Former
NBA star apologizes for ‘joke’ made to Axios reporterAnalyst said: ‘I don’t hit women, but if I did, I would hit you’Charles Barkley apologized on Wednesday morning for telling a female reporter, “I don’t hit women, but if I did, I would hit you.”
The NBA Hall of Famer directed what he called a “joke” on Tuesday night to Axios
election correspondent Alexi McCammond, who was in Atlanta to cover Wednesday’s
Democratic presidential debate. McCammond said Barkley had initially expressed support for former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, only to claim he was a fan of South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg when a member of Buttigieg’s campaign was within earshot.