Sir Charles Barkley Slams Hoaxer Jussie Smollett

Former basketball player and current commentator Charles Barkley recently launched a verbal attack on celebrity hoaxer Jussie Smollett.

According to Fox News:

Charles Barkley shocked fans in late February when he piled onto allegations that Jussie Smollett faked a hate crime in Chicago — but even after the “Empire” actor’s charges were dropped this week, the former NBA star said he was sticking by his initial “sound advice.”

“When you commit a crime, don’t write a check,” joked Barkley during an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Wednesday, though Smollett was granted a nolle pros, which basically means his case has been dropped.

Colbert asked Barkley to weigh in on Smollett’s case, given the eyebrow-raising remarks he made about it during TNT’s NBA halftime show on Feb. 21.

“I think that we all lose. I think my black friends, my gay black friends, I think they lose because there’s all repercussions when you’re a minority. There’s always a double standard. You have to understand that and accept that. For every black, gay person out there, we lost. And it’s unfortunate,” Barkley said. “I don’t know that kid, I wish him nothing but the best …but you always have to look at the bigger picture.”

Barkley went on to claim that the Smollett case damaged the relationship between the black community and the police in this country.

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