Shannon Sharpe is firing back at all the criticism after fans roasted him online over his “mortuary” makeup he was seen wearing on ESPN’s ‘First Take,’ with Stephen A. Smith.
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On Monday (October 16), Sharpe admitted that he looked a little different while appearing on the latest episode of ‘First Take.’ Before all of the memes were created and went viral, Sharpe did what he does best and gave his opinions and analysis on recent sports news and happenings.
However, Sharpe’s commentary was not exactly the reason why he went viral this time. No, it was because of how he looked on screen. Social media users made it the topic of conversation as they were beyond fixated on Sharpe’s “mortuary” makeup, which appeared to be on the heavy side, especially the powder.
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Sharpe’s appearance on the recent episode of ESPN’s ‘First Take,’ provoked several unflattering comparisons to other celebrities and even dead bodies at your local mortuary.
While X user Teddy Mason said Sharpe looked “like a mean lunch lady,” another person shared a photo of comedian and actor Dave Chappelle dressed up as the late singer Prince serving pancakes.
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Meanwhile, a Shannon Sharpe parody account called Shannon Sharpeee said, “I’m sorry but they did unc Shannon Sharpe wrong af on first take today man smh got him looking like Randy Jackson.”
Once Shannon Sharpe made it off the air and caught wind of all the comments, he took to X to explain what happened with his “mortuary” makeup. He said, “Appreciate the concern over my makeup this morning on @FirstTake. This was her [first] time doing my makeup and it was a little heavy. My appearance is important not as important as my takes. Hopefully, the takes were [great] as usual. #LipSparringChamp #BestDressed #SPN.”
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Replying to Sharpe’s explanation, one person said, “Poor girl is finished.” Responding to the comment, Sharpe said, “No she isn’t. She’ll get better with my makeup. Isn’t the end of the world.”
Another person replied to Sharpe’s initial explanation and said that he looked like “Juwanna Mann,” which is the transgender basketball player from the 2022 comedy movie of the same title. Sharpe clapped back, “I’ll live and [am] still extremely blessed.”
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