Fans noticed that Shannon Sharpe like a few tweets acknowledging the breaking news of his Departure from the hit show Undisputed.
The NY Post, reported yesterday that his departure could be because an issue with his cohost Skip Bayless and now Sharpe was seen on Twitter liking a tweet that said, “Their relationship got progressively worse over the last 2 maybe 3 years because skip fought for him to be on that show but I feel like skip couldn’t stand Shannon succeeding without and that’s when skip was taking pot shots on air.”
He also liked another tweet that read, “I only watched because of Shannon Sharpe, whatever you do next I’m watching.” No official announcement regarding Sharpe’s departure has been made. It remains to be seen what he’ll do next, and who will replace him.
Shannon Sharpe’s recent likes… safe to say he’s leaving because of Skip. I’m not saying the entire reason is because of Skip, but a huge chunk of it is. How they didn’t give Shannon creative control astounds me. He should have had just as much of a say in the show as Skip.… pic.twitter.com/v3gE1wZCbM
— Kevin Bega (@KevinbegaBagel) June 1, 2023
Sharpe’s final show is reportedly expected to be after the NBA Finals end in June. He will also reportedly be taking his “Club Shay Shay” podcast with him from Fox Sports.
The development ends what had been a successful partnership for Fox Sports since it poached Bayless from ESPN’s “First Take’ in 2016 and paired him with Sharpe, previously an NFL commentator for CBS. After years of Bayless verbally sparring with Stephen A. Smith on the highly successful ESPN2 show, Sharpe provided a different voice to counter Bayless in Fox’s own morning debate show.
That partnership saw its highs and lows, though. As the Post noted, there was some very public friction between Sharpe and Bayless in the fallout of the Damar Hamlin incident, in which the Buffalo Billsafety went into cardiac arrest during a game in January and had to be defibrillated on the field, then taken to the hospital. Like many others, Sharpe was disturbed by the sight of a young man nearly dying on the field. He was also apparently incensed by a widely criticized tweet from Bayless asking if the NFL could really postpone the rest of the Monday night game, given its timing and stakes in the playoff race.
Sharpe missed the following day’s “Undisputed” episode, then complained about Bayless’ tweet and had back and forth with Skip after he interjected.
Unc Shannon sharpe was explaining why he wasn’t on undisputed yesterday & this man Skip bayless gonna interrupt him when Shannon tells him to take down the tweet of damar Hamlin
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— Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) (@shannonsharpeee) January 4, 2023
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