When you are a television personality, one misstep can result in catastrophic backlash from the public. Sports commentator Skip Bayless has recently learned it the hard way despite not being new to controversy. The Fox Sports analyst has been making headlines recently and for all the wrong reasons. Bayless’ recent comment following the Damar Hamlin tragedy seemingly made him one of the most disliked personalities on the Internet right now. Amidst all that, a former Golden State Warriors star has garnered attention for his claims about Bayless that fans had a hard time believing.

Shortly after the tragic incident that occurred at the Paul Brown Stadium, Skip Bayless made a seemingly harsh comment regarding the game’s suspension. In his tweet, Bayless had expressed his skepticism regarding the NFL’s decision to postpone the game. Fans and athletes, who were praying for Damar Hamlin’s rapid recovery, lashed out at Bayless for his ‘insensitive’ take on the matter.

Former NBA star gets trolled after claiming that he saved Skip Bayless from assault

The entire Skip Bayless saga had barely began to cool down when former NBA star Matt Barnes decided to drop yet another bomb. As per a deleted tweet previously uploaded by Barnes, the 2017 NBA champion claimed that he had saved Bayless from getting beaten up on two different occasions. Barnes had released the video as a response to Bayless’ comments where he talked about the aforementioned incident.

Barnes said, “I know personally, personally that I?ve had to diffuse two situations. One with a coach, and one with an NBA player. They wanted to f*ck Skip up. Personally I?ve had to do it. One was this year, one was last year. Personally I had to reach out to Unc (Shannon Sharpe) and set up a conversation for people who wanted to f*ck? Skip up. Luckily, cooler heads prevailed, but it?s just gone too far in my opinion.”

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Following this new information, the Twitterati expressed their doubts as they questioned the authenticity of the claims made by Barnes. Below are a few of the tweets.

https://twitter.com/HenryHungwell/status/1611483615837184000?s=20&t=y9fOwd4V9UzyM4WcRe82qg

https://twitter.com/dotsheil95/status/1611482170052300818?s=20&t=y9fOwd4V9UzyM4WcRe82qg

https://twitter.com/aimbotjoe/status/1611480668655214592?s=20&t=y9fOwd4V9UzyM4WcRe82qg

Most fans trolled Barnes for his claim and refused to believe the instances provided by him. They mostly believed that his claims were a desperate attempt to collect Internet brownie points.

Bayless apologizes for his tweet

The game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals was suspended after Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed mid-game on the field due to cardiac arrest. While the sports world commended the NFL for prioritizing their players’ health, Undisputed show host Skip Bayless had a whole other opinion.

Bayless’ tweet read, “no doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game – but how? This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome ? which suddenly seems so irrelevant.”

In response, Bayless received heavy backlash from fans as well as several former and present athletes. Shortly after the previous tweet, Bayless made a public apology and clarified that Hamlin’s ‘health is all that matters’.

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As per latest reports by the Buffalo Bills, Hamlin is breathing fine without the assistance of a breathing tube and has been making progress in his recovery.