Thinking He's Off Air, Charles Barkley Says His Weight Watchers Endorsement Is A Big Scam

Via Eye On Basketball, what was a commercial break on TNT was shown live on NBA.tv's stream. With a secretly hot mic and a live camera, Charles Barkley shed some light on his contract with Weight Watchers:

"I've been on weight watchers three months. I have to lose two pounds a week. I'm at 38 pounds now. They come and weigh me every two weeks. I ain't never missed a weigh-in. Never going to...I'm feeling much better. But I ain't giving away no money. I'm not giving away no free money. I thought this was the greatest scam going—getting paid for watching sports—this Weight Watchers thing is a bigger scam."

To be clear, Charles isn't saying the Weight Watchers program is a scam. Only his endorsement deal, which requires him to continually lose weight to get paid a bonus.

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