There’s never a dull moment with Charles Barkley on the desk.
During the Saturday, April 18 playoff edition of “Inside the NBA” talk show, Barkley, 63, chimed in on the obscure story involving rapper Ice Spice’s recent altercation with a fan in a McDonald’s restaurant.
“I hear they got some slappy happy meals over there,” Barkley said during the show — which is sponsored by the fast food restaurant. “You see Ice Spice got slapped at McDonald’s? What you doing at McDonald’s in the middle of the night Ice Spice? Come on, stop that. Get it to go.”
The off-the-cuff comment came while fellow analyst Ernie Johnson was finishing up an ad read for McDonald’s.
“Presented by McDonald’s. How about that, presented by McDonald’s Chuck,” Ernie Johnson said, before Barkey’s rant.
Johnson tried to wrap up the show, but Barkley wasn’t quite done talking about McDonald’s.
“I love McDonald’s,” Barkley said. “Fish fillet is the greatest sandwich ever. Just dip it in that little barbecue sauce. Eat half, double dip.”
From there, Barkley seemed to be just getting started.
“They got a slappy happy meal over there,” he continued later in the show. “Let Ice Spice eat in peace! … She should have slapped her in the face with a Big Mac. You walk up on me, everything’s on the table.”
At that point, the show’s producers got in on the fun, showing the security cam footage from the Ice Spice incident at the restaurant.
“Oh, come on, Spice. Leave that woman alone,” Barkley said as the clip played.
The incident occurred on Wednesday, April 15, when Ice Spice, 26, and her friend were approached by a fan while eating at a McDonald’s.
The incident escalated into a full fight after the fan slapped Ice Spice, and the rapper retaliated. When the fan ran outside of the restaurant, Ice Spice followed, continuing the brawl.
Security camera footage from the incident quickly went viral on social media.
“This wouldn’t happen at Wendy’s,” Ice Spice wrote via X on Friday, April 17, alongside the security footage from the alleged incident.
For whatever it’s worth, the rapper has a partnership with Wendy’s.
“The unprovoked attack on my client has been reported to the LAPD and we will be pursuing any and all avenues to hold the perpetrators responsible for their actions, including criminally and civilly,” the singer’s lawyer Bradford Cohen told Page Six in a statement. “We are also exploring holding the location responsible for their lack of appropriate security.”
