Charles Barkley Says Larsa Pippen, Marcus Jordan’s Romance Is ‘Messy’

Charles Barkley does not consider there are any winners in Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan’s partnership.

“I feel poor for Michael [Jordan]. I sense lousy for Scottie [Pippen]. That is so messy,” Barkley, 61, reported all through the Wednesday, May perhaps 1, episode of Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast. “I really do not like messy simply because when it’s messy every person has an feeling on it.”

Larsa, 49, and Scottie, 58, tied the knot in 1997. The exes, who experienced an on-and-off partnership, share four children: Scotty Jr., 23, Preston, 22, Justin, 19, and Sophia, 15. Larsa and Scottie split for very good in 2018 and finalized their divorce in 2021. The subsequent year, Larsa began relationship Marcus, 33, who is the son of Michael. Even though Michael, 61, and Scottie have been teammates on the Chicago Bulls in the 90s, the athletes have experienced a public rivalry for a long time off the court.

“Everybody has an impression and you know the Internet is not a position for messy,” Barkley said of the Larsa and Marcus’ romance. “And you have to realize that there is a whole lot of children associated and folks are suggest.”

Barkley, who played in the NBA at the exact time as Scottie and Michael, extra that he wouldn’t be thrilled if one particular of his teammates started out courting his daughter. (Barkley shares daughter Christiana, 35, with wife Maureen Blumhardt.)

“There are no winners. There are only losers,” he claimed. “Obviously, Michael and Scottie’s relationship simply cannot ever be the identical.”

Immediately after Larsa and Marcus confirmed they were being dating, Michael shared that he did not approve of his son’s new relationship. Larsa later uncovered that she was “traumatized” and taken aback by Michael’s candidness. Having said that, Marcus chalked the remark up to his dad’s perception of humor.

“I’m dying laughing when I read through the headline. I know my dad,” Marcus claimed for the duration of a July 2023 episode of his and Larsa’s “Separation Anxiety” podcast. “Part of our DNA is to chat s—t. He’s currently being playful. He’s laughing. He’s a tiny lit. I didn’t set too a great deal body weight into it.”

When Larsa and Marcus’ link was potent in their very first 12 months together, the pair hit a roadblock in February. Larsa elevated eyebrows all through Tremendous Bowl weekend when she wiped all point out of Marcus from her social media. Us Weekly verified that the duo experienced known as it quits soon after one yr of relationship.

Before their break up, Larsa and Marcus competed on year 2 of The Traitors. The exes filmed the reunion particular jointly a person thirty day period soon after their split. While chatting with Andy Cohen, Marcus confessed that the pair hit “a velocity bump” but they were being performing fantastic.

Right after the reunion aired in March, Larsa and Marcus split once more and unfollowed each other from social media. Later on that month, Larsa opened up about her separation and instructed Us that she and Marcus were on “different journeys.”

However, one particular month afterwards, the exes have been noticed keeping hands while going for walks on the seaside in Miami. Neither Larsa nor Marcus has shared if they rekindled their partnership.