Shannon Sharpe reacts to Ray Lewis' 'I wasn't protesting, I was praising God' comment | UNDISPUTED

first I don't like that he called me by my entire government name Shannon Sharpe I think he could have just referenced Shannon and everyone would have no known who he was talking about skip I get why he's angry because when your friends offer the harshest critique of you it hurts the most because they're closest to you and I get why he's angry he had him and he also have a very valid point I could have called him and asked great what were you doing but we have an early show he's flying back from London I could honestly say this I'm not so sure had I even talked to him I still would have said what I said because the optics of it and what he's saying even though he says he was praying and I take him at his word that he was praying you mean to tell me you can't drop down on two knees beside Colin Kapernick and still ask that God that you were asking you as you mentioned in that sea of chaos that was going on off of what President Trump said I'm sure Colin Kaepernick would like prayers also he would like someone to kneel down beside him and ask this God this great and glorious God that we pray to most of us some of us pray to on a daily basis you say skip perception is not always reality but the optics of it given what he had said because when he first had another thing you mentioned this ray you got to be careful at social media because he kept saying what they said they said shannon sharpe saying they they we know who those they are yeah we do or we don't know but go ahead right and the thing was is that he's listening to what they say said the problem that the thing that hurts me the most is that I said what I said ray came back with his critique and now we're talking about it and we're still not talking about the issue at hand we're talking about the anthem and I've tried so hard skip I've done since I've become on this side of the equation the media I've always tried not to be a part of the story and what I try to do is offer my opinion and say this is what I believe and I have it wavered when it comes to Colin Kapernick his ability to play and Colin Kapernick and what he originally took the me for I have not wavered you have invest and that's my only thing now ray and I somehow become subplots to an issue ray should have his opinion I should have my opinion but I should not have to offer a critique I shouldn't have to come back and try to explain myself to what he'd said last night he said what he said I honestly believe skip that ray and I are trying to get to the same direction the same destination I just believe that we're taking different paths in order to get there I also told ray last night we had a very heartfelt conversation skip because I've known ray Lewis for over two decades I've seen him at a point of order do you think you spoke to him before or a spoke to him after after after yes yes and I did not hear what he said people they were calling the you know people called me friends called me friends of both of us did you hear what Ray said I said no I haven't heard it yet I say but people have informed me what was what he said or you know are you upset no I'm not upset I my grandmother to have a saying skip she said son teeth and tongue to fall out your tongue your teeth bite your tongue your tongue manage your teeth and they might part ways she said my son family and friends should never fall out I'm never gonna fall out with Ray Lewis we disagree on this issue we disagree what what what Colin Kapernick is doing we disagree with how we should best go about it but that's okay we're gonna remain friends but we can just we can agree to disagree I'm not upset with ray I'm not fitting to go back and forth with Ray and try to offer what they call it ether him for what he said you know what Sharon what are you doing woody I'm not here to defend what I do or don't do that's not the issue Shannon Sharpe is not the issue Ray Lewis isn't the issue the issue is what Colin Kaepernick what leg Colin Kapernick to originally take a knee and that was the unarmed killing that was the end justices that he sees in America and people are going unpunished that's why he took the knee in anything other than that should be unacceptable but we're talking about a flag we're talking about an anthem and we're talking about what he did or didn't do and all I told him last night I say to Ray the optics of it or what you said on the show and how I was spoken you've been about kneeling because the anthem and the flag mean so much to you so you can understand how it looked to me given what you had said you know how it looked to me doing what you did and I don't feel that you know it called him if Colin was in that very situation I don't know given your stance against him with you if you would have nailed kneeled down beside him on both knees or one knee and that was all I was that was my only point rate I what was the tone of the conversation when you first said hello he was upset yeah it went calls went unanswered and like I told him I said ray eventually you're gonna pick first he wouldn't take any but he wouldn't accept any of my calls then we started texting yeah I said man I'm nothing to sit here I said dude you think I'm bout to sit here you took my 242 I'm damn near 50 nothing I'm finna sit here and text you back and forth I picked up the phone and I think by the tone of my text he got it like okay big bro up said let's hash this out and I was like Ray I get that you're upset I see but as one of your bear I say rain you're one of the few people that if you call shannon sharpe and say brother i need you i don't ask any questions I say when I don't say what you need I don't say why you needed when fact that's it mm-hmm so whatever we got going on okay I'll let him speak first I say I'm gonna let you talk I want you to boy your side of the equation and then when you finish let me have my say we did that bro I love you I love you too you're gonna have to do your part tomorrow I'm gonna do my part tomorrow and I'm gonna move forward and it ended with what that bro I love you good bro you know I love you beautiful I'm always gonna be I'm always gonna be in your corner but before we got the phone we disagree on this one so I appreciate the fact by the way I appreciate the fact that I get to do this show with you every day because I love you as much as I think right uh we haven't been together that was a beautiful story you just told I appreciate it I realize that it makes you slightly uncomfortable that you have become part and parcel of this story but from my perspective you have whether you like it or not because you have become a profoundly powerful national voice on the Kapernick issue defending him in in trying to continue to fight for what he's saying yes as opposed to what he's doing right and and you continue to fight for the message more than the form of the protest right love it believe in it get it Ray Lewis has been a profoundly powerful voice for the black community in many ways and all of a sudden he's at odds with many in the black community and if you don't mind me bringing it up I think there's a petition in Baltimore help me out with it yes there's a petition and it has I think 20,000 as of early this morning to have his statue removed from in front of the Ravens Stadium after all he's given to that community skip at some point in time we're gonna have to be able to disagree and he called me and I could hear the pain I could hear the anguish and and the hurt and he was almost in tears he's like che do you understand how many death threats I received do you understand that my family has received death threats and I've had to turn this over to Baltimore PD it shouldn't be that skip ray and I have a difference of opinions on how we should resolve this issue but to have discourse you can't be upset because one guy is not in your corner that you would want to do harm to him or his family that's not what this is about we should be able to have healthy dialogue we should be able to disagree and that's the end of the day I disagree with your brother but I understand I respect your point of view and to remove his statue what did it statue have to do with anything he has been very active in the Baltimore community has he so I don't get that you can be disappointed because he doesn't support the stance that you share with Colin Kapernick but it's going too far when you try to do BA when you think about or you mentioned doing harm to him or his family in that statue well if they try to remove that statue let me tell you what's going to happen to people that's gonna make a lot of money construction companies that's taking it down and the sculptors that build it because when they take it down I'm gonna have to to put back up so that's let's just leave the statue alone let's stick to the issue Rhea and Shannon are fine we just disagree on the Colin Kapernick situation thanks for watching subscribe here to get the latest 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Length: 9min 20sec (560 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 27 2017