The dynamic duo of Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe recently decided to split. Skip found new co-hosts for his Fox Sports show Undisputed and Shannon joined forces with the ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith in the famous sports talk show First Take. And now, more than a couple of months after the split, Shannon recently opened up about the incident that deteriorated the relationship between the iconic Undisputed duo.
During a recent episode of the Stephen A. Smith Show, Smith showed the clip of the incident, when Bayless disrespected Shannon and asked how much trouble did that particular incident cost in the duo’s relationship. Shannon implied that the relationship was deteriorating even before that incident.
“A lot of that is my fault,” said Sharpe.“Because there were times that led up to that that I felt shots were taken and I let it go. And I should’ve said something then, but I didn’t. And I would bring it to people’s attention, and they brushed it up under the rug. So that was my fault that it got to that point and he felt that he could go over the top in that situation.”
Furthermore, Sharpe went on to say that when one host starts to disrespect his co-host, then there’s no point in working together. Sharpe claimed in that particular moment, he felt like Bayless had no respect for him.
Shannon Sharpe finally speaks out against Skip Bayless on the incident that partly led to him leaving Undisputed.
"I felt in that moment he had lost all respect for me, he had no respect for me. He had no respect for me."
"It really, really hurt me."pic.twitter.com/OEddkWv9wJ https://t.co/Vj1rvQyAwy
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 22, 2023“In that moment I had felt he had lost all respect for me. He had no respect for me,” said Sharpe.“I knew in that moment in time, it was only a matter of time. They were going to have to separate that. I knew that. I knew that.”
Furthermore, Sharpe said that he was willing to play out his remaining contract with Fox Network but he knew it was the end. In the end, Sharpe agreed to a buyout from the network and left Fox Sports back in June. He is now in contract with ESPN and working with Stephen A. Smith on First Take two days a week.
Skip Bayless disrespected Shannon Sharpe while defending Tom Brady
Back in December 2022, Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe got into a heated exchange during a debate about the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, Tom Brady.
During the segment, Bayless took personal shots at Shannon Sharpe’s career while defending Brady from criticism. “[Brady]’s still playing at a high level at 45 when you had to stop at 35, that’s the point,” Bayless exclaimed during an Undisputed segment in December 2022.
Unc Shannon sharpe got pissed after Skip Bayless took at shot at him while talking about Tom Brady 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/Hddec3qI9y
— Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) (@shannonsharpeee) December 12, 2022Sharpe took offense to Bayless’ statement, and that’s when the relationship between the duo started to fall out. Nearly 6 months after the incident, the duo decided to go their separate ways.
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