NBA legend Charles Barkley has had some trouble with his weight over the years. He has struggled with it during his playing career and after his retirement as well. Because of this, Barkley has been on the receiving end of jokes about his weight from his peers and fans. However, the 1993 NBA MVP takes it on his chin and moves on like a champ even though he did not win an NBA championship. Him not winning a title is the other thing he is trolled the most for by almost everyone.

The Philadelphia 76ers legend had embraced the joke about him being overweight during his career. He had no problem talking about it or even joking about it himself.

Charles Barkley was not a fan of this peculiar diet

Charles Barkley has been one of the funniest NBA players ever and it is not without reason. Whichever show it is, he makes sure to make the audience laugh with his jokes and quick wit. It was no different when he made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2010. The videotape was posted by a fan account on YouTube. Letterman welcomed Barkley to the show and said he looks better. The 11-time NBA All-Star admitted that he gained 100 pounds after his retirement and revealed he had lost 50 at the time.

Then the host asked how Barkley put on so much weight in the first place. Barkley jokingly said he gained weight because of eating. Letterman and the fans were in splits hearing this. The host then talked about a person in the crew who weighed 360 pounds and lost around 103 pounds with a peculiar diet of drinking only wheatgrass juice. A puzzled Barkley replied, “He don’t eat anything but wheatgrass? What a damn fool.”?And the studio was again filled with laughter.

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Then the host took out two glasses of wheatgrass juice for the basketball analyst to try. But warned him it would not taste good. “It’s awful,” he said. The Hall of Famer downed it and confirmed that it was awful indeed. However, he hilariously asked for the second glass of juice as well. Barkley then congratulated the crew member who lost over 100 pounds.

Barkley’s recent weight loss

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal had trouble with weight gain after his retirement as well. However, he lost over 40 pounds last year and looking to lose more in the current year.

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Similarly, his close friend Charles Barkley also recently lost around 50 pounds. Former Los Angeles Lakers player Matt Barnes talked about Barkley’s weight loss recently.