Shaq tosses hilarious quip at Charles Barkley for his weight loss: 'Ozempic FBI!'

Charles Barkley’s value nonaccomplishment was the brunt of Shaquille O’Neal’s latest quip to his colleague. 

During Tuesday’s occurrence of "Inside the NBA," former NBA guard Jalen Rose brought up however O'Neal told Miami Heat large Alonzo Mourning that helium is drinking low-fat milk, which led Barkley to ace a gag astir O’Neal. 

"You already got the abdominous cut," Barkley said to him. 

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Charles Barkley speaks connected signifier arsenic Fall Out Boy takes the signifier astatine American Express All-Star Live astatine Hammerstein Ballroom broadcast unrecorded connected TNT for the tip-off the NBA All-Star 2015 connected Feb. 12, 2015 successful New York City. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for American Express)

That’s erstwhile O’Neal cracked his ain gag astir Barkley implicit the weight-loss cause Ozempic. 

"Ozempic inactive looking for you’re a--," O’Neal said, causing immoderate laughs connected the panel. "Ozempic, I’m snitching, he’s close here! Ozempic FBI, he’s close here!"

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Now, Barkley technically is not taking Ozempic, arsenic helium said connected "The Dan Patrick Show" past twelvemonth that helium is utilizing Mounjaro, a akin prescription, to woody with his Type 2 diabetes. 

Like Ozempic, Mounjaro, which is simply a marque sanction for tirzepatide, helps with value nonaccomplishment by curbing appetite and improving however the assemblage breaks down sweetener and fat. 

Charles Barkley attends the Redmont Challenge With Charles Barkley astatine Puttshack Atlanta connected April 8, 2022 successful Atlanta. (Prince Williams/Wireimage)

Barkley besides said that moving retired has helped on with his medicine to chopped weight. 

"I started astatine 352 [pounds] and I’m down to 290," Barkley said astatine the time. "I’m starting to consciousness similar a quality being, not a abdominous a-- anymore."

Cracking jokes is each portion of the amusive astatine "Inside the NBA," which volition beryllium featured connected ESPN adjacent play aft TNT Sports made a woody with the Connecticut-based network.

Barkley precocious roasted TNT aft saying helium was blindsided by the ESPN move, proceeding it connected the net alternatively than from the web itself. 

NBA Hall of Famers Shaquille O'Neal, left, and Charles Barkley had a fewer quips for each different connected "Inside the NBA." (IMAGN)

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"We person to perceive it done the media," helium said connected "The Bettor Angle" on BetQL network. "And adjacent this happening with ABC/ESPN, I heard astir it connected the internet. Scott Van Pelt, Brian Windhorst, Elle Duncan, Bob Myers, each friends of excavation who I truly similar a lot. They texted maine welcoming maine to the ESPN family. I’m like, ‘What happened?’ TNT didn’t adjacent person the courtesy."

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