The always opinionated and controversial Charles Barkley joined JT The Brick on Fox Sports Radio at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe. The two got to talking about the way Alex Rodriguez is treated by the media in New York and the paparazzi in general. Sir Charles, as usual, had quite the strong opinion on the matter as he took up for A-Rod. Here’s a snippet of what he said:
Those people are so jealous of him, they got to nothing to do but try to destroy him with his personal business. Why would they follow him on the road to see what he’s doing? They’re trying to get him. There’s so much jealousy around A-Rod. To question this guy’s personal life, that ain’t right at all.
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First off, we should line all these paparazzi people up and shoot ‘em.
Audio via TMZ of all places, whom I guess Barkley is saying we should shoot. While I admit I’ll post some stuff up here about A-Rod’s off-field biz, I would never seek the stories on my own, much less print them if I saw em. Once they’re already out there however, I join in because, well, let’s face it — it’s funny stuff. I just can’t believe that someone would follow A-Rod around off the field to track his business. That’s really weak and uncalled for and something that shouldn’t be going on. I guess I agree with Chuck here, though executing all the paparazzi is pretty harsh.
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The vultures that stalk celebrities and push them as they are getting out / in of cars should be beaten at the very least. I don’t advocate violence but what they do by impeding famous people from moving about freely is using force on them. Taking pictures is fine as long as they are not in the way.
[...] Barkley is right on about the Paparazzi. They are low lifes indeed. The vultures that stalk celebrities and push them as they are getting out / in of cars should be beaten at the very least. I don’t advocate violence but what they do by impeding famous people from moving about freely is using force on them. Taking pictures is fine as long as they are not in the way. Charles Barkley: ‘We Should Line All These Paparazzi People Up and Shoot em’ | Larry Brown Sport… [...]
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