Steven A Smith reveals relationship with former co-host skip bis hus ESPN Steven A Smith and former FS one personality skip bis Undisputed haven't been the same since bis and current first take co-host and former Undisputed co-host Shannon sharp bumped heads the former football player was disrespected by bis onire during an episode of Undisputed and Smith reached out to bis to tell him he was wrong for treating sharp in that manner Smith confirmed that bis never responded the media personality reiterated that point in a recent episode of fully loaded hosted by former NFL player Chris Carter the popular sports analyst stated that the last time the two men spoke was in 2022 over a misunderstanding he stated the last conversation they had was due to something that was said while appearing on a podcast that current Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ reic had The Old Man and the three we've only spoken once over the last year a year and a half or so Steven A Smith recalled we don't speak much anymore he got upset over something he thought I said to JJ reck and he went on his podcast and attacked me for about 45 minutes and then I flew to California and approached him face to face and we resolved that issue yet stepen A Smith said he reached back out to bis after the onair disrespect that bis showed towards sharp which led to the NFL Hall of Famer leaving Undisputed and connecting with Smith on First Take I thought he was wrong about Shannon Smith said I thought what he did to Shannon was flagrantly wrong and I called him and he never reached back out so I stopped reaching out you can check out the full discussion above