Everyone’s favorite Sports Commentator, Charles Barkley has decided to step away from his broadcasting duties for a while ever since the incident of him getting caught drunk while driving on his way to get him some brains.
Charles Barkley is taking a leave of absence from the broadcast booth.
The announcement by Turner Sports came Friday, hours after police said the 45-year-old former NBA star was legally drunk when he was arrested Dec. 31 on suspicion of drunken driving in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Test results show Barkley had a blood-alcohol level of .149 percent, nearly twice the legal limit of .08 percent in Arizona.
Barkley will be off the air for a minimum of several weeks, and no return date has been set, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss it.
Barkley was stopped by a Gilbert officer working a regional DUI task force shortly after he left a popular nightclub at about 1:30 a.m. He failed field sobriety tests but was cooperative.
Here’s hoping that this doesn’t potentially derail his fledgling political career. But it seems like nowadays, you aren’t a politician until a little sex scandal gets introduced to the public.
