Shannon Sharpe breaks silence on Skip Bayless and Undisputed exit: "Cannot let six months ruin six and half good years"

Shannon Sharpe broke his silence on his departure from Undisputed. On his podcast, Club Shay Shay with current First Take co-host Stephen A. Smith, Sharpe acknowledged that some things had gone sour between him and Skip Bayless at the end. Nevertheless, he thanked the current FS1 host for giving him the opportunity to succeed:

"It's not often that someone can give you that opportunity. And I've said this several times, for me, I cannot let six months ruin six and a half good years.

"Because sometimes people are willing to throw everything away for one mistake, or one bad comment or something like this. And even though that was all we were supposed to get."

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Tabitha Brown spurred Shannon Sharpe to leave Skip Bayless

Shannon Sharpe revealed that actress Tabitha Brown had been the reason why he got the courage to move on from Skip Bayless and Undisputed.

The actress told him that she had a divine revelation that things were going to be alright with Sharpe even if he went in a different route to Skip Bayless. The former NFL tight end recounted:

"About four more months ago, I had Tabitha Brown, she had no idea this was going on. So, we wrapped the interview... We took our mics off, and she leans in close to me.

"She said, 'I had a dream last night. God told me, it's gonna be okay for you to go ahead and do what you need to do'. She says it's gonna be different. But you need to go on your own."

The former Super Bowl winner was agonizing over the decision for some time but was unsure if that was the right thing to do. He took her intervention as a sign that it was time to move on:

"Once she told me that, I was at peace. Because I'm racking my brain. I'm like, 'What did I do? Did I say something? Did I offend somebody? I mean, I think I'm doing a great job'. She said, be at peace with it."

Shannon Sharpe joined Stephen A. Smith on First Take, while Undisputed has Skip Bayless with Richard Sherman, Michael Irvin, Keyshawn Johson and Rachel Nichols, among others.