Charles Barkley's weight loss was the latest brunt of Shaquille O'Neal's sarcasm towards his colleague.
On Tuesday's episode of “Inside the NBA,” former NBA guard Jalen Rose brought up O'Neal telling Miami Heat great Alonzo Mourning that he drinks low-fat milk. Barkley joked about O'Neal.
“You've already cut the fat,” Barkley told him.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Fall Out Boy on stage during American Express All-Star Live at Hammerstein Ballroom, broadcast live on TNT as NBA All-Star 2015 Tipoff on February 12, 2015 in New York City As it goes up, Charles Barkley speaks on stage. (Stephen Ravkin/Getty Images for American Express)
That's when O'Neal made a joke about Barkley about the weight loss drug Ozempic.
“Ozempic is still looking for you, which is-” O'Neill said, causing laughter from the panel. “Ozempik, I'm tipping, he's here! Ozempic FBI, he's here!”
Charles Barkley: 'Stupid' Democrats lost the election because they 'didn't have a strategy'
Now, Barkley isn't technically taking Ozempic, saying on “The Dan Patrick Show” last year that he uses Munjaro, a similar prescription drug, to treat type 2 diabetes.
Like Ozempic, Munjaro, the brand name for Tilzepatide, helps with weight loss by suppressing appetite and improving the way the body breaks down sugar and fat.
Charles Barkley competes in the Redmont Challenge with Charles Barkley at Patshack Atlanta on April 8, 2022 in Atlanta. (Prince Williams/Wire Image)
Barclay also said working out, along with medication, has helped her lose weight.
“I started with 352 [pounds] “I'm down to 290,” Barkley said at the time, “and I'm starting to feel like a human being and not a fat person anymore.”
The jokes are part of the fun on “Inside the NBA,” which will be featured on ESPN starting next season after TNT Sports inked a deal with the Connecticut-based network.
Barkley recently slammed TNT, saying he was blindsided by hearing about ESPN's moves on the internet rather than from the network itself.
NBA Hall of Famers Shaquille O'Neal (left) and Charles Barkley told each other some quips about “Inside the NBA.” (Imagination)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
“We have to hear it through the media,” he said on “The Bettor Angle.” BetQL Network. “And even with the ABC/ESPN thing, I found out about it on the Internet. Scott Van Pelt, Brian Windhorst, Elle Duncan, Bob Myers, they're all people I really love. They sent me a text message welcoming me to ESPN. “What happened?'' TNT didn't even have a courtesy. ”
Follow Fox News Digital X sports broadcastplease subscribe Fox News Sports Huddle Newsletter.
