Skip Bayless apologizes for tweet after Damar Hamlin’s collapse

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Fox Sports activities host Skip Bayless apologized for web hosting his FS1 show “Undisputed” Tuesday early morning subsequent a controversial tweet about a football player who suffered a clinical emergency in the course of a video game.

His co-host, previous NFL player Shannon Sharpe, did not appear.

Buffalo Payments security Damar Hamlin collapsed mid-recreation for the duration of Monday night’s contest in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals and is at this time in crucial ailment in an location medical center after struggling cardiac arrest.

For the duration of the incident, Bayless tweeted: “no question the NFL is taking into consideration suspending the relaxation of this activity – but how? This late in the season, a recreation of this magnitude is essential to the regular-time final result … which instantly would seem so irrelevant.”

That sparked outrage on Twitter from a range of present-day and former athletes. Former NFL player Jacob Hester advised Bayless to “read the space, and have a heart.” Vikings cornerback Patrick Peterson, previous NFL player Darelle Revis and NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins, among lots of some others, also criticized Bayless.

Bayless later adopted up with a tweet apologizing for what he said was a misunderstanding.

“Nothing is much more critical than that young man’s health. That was the issue of my last tweet. I’m sorry if that was misunderstood but his wellness is all that matters,” Bayless tweeted.

Bayless did not acknowledge the tweet at the starting of Tuesday’s “Undisputed,” but appeared psychological about the incident.

“I apologize for what for what we’re going to established out to do right here these days, if it offends any person for the reason that we’re likely to consider to do the display very a great deal as common we do the display,” he reported. “I’ll confess up entrance that I’m however shook up what took place past evening to Damar Hamlin. In actuality, I’m nonetheless wrecked. In reality, I’m not absolutely sure I’m able of accomplishing this clearly show today.”

He additional that after “barely sleeping on it,” he made the decision to carry on with the converse demonstrate. “We wrestled through a great deal of the evening whether or not to even do a demonstrate nowadays since it felt like in our minds, we almost just can’t win with this due to the fact the final detail we want to do is occur off as insensitive to what this youthful man is likely as a result of in a everyday living or loss of life scenario.”

It was unclear why Sharpe was not on the method, nevertheless Bayless has clashed repeatedly with Sharpe, a former NFL limited conclusion and a member of the Professional Soccer Hall of Fame, in the latest weeks.

The NFL postponed Monday’s recreation after coaches from both equally groups refused to keep on the match, indicating particulars on up coming ways would appear at an “appropriate time.”

Bayless stated Sharpe would return to the present Wednesday.