Charles Barkley Shares a Hilarious Story About Almost Losing a Hotel Bar of Soap in a Body Part

Also in Traina Thoughts: Jerry Seinfeld hates golf; Braves scoreboard operator gets wild; Roman Reigns pours salt in wound and more.

1. “Well, when I was washing a part of my body, I almost had a little incident.”

That was Charles Barkley, on The Steam Room podcast, doing what Charles Barkley does best: Entertain the masses.

Barkley and cohost Ernie Johnson were answering a question from a fan who wanted to know if a bar of soap hits the ground, does the soap become dirty or does the ground become clean.

This was the opening Barkley needed to rant about hotel soap and share a personal anecdote that could’ve been straight out of a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode. In fact, the conversation between Barkley and Johnson had strong Larry-Jeff vibes.

Barkley: You know I travel with my own soap? You knew that didn’t you?

Johnson: No.

Barkley: I travel with a big bar of soap. I love soap.

Johnson: Why, are you afraid it’s not gonna be in the hotel?

Barkley: These hotels started being cheap. Those bars ain’t big enough. Because I almost had a couple of accidents with the soap in hotels.

Johnson: In what way?

Barkley: Well, when I was washing a part of my body, I almost had a little incident.

Johnson: What the heck are you talking about?

Barkley: I almost had a little incident with those little bars of soap.

Johnson: Almost lose it?

Barkley: I almost lost it and I was like, ‘WHOA, that was too close for comfort.’ So now I travel with my own big bars of soap.

The exchange between Johnson and Barkley aired on Inside the NBA on Thursday and when the camera cut back to the studio, Shaq was beside himself, while Kenny Smith had some questions about Barkley’s big bar of soap vs. small bar of soap philosophy.

2. Padres relief pitcher Steven Wilson entered Thursday’s game against the Braves in the sixth inning and relied on a pitch known as a “sweeper,” which is a combination of a slider and cutter. However, the person operating the scoreboard in the stadium was a tad confused about the phrase.

3. Kay Adams had a little mishap on her show Thursday, but handled it like a pro.

4. Many WWE fans expected last week’s SI Media With Jimmy Traina podcast guest, Cody Rhodes, to beat Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. However, when the Tribal Chief got the win, there was outrage. And here is Reigns to pour salt in the wound.

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— Roman Reigns (@WWERomanReigns) April 6, 2023

5. I loved listening to the legendary Verne Lundquist tell this story about how CBS got the shot of one of the most famous golf makes of all time.

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6. This week’s SI Media With Jimmy Traina features a conversation with New York Post sports media reporter Andrew Marchand about the latest sports media news. Topics discussed during the podcast include:

• Pat McAfee’s broadcasting future on why he may opt out of his current deal with FanDuel
• Two factors that led to big ratings for the women’s NCAA tournament on ABC-ESPN
• Fallout from the WWE’s being sold to Endeavor
• Whether Charles Barkley will add another job to his schedule and team up with Gayle King
• The NBA’s television and streaming future
• Flex scheduling for Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video
• Derek Jeter’s joining Fox
• The disturbing discourse on Twitter

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7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: Many of you will spend a lot of time this weekend watching the Masters. One person who won't be tuned in, though, is Jerry Seinfeld.

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