Charles Barkley has heartfelt Veterans Day message interrupted on air by an untimely phone call
Charles Barkley tried delivering a serious and important message about Veterans Day during Wednesday's edition of "Inside The NBA" on ESPN.
Key points
- This won't be added to the endless list of great moments that Barkley, Johnson and Smith have been a part of sharing a desk together, but it's certainly a unique one.
- "The mental strain that these guys are under once you are in the service, so we need to do better with our service members, plain and simple," Barkley concluded.
- We talk a good game, but we don’t do nearly enough for our veterans," Barkley shared.
Like the consummate professional that he is, Barkley got right back to delivering his passionate message about veterans around the country.
The keyword there is "tried." During the opening segment of the show, Barkley spoke about how his father served the United States and went on to work for Veterans Affairs before explaining that more needs to be done for our veterans.
Additional details
- Barkley, who has sat alongside Johnson on the show since 2000, told WSFA News in September that this too will be his last NBA season working on TV.
- The phone belonged to co-host Kenny Smith, and to say he had his phone on loud would be an understatement.
- Number one, we should always show them love, but our government has to do better for our veterans.
- The 70-year-old shared that he had undergone bypass surgery 14 months ago, explaining that he wants to slow down and spend more time with his wife and five grandchildren.
- The phone was so loud, in fact, you could hear the phone say the name of the person ringing him.
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