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NBA legend Charles Barkley struggled with weight gain during the course of his basketball career and after his retirement as well. During his time in the league, he was often criticized for his eating habits. Many thought that Barkley was not very conscious of his diet and ate a lot of unhealthy food. However, this reputation was something that began in his college days. In true Chuck fashion, he embraced the image and continues to do so. Recently, he had a hilarious debate with Hollywood superstar Ben Affleck about each other’s favorite donuts.

During his junior year for the Auburn Tigers, Barkley had a photo shoot of him eating pizza for a Sports Illustrated interview. The report was named: The Leaning Tower of Pizza.?The interview certainly drew huge attention to the school and Chuck.

Charles Barkley and Ben Affleck’s donut debate

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The Steam Room podcast by Charles Barkley and Ernie Johnson Jr. was on a bit of a hiatus as both were busy with the coverage of the NCAA tournament. As March Madness came to an exhilarating close, the duo is back together for another fun-filled episode. In the latest episode of the podcast, the two welcomed Hollywood superstar Ben Affleck. During the show, Affleck discussed the recently released movie Air which he directed and starred in. Before Affleck signed off, Ernie had one final thing to talk about.

The sportscaster noted that Barkley is an expert when it comes to donuts and revealed his favorite donut. Affleck was not happy with the Philadelphia 76ers legend’s choice. Ernie said, “Chuck is a donut connoisseur. He prefers Krispy Kreme.” Affleck could not believe it and replied, “What?”

He added that he was confused because the 1993 NBA MVP usually has good taste. Barkley did not miss a beat and replied, “Well, first of all, Dunkin’ Donuts, they’re cake. They’re not donuts, they’re cake.”

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Affleck added that Chuck can call it whatever he wants, but Dunkin’ Donuts is good. Barkley said that he did not say it was bad. However, he added that nobody can resist the hot sign at Krispy Kreme. The 11-time NBA All-Star said that he had tried Dunkin Donuts but was adamant it was more of a cake.

Barkley on his weight loss journey

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Charles Barkley struggled with weight gain after his retirement and his health took a hit because of this. So his doctor asked him to lose weight, and he obliged. The Hall of Famer lost around 52 lbs recently and also talked about his weight loss journey during a podcast appearance some time back.

USA Today via Reuters

Barkley said, ?I just gotten out of shape just being lazy first and foremost because I was in pain all the time. I?m like, ?I?m tired of working out. Sh*t I worked out my whole life.? And I just got tired.”?Eventually, his doctor has to persuade him to lose weight and he told the Chuckster that while there were fat young people, he had never seen fat old people. This pushed Barkley to get his a** back in shape.

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