Formerly known for his dominance on the basketball court, Sir Charles Barkley has had quite an interesting career since hanging up his high heels.
The NBA Hall of Fame power forward has been on television since 2000.
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Barkley canceled
Van’s latest project is a weekly show for CNN called king charles, Co-hosted with Gayle King. While this was a good idea in principle—call-in shows could be very entertaining—in practice, it didn’t work out.
According to the New York Post, the new series king charles Ratings easily beaten by reruns friends and South Park. It seems even the nation’s airports can’t keep the rebound domes afloat.
The problem, as far as Barkley is concerned, is his busy schedule. More likely, it’s just a victim of CNN’s disastrous ratings. This all happened despite CNN’s claims that its audience is young, affluent and diverse.
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Buckley wants to crack down on black Trump supporters
Buckley got into hot water on the show when he recently said he wanted to attack Black fans of President Donald Trump.
What apparently irked Buckley was Trump’s claim that he gained street cred in the black community as a result of the epic photo. “It’s unbelievable, black people walking around with my picture!” Trump said at a rally.
Barkley was less than impressed.Some might even say he is trigger.
Politics Insider’s Rusty Weiss writes,
“First of all, I want to say this: If I saw a black man walking around with a picture of Trump, I would [gonna] Hit him in the face,” the original Dream Team member told CNN’s Gayle King.
King’s gentle reminder that he would face assault charges didn’t stop Buckley.
“I’m going to bail myself out and celebrate,” he quipped.
watch:
NEW: CNN cancels Charles Barkley and Gayle King’s weekly show ‘King Charles’ after 6 months due to low ratings
‘King Charles’ is CNN’s lowest-rated weekend night primetime drama in at least a decade
The weekly call-in show failed to attract a wider audience… pic.twitter.com/NbHgVxebZR
— Unlimited L (@unlimited_ls) April 15, 2024
At least Barkley will have more free time to deal with random attacks and legal consequences.
