‘I’m not taking my tweet down’: Charles Barkley taunts Skip Bayless over his row with Shannon Sharpe over his refusal to delete controversial Damar Hamlin tweet
- The NBA national treasure poked fun at his nemesis Skip Bayless on Thursday
- Shaquille O’Neal couldn’t help but play his part in the hilarious charade as well
- Barkley and O’Neal have already poked fun at Bayless and Shannon Sharpe this year
- The debate show couple clashed on Wednesday’s episode of FS1’s Undisputed
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Charles Barkley has once again poked fun at Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe following their fiery disagreement over FS1 earlier this week.
While producing on Inside the NBA on Thursday night, Barkley produced several viral moments, as he often does by role-playing as Sharpe and Bayless with Shaquille O’Neal.
Sharpe, a former NFL tight end, returned to Undisputed on Wednesday but couldn’t finish his monologue without being interrupted by the dour Bayless, who defiantly dismissed his insensitive tweet about Damar Hamlin’s collapse on Monday.
No, Charles Barkley Trolling Skip Bayless & unc Shannon Sharpe made me cry 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Shaq couldn’t stop laughing 🤣 pic.twitter.com/iiiDwVDEvK
— Shannonnn Sharpe’s Burner (PARODY account) (@shannonsharpeee) January 6, 2023
Charles Barkley was more than happy to poke fun at nemesis Skip Bayless on Thursday
“I’m sick of you, man. i’m sick of you You interrupted Ernie… can he finish his monologue?’ Barkley asked.
“I’m not taking my tweet down, I’m not taking my tweet down. I believe what I said,” he added to much laughter.
Barkley wasn’t done yet, adding, “I know I’m just like Shannon, I know what it’s like to work with someone you hate.”
Sharpe caused a stir Tuesday after failing to show up for work on Undisputed before returning the next day, where he clashed with Bayless.
Bayless defiantly refused to delete a tweet questioning the NFL’s decision to postpone Monday’s Bills-Bengals game after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field.
Bayless’ tweet came as Hamlin was resuscitated on the lawn of Paycor Stadium on Monday night
However, this came at the expense of Sharpe’s monologue, which he couldn’t get through without being interrupted by his interlocutor.
In mid-December, Barkley and O’Neal trolled another altercation between Sharpe and Bayless.
The charade began when O’Neal said to Barkley, “I’m going to hit you now”, during their halftime coverage.
Barkley played the role of NFL Hall of Famer Sharpe, putting his glasses on before taking them off and yelling, “insult me again.”
Bayless, often controversial, sparked fury with his tweet over Damar Hamlin’s condition
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Unc Shannon Sharpe was mad after Skip Bayless shot him while talking about Tom Brady 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/Hddec3qI9y
— Shannonnn Sharpe’s Burner (PARODY account) (@shannonsharpeee) December 12, 2022
O’Neal replied, “Put your glasses back on, Chuck” while grinning—the same quote Bayless had used a day earlier. ‘That’s what you do! Every time you insult me,” Barkley said, laughing hysterically.
Sharpe took off his glasses during Monday’s debate show after getting angry at Bayless in an explosive discussion surrounding Tom Brady.
“This man is playing at a high level at 45 when you had to retire at 35,” Bayless said.
Sharpe angrily replied, “That’s what you do! Every time I question something, I understand it.”
Bayless (right) has defiantly refused to delete a tweet questioning the NFL’s decision to postpone Monday’s Bills-Bengals game following Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest
SHARPE-BAYLESS ON-AIR BLOWUP
SHARPE: There was a lot of speculation as to why I wasn’t on the air yesterday and I’m not going to engage in speculation, conjecture or innuendo, but I will say this: when I saw that game on Monday night, something struck me about Damar Hamlin happened i a little bit different.
As the fraternity of the NFL, when injuries occur — and we know injuries are part of the game — I’ve seen boys suffer from cruciate ligament tears and Achilles tendon tears — but I’ve never had to see anyone resuscitate and fight for their pain had to be life in the field so it felt a bit different to me because I remember seeing my brother [former Packers receiver Sterling Sharpe] temporarily paralyzed on the field and he was able to concentrate again.
Skip tweeted something, and while I disagreed with the tweet, hopefully Skip will delete it…
BAYLESS: Timed out. I won’t take it down because I stand by what I tweeted.
Sharpe: Skip, let me finish.
BAYLESS: No, you go.
Sharpe: …I can’t even get through a monologue without you interrupting me.
CROSS-TALK
Sharpe: I was about to say, Skip, I didn’t want to get into a situation yesterday involving Damar Hamlin. We should be talking about him, not your tweet.
I wanted to do that. But you can’t even let me finish my opening monologue without you interrupting it.
BAYLESS: I got the impression that you wouldn’t address that because no one here had a problem with that tweet.
SHARPE: Obviously the bosses wanted you to make a statement, so clearly…
BAYLESS: No, they didn’t.