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Charles Barkley has been booed many times in his life. The 56-year-old Barkley routinely beat up on other teams during his 16-year, Hall of Fame career in the NBA. Opposing fans enjoyed booing him.

But, as far as we know, this is first time he’s been booed at a Katy Perry concert. Barkley took the stage at the free Katy Perry concert in Minneapolis during the Final Four. What started as a kind, warm-hearted speech quickly devolved into ... well, why don’t you take a look.

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Charles Barkley was booed off the stage during a Katy Perry concert at the Capital One JamFest in Minneapolis after talking trash about the Timberwolves . Barkley is in Minnesota for the 2019 NCAA tournament championship. The former NBA star told the crowd how much he loved Minneapolis Charles Barkley is getting over that devastating Auburn loss by trashing any sports team in sight . and his first target was the Minnesota Timberwolves saying the team flat-out SUCKS !! Chuck took the stage at the free Katy Perry concert for the Final Four in Minneapolis on Sunday night

Barkley starts off praising Minneapolis as a great city. Just as he starts to win the fans over, he hits them with a “I haven’t been here for a long time because the Timberwolves suck.”

That last statement was met with lusty boos from those in attendance. In the TMZ video, Barkley can be seen gesturing after that statement as if to say, “What did I do?”

Clearly, Barkley has learned a lot while being on the “Inside the NBA” set every night. Usually, entertainers want to pump up a crowd. Barkley had other ideas.

The people of Minneapolis probably had good reason to be upset with Barkley. In his 50 games against the Timberwolves, Barkley averaged 21.4 points and 11.7 rebounds per game.

Those were pretty close to Barkley’s career averages in both categories, and those were good enough to get him to the Hall of Fame.

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While at the Katy Perry concert in Minnesota — Sir Charles went from thanking the good folks of Minnesota to making them boo him for saying the Minnesota Timberwolves and Vikings suck . “I wanna thank Minneapolis, Minnesota you guys have a great, great city,” Barkley tells the crowd. Watch Charles Barkley Get Booed Off Stage at Katy Perry ’s Concert For Saying the Timberwolves Suck (Video). However, with the National Championship Game tonight, Barkley is still in town and he attended a Katy Perry concert yesterday. When on stage, he gave the city positive vibes before

Because of that, we have to assume this probably wasn’t the first time Barkley was booed in Minneapolis.

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