During a discussion about the 2020 presidential election, Charles Barkley told Axios reporter Alexi McCammond, “I don’t hit women but if I did I would hit you.”
McCammond took offense and despite the comment being off the record, she tweeted it out anyway.
Was Barkley joking? Probably. Has he said or done worse in the past? Definitely. But these are different times we’re living in, where political correctness is expected.
Are they about to “Me Too” the NBA legend? Do you think his job as a TNT basketball analyst is in jeopardy?
Just FYI Charles Barkley told me tonight “I don’t hit women but if I did I would hit you,” and then when I objected to that he told me I “couldn’t take a joke.”
— Alexi McCammond (@alexi) November 20, 2019
I hate being part of a story so here’s a reminder that this is so much bigger than me: nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the US. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence https://t.co/eqgn0McbYt https://t.co/nll7a0rv2o
— Alexi McCammond (@alexi) November 20, 2019
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