On the NBA Today show, one of the hosts, Malika Andrews, made a not-safe-from-work comment directed towards co-host Kendrick Perkins due to his statement about how he’d like his chicken tenders to be eaten.

Big ol’ Kendrick Perkins loves to run his mouth. Some of the things he says are controversial. However, there are a lot of times when he gets things right, too. The bottom line is that he’s never afraid to share his thoughts, no matter how hurtful it is for others.

He was recently on the hot seat for how he brutally blamed Kawhi Leonard for ruining the Clippers’ franchise. Whether that’s true or not, many quietly agreed to his statement. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, right?

But as blunt as Big Perk is, he still has a soft side. On the set of the NBA Today, when Perkins talked about chicken tenders, he was left speechless after one of his co-hosts, Malika Andrews, jokingly commented about Perk’s preference for the popular food.

If you get it, you get it, you know? Immediate laughter on the set. Good for Malika for seemingly keeping her composure at the end to call out a commercial break.

Perk Had A Similar Banter With A Co-Host Before

Kendrick Perkins (Image Credit: Getty Images)

Staying on this weird subject, this is not Kendrick Perkins’ first rodeo with an NSFW topic while on air. However, this time around, it was Perk who threw a dumbfounding question to his co-host.

On the opening night of the 2025-2026 season, Perkins made Elle Duncan a bit more uncomfortable in their appearance on SportsCenter by confidently saying, “What you need Ibuprofen for when you have a Perk?” when Elle was having a bit of a headache on set.

Well, that’s…Anyways, you do you, Big Perk. Keep entertaining us, big fellow.