Charles Barkley said last Thursday on TNT's Inside The NBA that he would deprive himself of food until the Los Angeles Lakers tasted victory.

"I'm going on a fast," Barkley said. "I'm not going to eat again until the Lakers win a game."

Barkley later amended it, saying he wouldn't eat another meal until Los Angeles snapped its losing streak. When host Ernie Johnson called him out on that, he doubled down.

"I'm going to feel like I'm at Guantanamo Bay," Barkley said. "I am not going to eat until the Lakers win a game. I'm going to drink water."

Kenny Smith interjected: "And what else?"

"Vodka," Barkley replied. "Gotta have my carbs. My protein. Vodka's got potatoes in it."

Smith then wondered, "What if Kobe [Bryant] twists his ankle?"

"I could die!" Barkley said to much laughter. 

Fear not, Barkley fans -- your beloved analyst is not in any danger, not anymore. The Lakers beat the Charlotte Hornets by a score of 107-92 on Sunday at the Staples Center. Barkley's hunger strike is officially over. Or, as Lakers big man Ed Davis put it:

Haaaaahahahaha. 

(HT: SI)