Leaked Behind-The-Scenes Video Of Shaq And Charles Barkley Bickering Is Pure Comedy

Behind-the-scenes video of Shaq and Charles Barkley bickering on the set of Inside the NBA has leaked and it is straight-up comedy gold.

In the footage, the NBA on TNT crew, including Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith, can be seen waiting to go on the air during NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis.

As they wait, Charles Barkley decides to needle Shaq for supposedly complaining that TNT didn’t air his Orlando Magic jersey retirement ceremony.

“They just know they can’t ask me to do nothing for him, that’s all,” Shaq says at the beginning of the conversation.

“No, dude, you can’t be mad about that,” Barkley replies. “He’s mad they didn’t show his ceremony… they showed it on NBA TV.

“That’s the first place I turned after… when the Orlando game ended, the first thing I did was turn to NBA TV. I said, I know we gotta be carrying Shaq,” Johnson jumped in before being interrupted.

“Nut he says y’all didn’t give him any respect, it should’ve been on TNT,” Barkley then added.

“TNT had a doubleheader,” Johnson replied.

“That’s what I told him!” Chuck agreed.

“I don’t get mad, brother,” Shaq claimed. “All good.”

After some more back and forth between Ernie and Charles, Shaq added, “I don’t complain.”

“You lie,” Barkley replied back. “You said they didn’t show you any respect putting your s— on NBA TV.”

“That’s not complaining,” O’Neal responded. “I was just telling a f—— snitch. I was telling people what they think I think.”

After some more bickering, Kenny Smith finally gets his earbud in and says, “What happened? I couldn’t hear nothing y’all were saying.”

That got the whole thing started again when Kenny asked Charles, “Why didn’t they show it on TNT?”

“They had a doubleheader on!” Charles replied.

“Yeah, but, I kind of agree with that,” Smith then said, siding with Shaq.

Shaq then derisively calls Barkley “a company guy.”

Pure comedy. And that isn’t even the half of it. That was just the first minute and 45 seconds of the over five-minute clip. It goes on for another three minutes.

Enjoy…