NBA legend Charles Barkley has made his feelings perfectly clear on anti-LGBTQ bigotry.
The Basketball Hall of Famer and TNT analyst expressed his "love" for gay and transgender people during a recent appearance at a Nevada hotel and casino.
"I want to say this," Barkley announced on stage at Harveys Lake Tahoe. "If you're gay or transgender, I love you. And if anybody gives you shit, you tell 'em Charles said 'f--- you!'"
The rant was met with cheers from the audience.
It was unclear what prompted the declaration of solidarity, but several users on social media speculated that Sir Charles may have had an adult beverage or two in his system.
The famously outspoken Barkley, 59, has waded into political and social issues on numerous occasions throughout his career.
In recent years, he has expressed concern about the rise of sports gambling, ripped people who declined to get vaccinated, railed against the movement to defund police, and called out both major political parties for failing to improve the living conditions of impoverished minority communities, to name a few.
But his most recent comments regarding the LGBTQ community seemed to play well on social media.
Here's what some users were saying about the man who once famously declared that he wasn't a role model in a Nike commercial:
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