Skip and Stephen A. worked because they were essentially the same person.
They are media people who worked their way from the ground up to be media personalities by saying and doing outlandish things.
The difference with Shannon Sharpe is that he is a Hall of Fame football player, so at times, the way Skip talks to him is crazy because Shannon played sports at the highest level one can play.
According to Front Office Sports, Skip has grinded on Shannon so much that he needed to take a personal day off from work.
Bayless’ “Undisputed” co-host Shannon Sharpe raised eyebrows by skipping Tuesday’s show.
That sparked speculation that the Pro Football Hall of Famer no-showed either as a protest of Bayless or as a statement of support for Hamlin, who remains hospitalized in critical condition.
One source noted it’s highly unusual for Sharpe to skip the embrace debate program the morning after “Monday Night Football,” when “Undisputed” viewership is typically at its peak.
Bayless, the longtime enfant terrible of sports TV, sparked widespread outrage Monday night when he asked how the NFL could possibly postpone the Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game so late in the season with playoff seeding on the line.
“No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game – but how? This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome… which suddenly seems so irrelevant,” he tweeted.
The Hamlin controversy is not the only problem for the 71-year-old Bayless.
Another source said his relationship with the 54-year-old Sharpe has deteriorated to an “all-time low.”
Sharpe signed a multi-year extension with FS1 back in 2019.
No one knows precisely how many years are left on that contract and if Sharpe can get out of it.
I will say the drama leads to Undisputed hitting record-high ratings.
Flip the page for Skip handling the show solo today.
