Shannon Sharpe may be down, but he is certainly not out.
Sharpe is leaving his FS1 show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed, according to a report from last week that stated he reached a buyout with the network, ending his seven-year tenure alongside co-host Skip Bayless.
Sharpe is expected to tape his final appearance after the NBA Finals conclude later this month and his popular podcast Club Shay Shay will also sever ties with the network.
Sharpe has yet to announce what’s coming next, but he did take to Twitter and hint toward a huge announcement.
“Stay tuned for the seeds I’m planting,” he tweeted.
Sharpe has not confirmed his buyout, but he like tweets referencing his departure, including one about his relationship with Bayless “getting progressively worse.”
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Through the years, Sharpe and Bayless have often had different takes on sports stories but their arguments have seemingly gotten more personal over the past few months. Sharpe notably took issue with a tweet Bayless wrote about Damar Hamlin, following the Buffalo Bills safety’s collapse during a game in January.
Sharpe did not appear on the show the following morning, and when he returned, he would deliver a monologue where Bayless would interrupt.
The Hall of Fame tight end and the former newspaper columnist debuted their show in 2016 after Skip left First Take.
Aside from leaving, Sharpe was one of three people whom NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre filed lawsuits against, claiming that they had defamed him in the wake of Favre’s involvement in a Mississippi welfare fraud scandal.
