ESPN star Stephen A. Smith fired back at Charles Barkley over the warning the Basketball Hall of Famer gave to the sports personality about being overexposed in the media.Smith prefaced his remarks on his podcast by saying he had a respect and appreciation for Barkley, suggesting the two were very close.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Thats my guy, but that doesnt mean I always agree with him. And it doesnt mean that Im devoid of the right to call him a flaming hypocrite when its called upon," Smith said on "The Stephen A. Smith Show." "Do yall know how many commercials Charles Barkley does a year? Hell tell us two. Have you seen Charles Barkley in two commercials? Are you kidding me? Oh, by the way, the cat that you work with at least twice a week during the NBA season is Shaquille ONeal."Can we count the amount of endorsements he has? How often hes seen everywhere? What new product hes pitching? Did you say that about him? No, you didnt. But when it comes to me, I need to be careful."Smith wanted to get to the "heart of the matter.""And this isnt directed at Charles Barkley. This is directed at all the folks out there Im making people out there Im making people very uncomfortable, and I dont give s---," Smith said. "You can talk about people not taking me seriously all you want to, well see, because Im a serious brotha. That doesnt mean I dont know how to laugh and smile and have fun, you know who the hell I am."Barkley made his remarks during an appearance on OutKicks "Dont @ Me with Dan Dakich."The former Philadelphia 76ers star said he would not vote for Smith for president before warning Smith that people could get "sick" of him.CHARLES BARKLEY CALLS NCAA A 'BUNCH OF IDIOTS AND FOOLS' AMID CURRENT NIL LANDSCAPE"I was in the studio last night and I saw he was going to be on Law & Order tonight. I mean he is already on General Hospital, hes already on General Hospital, now he is going to be on Law & Order tonight, and I was just laughing. I was like, Yo man, you are starting to be too much right now," Barkley said."Like, you are going to be on CNN, you are going to be onFox & Friends,now you on General Hospital, now you on Law & Order, Im like, Yo man, knock it off. Stop being on every TV show because at some point people are going to get sick of you, and you are going to be like, Yeah I probably did too much. But once you do too much, its too late and people dont take you serious, and I think hes got to be careful in that aspect."Barkley said he wants to be on TV less and less, because "less is more.""My friends close to me give me a lot of credit, and Im not blowing my own horn, I want to be on TV as less as possible, to be honest with you Dan. Thats why I only do a couple commercials a year. I dont go on a bunch of shows, less is more, because the more you do, the less people take you serious. And I dont feel the need to grab every dime, I dont feel the need to grab every dime at my disposal," Barkley said."Ive been arguing with my agent, he said we could do five-seven commercials a year, I said we are going to do two commercials a year, thats it. I dont want to be on TV all the time. I get sick of seeing myself doMarch Madness, but I dont want to be on TV all the time and I dont do a bunch of TV stuff because I dont want to people get sick of you, thats my number one thing. People will get sick of you, so I dont want to be on TV more, I want to be on TV less."Fox News' Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.