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Charles Barkley lost weight because he was worried about being lifted in a chair for the traditional Jewish hora at his daughter's wedding

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Meredith Cash
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"Listen, I need all Jewish people on deck, brother," Chuck told Jimmy Kimmel about the chair lift. "Cause I can only get so skinny by Saturday, man." Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

  • Charles Barkley is losing weight for his daughter's wedding so that he can participate in the hora.

  • The hora is a traditional Jewish celebratory dance in which party guests are lifted in a chair.

  • Barkley — known as "the Round Mound of Rebound" — is 6-foot-6 and roughly 250 pounds.

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Charles Barkley is looking forward to his daughter's wedding this weekend, but he's a little worried about one aspect of the ceremony.

In an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" this week, the basketball Hall of Famer and current host of "NBA on TNT" chatted about the preparation for his only child's big day. In the lead-up to his 32-year-old daughter, Christiana Barkley, marrying entrepreneur Ilya Hoffman on Saturday, Barkley said he's "been really working out hard because apparently, they've got to pick me up in a chair."

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Charles Barkley rides a horse. REUTERS/Steve Sisney