.

Charles Barkley “Georgia the one faculty on the earth that they named their mascot after the ladies down there”

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“Georgia the one faculty on the earth they named their mascot after the ladies down there,” mentioned Barkley on the published, prompting rapid censure from his co-host. 

“So completely uncalled for,” mentioned Johnson, who additionally later mentioned that he was “not even gonna dignify that with a response.“

Has he regarded in a mirror?

— Suzanne Marla (@SuzanneMarla) April 24, 2021

Chuck don’t care about cancel tradition 🤣. They’ve been making an attempt to cancel him for the reason that 80s.

— Manrique Zavala (@Zavalas1) April 23, 2021

Take it for what it was, a joke. Anybody offended, or extra seemingly, feigning offense wants to maneuver alongside. Auburn and Georgia are previous rivals.

— BamaMark (@BigBamaMark) April 23, 2021

“Has he regarded in a mirror?,” requested one fan in response to Barkley’s feedback, whereas one other defined that Barkley “would not care about cancel tradition”.

One other fan mentioned that Barkley’s feedback had been clearly a joke, and that anybody offended by them “wants to maneuver alongside“.

Extremely, this is not the primary time that Barkley has come below some vital hearth for feedback he made on tv concerning the look of ladies in the US.

Throughout a 2014 episode of the identical tv present, Barkley additionally made distasteful feedback concerning the appears to be like of ladies from the Texan metropolis of San Antonio.

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“Some massive ol’ girls down there [in San Antonio] … that’s a gold mine for Weight Watchers,” mentioned Barkley, who was steadily the goal of criticism for being obese all through his taking part in profession.

“Victoria is certainly a secret [in San Antonio] … they will’t put on no Victoria’s Secret down there… They put on bloomers down there … ain’t nothing skimpy down there,” he added.

These feedback had been slammed by anti body-shaming teams, together with the Nationwide Affiliation to Advance Fats Acceptance and the Weight problems Motion Coalition – and plainly after his newest verbal gaffe, you possibly can in all probability anticipate some form of grovelling apology to seem on social media earlier than lengthy.