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Barkley Offers Advice to Merriman

Charles Barkley recently spoke to a Dallas radio station, and among other things, he had some funny advice for Shawne Merriman. Namely, “don’t date reality TV stars.”

↵From Sports Radio Interviews:

↵↵I am like: I have heard that name Tila Tequila before. ... I called my girls: Who is Tila Tequila? She said: Dad, she is a bisexual girl on that show where she dates men and women. ... You are kidding me right? He went for that? I wanted to say: Bro, you are Shawn Marion. Merriman. I’m Shawne Merriman and I don’t have to get my girls off of reality TV.”

↵↵Now, a cynic might cite Charles Barkley’s long history of hypocrisy, or that he mistook Merriman for The Matrix, as counterpoints to his message. But you gotta admit: the Chuckster’s got a point on this one.

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