Pictures of Sammy Sosa‘s skin transformation has been making it’s rounds yet again online after Charles Barkley made some statements on Friday that have brought the topic to the surface again.

Charles Barkley made a statement directed at Sosa saying, “I know you want to get in the Hall of Fame, but going white ain’t the way to do it.”

Sosa explains that he has been using a bleaching cream to soften his skin but lightens his skin tone as a side effect.

(via The Examiner | Photo credit: Gather.com)