‘I’ll Punch You Right in the F*cking Face’: Ex-NFL Star Cris Carter Reveals He Once Threatened Skip Bayless

Retired NFL receiver Cris Carter was so upset by something Skip Bayless said on TV that he got in his face and threatened to punch him in the face.

Last week, Bayless’ time at Fox Sports came to end an. Following weeks of speculation, Bayless confirmed his departure shortly after Friday’s episode of Undisputed. He spent eight years with the network.

On Monday’s episode of his podcast Fully Loaded, Carter revealed why he — along with many other athletes — wasn’t a fan of Bayless. It started during Bayless’ time at ESPN.

“A number of years ago, I was on a show with [Stephen A. Smith] and Skip Bayless,” Carter said. “I was working at ESPN, doing NFL. I would do Mike Greenberg after doing my NFL stuff; and then I would come on there because Stephen A. and I were friends. I didn’t know Skip personally; and I’m gonna be honest with you — Skip Bayless was not one of my favorite people.

“So, I’m on there doing the show. I do the show and everything; and all of a sudden — this is when the [Tim Tebow] phenomenon was going on and [Bayless] was a huge Tim Tebow guy… So I come on there on a Monday and we’re trading barbs and everything. We back and forth, back and forth, back and forth; and then I just level said it and was like, ‘Listen, if throwing the football is important in the NFL, Tim Tebow will never be a starting quarterback.’ So, he got defensive and then he came back and said, ‘Well, that’s why you didn’t win a Super Bowl,’ which got nothing to do with nothing.”

As soon as the show got to commercial, Carter let Bayless know how he really felt.

“I took my ear piece out,” Carter continued, “and I told him, ‘I’ll never be on your show again, and if you ever say anything like that to me again, I’ll punch you right in the fucking face.”

Carter said he then walked off the set. Producers and other crew members — including Smith — urged him to stay. Carter, however, was adamant on leaving and vowed to never appear on the same show as Bayless again.

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