Charles Barkley Believes Ugly Women Have No Chance at a TV Job

Don't shoot the messenger.

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Oh, Charles Barkley, if only you took just a couple seconds to think before you said whatever popped into your head at the moment. Earlier in the week, Barkley spoke with Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated and the discussion ventured off into sideline reporters and their purpose. 

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If Barkley were a car, he would be swerving out of control at this point. Now usually, people would try and regain control... but not Sir Charles. Instead, he continues onward without a care in the world and here comes the real gem.

Barkley: If you are an ugly woman, you have no chance of getting a TV job.
And crash! Well, that's Charles being Charles for ya. But let's play devil's advocate here, is Barkley's off-the-cuff remark actually wrong?

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