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Charles Barkley Apologizes For Comment About Hitting A Woman
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By The Associated Press
Charles Barkley has issued an apology for a comment he made to a female political reporter about hitting her.
Axios reporter Alexi McCammond wrote on Twitter Tuesday night that when she questioned Barkley on his indecisiveness over the Democratic presidential hopefuls, Barkley told her "I don't hit women but if I did I would hit you." McCammond says when she objected to his remarks, Barkley told her she "couldn't take a joke."
There are almost no times I will beak an OTR “agreement” but this is not OK. And it was all because he came in talking about how he loves Deval Patrick and once someone from Pete‘s campaign came around he said he loved Pete and I reminded him he previously said he was a Deval fan
— Alexi McCammond (@alexi) November 20, 2019
The comments Charles Barkley made to me are not acceptable. Threats of violence are not a joke, & no person deserves to be hit or threatened like that. Silence only allows the culture of misogyny to fester. And those kinds of comments don't merit off-the-record protections. https://t.co/cll93GdZwh
— Alexi McCammond (@alexi) November 20, 2019
Barkley, a former NBA player who works as a basketball analyst for TNT's Inside the NBA, issued an apology on Wednesday through TurnerSportsPR on Twitter saying his comment was "inappropriate and unacceptable."
Barley said in the statement that "it was an attempted joke that wasn't funny at all. There's no excuse for it and I apologize."
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