Shaquille O’Neal leaves TNT colleagues in stitches with Ozempic joke

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal did not hesitate when the chance presented itself to rib TNT colleague Charles Barkley with a hysterical joke on ‘Inside the NBA’ about weight-loss drug Ozempic. 

O’Neal, sat to the far right of the panel on Tuesday night, cracked the gag during a break in the action before the Lakers-Suns game. 

Joined by colleagues Ernie Johnson, Jalen Rose, and Barkley, O’Neal and the crew strayed into the non-basketball talk after the former Magic and Lakers star brought up Phoenix’s Bol Bol. 

‘You told (Alonzo Mourning) you’re not drinking milk?’ Rose said to O’Neal. 

‘Low-fat milk!’ O’Neal responded.

‘You already got the fat cut covered,’ Barkley interjected. 

The ‘Inside the NBA’ colleagues have always taken the chance to make fun of each other  

In the ongoing comedic war of words between O’Neal and Barkley, TNT’s listeners knew that comment would not go unanswered. 

‘Ozempic still looking for your a**,’ O’Neal retorted to Barkley. ‘Ozempic, I’m snitching, he’s right here. Ozempic FBI, he’s right here.’

Rose was on the panel filling in for Kenny Smith, who had the day off. 

After O’Neal made another joke impersonating Fire Marshall Bill from the television show ‘In Living Color’, Johnson turned to Rose. 

‘Jalen, welcome to my world,’ Johnson said. 

Barkley has admitted to using Mounjaro in the past, another weight-loss drug that helps deal with type-2 diabetes. 

Despite TNT’s airing of NBA games ending after this season, ‘Inside the NBA’ is moving to ESPN, with the core of the show’s stars expected to all remain intact.