Shannon Sharpe Sat Out 'Undisputed' After Skip Bayless' Damar Hamlin Tweet
Shannon Sharpe was not present on Tuesday's episode of Undisputed. It was odd that a former NFL player and one of FS1's most prominent voices was absent the day after the league essentially shut down after the Damar Hamlin incident. Reports are now surfacing that Sharpe sat out the show due to an insensitive tweet from co-host Skip Bayless.
TMZ is reporting Sharpe was upset a tweet Bayless sent minutes after Hamlin's heart stopped on the field. In the wake of medical professionals administering CPR and using a defibrillator on the 25-year-old, Bayless said the following:
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.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 3, 2023
A host of current and former athletes ipped Bayless for the tweet:
all u care about is football when damar hamlin’s life is at risk. coming from u i expected more. this tweet is not. u of all people should know better bro.
— Darrelle Revis (@Revis24) January 3, 2023
Come on!!!
— Patrick Peterson /P2 (@P2) January 3, 2023
Christ… what is wrong with you? How in the hell can you put something like this out there? A man’s life is at risk. Nobody gives a damn about playoff seeds and standings right now. Read the room, and have a heart man.
— Jacob Hester (@JacobHester18) January 3, 2023
You’re a sick individual. Real Talk.
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 3, 2023
Bayless sent the following tweet nearly an hour later:
Nothing is more important than that young man's health. That was the point of my last tweet. I'm sorry if that was misunderstood but his health is all that matters. Again, everything else is irrelevant. I prayed for him & will continue to.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 3, 2023
Bayless attempted to clarify the meaning behind his tweet during Tuesday's show.
TMZ is reporting FS1 wants Sharpe back as soon as possible, but that it doesn't know when he'll return.