Shannon Sharpe says he will not let ‘six months wreck six and-a-half years’ with Skip Bayless on ‘Undisputed’ as he prepares for debut on Stephen A. Smith’s ‘First Take’ this Monday

Shannon Sharpe is set to make his ‘First Take’ debut on Monday, however the former ‘Undisputed’ co-host has no arduous emotions over his exit from the present.

Sharpe split from Skip Bayless in June after an almost seven-year run collectively at Fox Sports activities 1.

And whereas he acknowledged there was stress at instances between the pair, he nonetheless seems again on his time with Bayless fondly, as he advised new colleague Stephen A. Smith. 

‘It is not usually that somebody may give you that chance. And I’ve stated this a number of instances, for me, I can’t let six months wreck six and a half good years,’ Sharpe stated on his ‘Club Shay Shay’ podcast with Smith as a visitor. 

‘As a result of generally persons are keen to throw every little thing away for one mistake, or one unhealthy remark or one one thing like this. And although that was all we had been speculated to get.’

Shannon Sharpe had new colleague Stephen A. Smith on his ‘Membership Shay Shay’ podcast

Skip Bayless just lately ushered in a brand new period of ‘Undisputed’ with a model new ‘dream crew’

Whereas it isn’t precisely clear what Sharpe is referring to, the 2 clashed over the winter due to Bayless’ response to Damar Hamlin’s on-field collapse.

With the Payments-Bengals sport stopped earlier than finally being known as off, Bayless tweeted, ‘Little question the NFL is contemplating suspending the remainder of this sport – however how?’ Bayless tweeted because the medical workers tended to Hamlin at Paycor Stadium.

‘This late within the season, a sport of this magnitude is essential to the regular-season consequence … which instantly appears so irrelevant.’

Bayless apologized on air alone the subsequent day as co-host Sharpe was noticeably absent.

Sharpe returned the next day however nonetheless disagreed with Bayless’ refusal to take the tweet down.

Whereas Sharpe has since resurfaced on ‘First Take’, Smith nonetheless does not really feel nice about the way in which his exit was dealt with. 

‘Hear, I obtained quite a lot of mates over there, alright, everyone knows that,’ Smith stated on ‘Membership Shay Shay.’ ‘I do know lots of people however that does not imply what occurred to you is truthful. Plain and easy. 

‘That ain’t the tip of the world however it’s what it’s. To me, it was simply essential for us on this trade to face up and say yo, he is considered one of us, you possibly can’t let him exit like this. And that was it for me. You’ll be able to go wherever you need, you possibly can come to ‘First Take’, positive. You wish to go some other place, positive.’ 

Sharpe beforehand spent practically seven years with Skip Bayless on Fox Sports activities’ ‘Undisputed’

Smith beforehand admitted to getting former co-host Max Kellerman fired from ‘First Take.’

Bayless has since changed Sharpe with a ‘dream team’ consisting of ex-NFL stars Richard Sherman, Keyshawn Johnson and Michael Irvin.

However Smith was very happy so as to add Sharpe to his present in a twice-weekly function.

‘I wished the world to know you had been wished,’ he stated on Membership Shay Shay. ‘In 2009, the trade minimize me off & left me for lifeless. … So let me let the world know Shannon has me.’

Bayless’ new-look ‘Undisputed’ was dominated in the ratings by ‘First Take’ in its first week.