Fox Sports’ Skip Bayless refuses to delete Damar Hamlin’s tweet over Shannon Sharpe dispute

Fox Sports host Skip Bayless 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 on-field heart attack.

Bayless was slammed by critics for the post, which he apologized for on Tuesday’s episode of Fox Sports ‘Undisputed’ in the mysterious absence of co-host Shannon Sharpe.

Sharpe, a former NFL tight end, returned to the sports debate program on Wednesday but couldn’t finish his monologue without being interrupted by the surly Bayless.

“Skip tweeted something and while I disagreed with the tweet, hopefully Skip will delete it,” Sharpe said before Bayless interjected.

“Time out,” Bayless said on Wednesday. “I won’t take it down because I stand by what I tweeted.”

Fox Sports host Skip Bayless (right) has defiantly refused to delete a tweet questioning the NFL’s decision to close Monday’s Bills-Bengals game following Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin’s on-field heart attack move. Bayless was slammed by critics for the tweet he addressed during Tuesday’s episode of Fox Sports ‘Undisputed,’ from which co-host Shannon Sharpe (left, on Wednesday) was mysteriously absent

Bayless’s offensive tweet came as Hamlin was resuscitated on the lawn of Paycor Stadium on Monday night.

“No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game – but how?” Bayless asked in his tweet. “So late in the season, a game of this magnitude is critical to the regular season outcome…which suddenly seems so irrelevant.”

The game was eventually postponed indefinitely and Hamlin is currently in critical condition at a Cincinnati hospital.

“It seems like it’s trending positively up,” Hamlin’s uncle told CNN.

Bayless was heavily criticized for the tweet, which many described as “insensitive.”

Sharpe also objected to the tweet, though he stopped blaming it for his absence from Tuesday’s show.

“There was a lot of speculation as to why I wasn’t on the air yesterday and I won’t go into speculation, conjecture or innuendo, but I will say this: Watching that game on Monday night struck me what happened to Damar Hamlin a little different,” Sharpe said at the beginning of Wednesday’s program.

“As a fraternity of the NFL, when injuries happen — and we know injuries are part of the game, I’ve seen guys suffer from ACLs and Achilles tendon tears — but I’ve never had to see anyone need to be resuscitated and fought to put their lives on.” the field, so it felt a bit different because I remember seeing my brother [former Packers receiver Sterling Sharpe] temporarily paralyzed on the field and he was able to concentrate again.

Then Bayless interrupted Bayless for the first time.

“Skip, let me finish,” Sharpe said to his longtime co-host.

“No, you go,” Bayless said, seeming to relent.