Last updated at 2:50 AM on 7th January 2012
Former-professional basketball player and most-recent Weight Watchers spokesman Charles Barkley called the weight-loss program a 'scam' Thursday night without appearing to know his microphone was hot.
During a commercial break for the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks game Mr Barkley chatted with his TV co-anchors to admit success with the program yet the benefits being heavier on his end of the deal.
'I thought this was the greatest scam going, getting paid for watching sports,' Mr Barkley said of his other role as a sports commentator in comparison.
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Caught: Weight Watcher's latest spokesman Charles Barkley was caught calling the program a scam Thursday night while wearing a hot mic
'This Weight Watchers thing is a bigger scam,' he said, but just because of his all-around success with the program.
That success, both financial and physical, has given him an increasingly slimming image.
'I've been on weight watchers three months. I have to lose two pounds a week. I'm at 38 pounds now,' he explains. 'They come and weigh me every two weeks. I ain't never missed a weigh-in. Never going to.'
Mr Barkely even admits to feeling better since joining the program.
Slimming: Mr Barkley says he has lost 38 pounds since joining Weight Watchers
Named by the program in an early press release as 'The dominant and outspoken former power forward and current television personality,' in December, the program says they got exactly what they signed him up for.
'We love Charles for the same reason everyone loves Charles, he's unfiltered,' a statement obtained by the New York Times by Weight Watchers responded Friday.
'We are thrilled that he is having great success and inspiring millions of men to join him. We agree that being a spokesman for Weight Watchers is a pretty great gig.'
'I meant what I said, the fact that I'm dropping pounds, getting healthier and getting paid at the same time, is my definition of a great scam,' Mr Barkley said in his own released statement.
Athlete: After retiring from the NBA in 2000 Mr Barkley gained 100 pounds taking a doctor's warning in 2011 to lose that extra weight
'The only problem is I'm going to have to use some of the money to buy a new wardrobe.
Following his NBA retirement in 2000, Mr Barkley gained a noticeable 100 pounds off the court.
'I come from Alabama, a state that has struggled with obesity for years. I mean it is the heart of the South – we love food.' Mr Barkley explained to Weight Watchers last year.
He says that it was a doctor's visit and warning in 2011 that prompted him to get up and active again.
'The doctor said, 'Hey dude, if you don't lose some weight you're either going to get diabetes, have a stroke or drop dead. It's either A, B or C.' Mr Barkley told Game On!
'Now that I'm following Weight Watchers, I'm learning a whole new way to eat. Not only can I keep eating my favorites like meatballs and chicken wings, but I've discovered a world of new foods that are helping me to shed the pounds. I have eaten more fruit and vegetables in the past few months than I have in the past 30 years,' he tells the program.
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