New York City, Jan 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former basketball star Charles Barkley is all set to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ this weekend. And the promotional advertisements for the show have already been released. In the promotions, a joke related to gambling is also involved.

Before SNL, the Leeds born Charles was also involved with another comedy show – the Jay Leno show, on which he appeared around Thanksgiving. On the Jay Leno show he gave a very candid interview. He is certainly trying his hand at comedy, as he poked fun at Sammy Sosa’s bleached white skin, by donning white makeup himself, and making a mockery of Sammy.

Charles Wade Barkley was born on February 20, 1963. He is a retired American professional basketball player. He is popularly called as “Sir Charles” as he has a very aggressive and outspoken demeanor. He is also nicknamed as “The Round Mound of Rebound” for his unique and build and talent.

Because of his excellent playing skills, Barkley easily established himself as one of the National Basketball Association’s (NBA’s) most dominating power forwards. He was selected to both the All-NBA First Team and All-NBA Second Team five times and once named to the All-NBA Third Team.

Video: SNL promo with Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley hosting SNL