Charles Barkley hits CNN being 'full of s---' following hosting stint, swipes network's poor ratings

NBC Hall of Famer Charles Barkley bashed supporters of former President Donald Trump on CNN on Wednesday, calling them a "group of nutty people."

Former NBA superstar Charles Barkley took some swipes at the "boneheads" he worked with at CNN following his brief hosting stint for the network. 

Barkley, a longtime NBA analyst for CNN's sister network TNT, was recruited last year alongside CBS News' Gayle King to co-host an experimental weekly primetime show "King Charles," which ended last month.

On Thursday's installment of "The Mike Missanelli Podcast," Barkley pushed back at the media's assertions that his show was "canceled" despite the fact that CNN had always billed "King Charles" as a limited series since its launch last November.

"You know the type of boneheads I work with?" Barkley began. "First of all, it wasn’t canceled. I talk to Gayle all the time. They haven’t told us we were canceled. That’s how stupid these people are… I was always only gonna do that for a short period of time and then I was gonna go back to the NBA. So, me and Gayle, like– this is how boneheaded these people are, I work with."

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TNT's Charles Barkley took swipes at CNN following his brief hosting stint with the network. (Mike Kirschbaum/NBAE via Getty Images)

The TNT star went on to say he "really liked" his CNN hosting gig and how he was able to talk about other topics beyond basketball, but he continued taking swipes at the news network over the cancelation narrative. 

"But that just shows you how full of s--- the whole thing is with CNN," Barkley said. "Like, we had new people take over and we're in disarray. Like, yesterday