The unfortunate day has come for sports fans who enjoyed watching Shannon Sharpe on FS1’s Undisputed. Today marks his last day on the show and he’s sharing an emotional goodbye to his fans.
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is officially my last day at work,” Sharpe said on Tuesday morning’s episode. “After seven years, the train stops for Shannon Sharpe and ‘Undisputed’ right here.” While wiping away tears, he even shared l an emotional message for co-anchor Skip Bayless. “I’ll never forget what you did for me,” Sharpe said. “All I ask is when you lay your head on your pillow at night, know I gave you everything I had.” In response, Bayless told the former athlete, “The greatest compliment I can give you is you were a worthy adversary.”
News about Sharpe parting ways with the show first came out back in May. Reports stated that Sharpe and Fox Sports, the parent company of Fox Sports 1, which airs “Undisputed,” reached a buyout agreement. At the time, it was said that Sharpe’s final show would sure after the 2023 NBA Finals conclude in June… which ended Monday night as the Nuggets won their first championship.
Shannon Sharpe tears up while thanking Skip Bayless for everything he’s done for him
“You’ve helped me grow more than you’ll ever know” pic.twitter.com/Lf6me1VrM7
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Sharpe’s exit also comes months after a couple of tense disagreements between him and co-host Skip Bayless – most recently on how the NFL should handle the response to Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest earlier this year.
“No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game — but how?’ said Bayless in a tweet just hours after Hamlin’s collapse on the field of Paycor Stadium. “This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome … which suddenly seems so irrelevant.”
Sharpe was absent from the episode of Undisputed on January 3, which took place just a day after news of Hamlin’s health. When he returned to air on January 4, he said he wished Bayless would’ve deleted his tweet. However, Bayless eventually apologized for his choice of words.
So What’s Next For Shannon Sharpe?
“You’ll see me again somewhere, I just don’t know where,” Sharpe said on Tuesday’s episode, following a bunch of speculation online over the last couple of weeks.