Karl Malone: Charles Barkley kept vaseline in belly button during games

Published: Tuesday, Feb. 19 2013 3:20 p.m. MST

Inside the NBA : Vaseline Where?

Summary

In an interview on the set of "Inside the NBA," Malone claimed that analyst and former Dream Team teammate Charles Barkley would keep vaseline inside of his belly button during games in case his lips got dry during the game.

Jazz great Karl Malone had one of the weirder sound bites during this year's NBA All-Star weekend.

In an interview on the set of "Inside the NBA," Malone claimed that analyst and former Dream Team teammate Charles Barkley would keep vaseline inside of his belly button while playing in case his lips got dry during the game.

The revelation caught Barkley's coworkers off-guard prompting raucous laughter and a chorus of "Say it ain't so, Chuck!"

Barkley, to his credit, didn't deny the allegation.

"Ain't nothing worse than a black man with big crusty lips," he said.

Ryan Carreon is a web editor for DeseretNews.com. E-mail him at rcarreon@desnews.com

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Aggielove

Cache county, USA

We need more clowns like this.
Makes the world a better place.
Everyone's afraid of being themselves.

4:59 p.m. Feb. 19, 2013
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OCoug

Ogden, UT

@snowman

Because its funny and lighthearted.

Gotta love Sir Charles. Chapped lips are no fun for anyone.