11/4/2016 11:05 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
EXCLUSIVE
Call him the Peacemaker — because Kenny Smith says HE was the reason Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley finally reunited last month … years after their famous friendship fell apart.
Remember, Barkley had said publicly that MJ stopped talking to him years ago after he criticized the NBA legend for doing a bad job as the chairman of the Hornets.
But last month — they came together for a photo (with Kenny Smith) and now Smith is telling us how it all went down.
Bottom line — it doesn’t seem the feud is as bad as it seemed … but they’re not exactly BFFs anymore either.
However, Smith says he’s down to host a beer summit — because he’s cool like that.
