Last week, Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless locked heads on live television. This incident was triggered when Bayless compared the former NFL tight end to Tom Brady. Bayless said, “This man (Brady) is playing at a high level at 45 when you [Sharpe] had to stop at 35”. Following this, all hell broke loose as Sharpe was certainly unhappy with this comparison. As people continue to talk about this heated exchange, Shaquille O’Neal chimed in with his view and expressed his empathy towards the three-time Super Bowl champion.

On The Big Podcast, the three hosts including Shaquille O’Neal spoke about this incident. However, before expressing his serious views about this infamous exchange, Shaq had seen the funny side of it. On Inside the NBA, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal notoriously took a dig at this incident. They also repeated specific lines from the interaction like “put your glasses back on” and “insult me again. Because that’s what you do.” After having had fun, a couple of days later, the four-time champion opened up about the whole debacle.

Shaquille O’Neal on the infamous Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe incident

While expressing his views to his co-host Nischelle Turner and Spice Adams, the four-time NBA Champion said, “I could tell that Shannon (Sharpe) was really hurt by that”. Shaquille O’Neal then went on to justify Sharpe’s feelings.

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First, he stated that it is unfair to compare Tom Brady, a quarterback, to Sharpe, a tight end. Both positions are poles apart and require different skill sets. Hence, the Big Aristotle found it unfair to compare the two Super Bowl champions.

Spice Adams quickly chimed in with his opinion. He said, “If Shannon played quarterback, Shannon could play till he was probably 55 how he take care of his body”.  Secondly, Shaq felt that instead of taking personal shots, Sharpe looked for Skip Bayless to be his “guy”. The one-time MVP then added that a lot of athletes when criticized feel the way Sharpe felt.

The Hall of Famer then spoke about Skip Bayless. He stated that Bayless tends to protect the players he likes. Shaq also mentioned that Bayless doesn’t hesitate to put athletes under the bus. To this claim, Nischelle Turner added, “Oh LeBron, he has thing with LeBron (James), He goes in”. Turner was referring to the numerous occasions when Bayless has heavily criticized LeBron James.

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Shaq wondered if this was the end of this duo. Adams denied that it would be. However, Turner mentioned that this incident has caused a dent in the Sharpe-Bayless chemistry. What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.