{"id":526125,"date":"2026-03-10T05:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526125\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T05:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:30:07","slug":"charles-barkley-gets-emotional-over-kc-concepcion-nfl-combine-mockery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526125\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Barkley gets emotional over KC Concepcion NFL combine mockery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Barkley gets emotional over KC Concepcion NFL combine mockery<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When KC Concepcion approached the podium at the NFL Combine, the Texas A&M wide receiver had every reason to shy away. Concepcion went to face the media, and he did it extremely well\u00a0delivered a moment the internet couldn’t stop talking about.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, not all of the reaction was kind.<\/p>\n

The cruel comments that followed hit Charles Barkley personally. On The Steam Room<\/a> podcast, he didn’t hold back, getting visibly emotional.<\/p>\n

“Y’all reached a new low for me, and it hurt me,” Barkley said. “Now, I’m getting emotional because I was so pissed when I heard about it.”<\/p>\n

Barkley called out the truth; it’s widely normal. But the hate is certainly uncalled for.<\/p>\n

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“This kid has a stuttering problem and a speech impediment,” he continued. “Then I saw some of my friends \u2014 who know why I hate social media \u2014 sent me some of the comments that you people were making about this kid. Man, you are the lowest people.”<\/p>\n

He went on to call out the anonymous cruelty enabled by social media.<\/p>\n

“To see all the mean-spirited comments. I’m like, yo, who sits at home behind a computer and says, ‘Hey, you know what? Let me make fun of this kid.'”<\/p>\n

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