Hall of Famer Charles Barkley had already weighed in on the Jussie Smollett case back in February after the Empire actor was accused of staging an attack on himself.

On Inside the NBA, he declared — with his co-hosts on TNT laughing after he said it — “Do not commit crimes with checks. If you’re going to break the law, do not write a check … get cash, man!”

But while appearing on The Late Show Wednesday night, Barkley was a lot more serious when Stephen Colbert asked him about his feelings on Smollett’s charges being dropped.

Here’s what Barkley had to say to Colbert:

“I think that we all lose. I think my black friends, my gay black friends, I think they lose, because there’s all repercussions when you’re a minority.  there’s always a double standard. You have to understand that and accept that. For every black, gay person out there, we lost. And it’s unfortunate. I don’t know that kid, I wish him nothing but the best.

“But you have to understand, you have to always look at the big picture. Like, you know, there’s a lot of gay kids out there who are struggling. They’re getting beat up, they’re getting bullied, and things like that. And that’s not good. And then you see there’s this tenuous relationship between the black community and the cops, and we made the cops look really bad in this scenario. And there’s probably going to be some resentment. So the bottom line is everybody lost in this scenario. It’s not good.”

Barkley also made a bet with Colbert over North Carolina and Barkley’s Auburn, who are playing each other in the Sweet 16.