Stephen A. Smith calls out everyone ripping Shannon Sharpe for 'Skip' mistake: 'Calm the [expletive] down'

I don’t want to repeat myself again, so here’s what I said the first time we saw Shannon Sharpe call Stephen A. Smith “Skip” (as in, his old TV sparring partner, Skip Bayless) on ESPN’s First Take: “This is completely understandable. Shannon Sharpe spent seven years debating Skip Bayless on FS1’s Undisputed before leaving. Now that he’s joining ESPN’S First Take for a few times each week, some old habits are going to have to die hard.”

On Tuesday, it happened again, and you could see how frustrated Sharpe was with it. Smith, however, has been so kind and understanding about the mistake.

And he even back that up with a tweet:

Will folks calm the F$&@ down please. The man (@ShannonSharpe) worked with Skip for 2 1/2 hours every single weekday for 6 1/2 YEARS! I’m surprised he hasn’t called me Skip more. Honest mistake. Nobody is fazed this way! So long as he shows up to @FirstTake when I ask, we are… https://t.co/ZWVKpGJHBH

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) September 12, 2023

That’s some good support right there.