King did not respond to requests for comment.īarkley, who has a massive deal with TNT to co-host Inside the NBA, will likely have an easier time with his contract, as TNT is the sister network of CNN, which are both owned by Warner Bros. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that CNN is “finalizing” King’s deal but insiders cautioned a deal won’t be inked for several weeks.ĬBS did not comment. It is unclear however, what the hold up is.ĬNN boss Chris Licht is “optimistic” that King and Barkley will both be on board to host a show this fall, the source added. “No one expects a deal to be finalized right away,” the source said, noting that it is taking some time to reach an agreement. King, who co-hosts “CBS Mornings,” is carving out a contract with her current employer so that she can take the CNN gig but a source close to the situation said CBS is “dragging its feet.” Trump’s Fox News town hall crushes Haley-DeSantis Iowa GOP debate in ratings by whopping 68%ĭon Lemon to launch new ‘freer’ show on X ‘without the hall monitors’ after CNN firingĪ Gayle King- Charles Barkley talk show on CNN is looking more like a reality by the day, sources told The Post. The next time you visit the Christiana Mall, you can picture the gears in Charles Barkley's head turning as he decided, 'If I ever have a daughter, I'm going to name her after this fine shopping mall.CNN’s new CEO taps controversial, hard-charging ‘a–hole’ to lead newsroom: ‘She’ll cut you’Īs Trump nears GOP nomination, elitist media again treat American voters like they’re stupid – it’s 2016 all over again Hoffman, who isn't much of a sports fan, recognized the Barkley name not because of Chuck's Hall of Fame career, but because of 'Space Jam,' he told The New York Times.

She was born in 1989, when Barkley was still on the Sixers and would have had opportunities to pass the Christiana Mall with some regularity. Barkley graduated from Villanova in 2011. They met while hanging out with a bunch of Villanova University fans. It's not as if Barkley called his daughter King of Prussia.Ĭhristiana Barkley got married earlier this year to Ilya Hoffman. And, for what it's worth, Christiana invokes the name of Christ. It's a pretty good mall, and it's especially popular in the tri-state area because Delaware doesn't have a sales tax.

'I don't know, I just liked the mall,' Barkley said. 'You named your daughter after a mall? Why?' Johnson asked. 'That's how she got her name, Christiana. 'There's a Christiana Mall in Delaware that I used to always go by,' Barkley said. Here's Barkley talking to colleague Ernie Johnson during a new episode of their podcast, 'The Steam Room.'Ĭharles Barkley says he named his daughter after a mall in Delaware /AdJpFgoWjq- Rob Lopez December 8, 2021 He specifically said the mall, not the small town in which it's located. Then we have Charles Barkley, the Sixers legend and 'NBA on TNT' analyst, who said this week that his daughter, Christiana, is named after the mall in New Castle County, Delaware. There's Penn Badgley, Paris Hilton, Winona Ryder and Orlando Bloom, to name a few. It's not uncommon for parents to draw from geographical locations to pick the names of their children.

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Same goes for Chubba Hubbard, Seranthony Dominguez and Laviska Shenault, who's actually a junior.

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Some parents are much bolder in their choice of names. My parents opted for a classic over second-place Max and I joined the Mikes of the world, sometimes mixing it up with a Mikey if I happen to like it. As a person named Michael, I don't have much ground to talk about the creativity of first names.

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