Previously best known for his dominance on the basketball court, Sir Charles Barkley has had quite an interesting career since hanging up the high tops.
The NBA Hall of Fame power forward has been gracing TV sets since 2000. But this time, rather than winning the show, they’re losing it.
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Barkley Cancel
The Bread Truck’s latest venture was a weekly show on CNN. king Charles, Co-hosted with Gayle King. It’s not a bad idea in principle (call-in shows can be a lot of fun), but in practice it doesn’t work.
The New York Post reported the new episode: king charles It lost lightly in the ratings due to reruns. friend and South Park. Even domestic airports don’t seem to be able to keep The Round Mound of Rebound afloat.
In Barkley’s eyes, his busy schedule was the problem. Perhaps it’s simply a victim of CNN’s overall disastrous ratings. All this despite CNN Spox claiming its audience is young, wealthy and diverse.
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Barkley Wants to Bash Black Trump Supporters
Barkley recently got into hot water on the show when he said he wanted to attack black people who are fans of President Donald Trump.
What clearly got under Barkley’s skin was Trump’s claim that his epic mug shot gave him street cred in the black community. “I’m amazed that black people are walking around with my mug shot!” Trump said at the rally.
Barkley was less than impressed. Some might say he did. Triggered.
Political Insider’s Rusty Weiss wrote:
“First of all, I want to say this. “If I see a black man walking around with a mug shot of Trump, I’m going to punch him in the face.” an original member of the Dream Team told CNN’s Gayle King.
A gentle reminder that King would face assault charges was no deterrent to Barkley.
“I’m going to bail myself out and go celebrate,” he quipped.
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NEW: CNN cancels Charles Barkley and Gayle King’s weekly show ‘King Charles’ after six months due to low ratings
“King Charles” had the lowest ratings for CNN’s primetime series debut in at least a decade.
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— Unlimited L (@unlimited_ls) April 15, 2024
At least Barkley will have more free time to deal with random attacks and legal consequences.
