Before Friday's episode of ESPN's First Take even started, Skip Bayless took to his Twitter account to tease a special announcement.
As he and co-host Stephen A. Smith proceeded to argue about hot-button sports topics such as Deflategate, NBA playoff action and hilariously if a 52-year-old Michael Jordan could defeat LeBron James one-on-one today — Skip said he would — it finally came time for Bayless to unveil the first person that he'd be following on Twitter.
It was none other than Dallas Cowboys' star quarterback Tony Romo.
Right then and there on his laptop, Bayless clicked follow to make it official. Bayless now has 1.6 million followers and Romo is the one person he's following.
I'm now thinking about actually following one person. I just might announce who that person is during today's show. Want to guess?
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) May 15, 2015
Skip especially seemed to be thrilled by the prospect that if Romo follows him back, the two could direct message each other. Good grief! The whole lovefest generated this response from a disgusted Stephen A., who lost a bet with Skip last season and had to wear a Tony Romo jersey for an entire First Take episode.
"@RealSkipBayless you can KICK ROCKS." - @stephenasmith on Romo being the only person Skip follows pic.twitter.com/hYikE95XyJ — ESPN First Take (@ESPN_FirstTake) May 15, 2015
The hilarious moment spilled over to the Internet with these funny reactions.
Out of Billions of people on planet earth..............this dude Skip Bayless follows Tony Romo. I JUST UNFOLLOWED YOU SKIP BAYLESS!
— #TheSubwayTeam (@CoachPatelN) May 15, 2015
Must be a New York Giants fan.
Lmfaooooooooooooooooo skip Bayless only follows one person and it is Tony Romo. The obsession is REAL — Boys Don't Cry (@Stubbs_Heat93) May 15, 2015
He can say that again ... and Skip doesn't even attempt to hide it. When it comes to his beloved Cowboys and San Antonio Spurs, Bayless's journalism objectivity goes out the window.
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