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Shannon Sharpe admits he had 'two bad months' with FS1 co-host Skip Bayless, and while the two don't have much of a personal relationship, the Pro Football Hall of Famer says their professional dynamic is back on track.

Speaking on Adam Schein's podcast, Sharpe said tensions arose over Bayless' now-infamous Damar Hamlin tweet in January, when the controversial tweeted about NFL scheduling contingencies in the moments after the Bills safety's on-field cardiac arrest.

'No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game - but how?' Bayless asked in his tweet after Hamlin was revived by team trainers using CPR. 'This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome... which suddenly seems so irrelevant.'

Sharpe and Bayless got into an on-air argument the following day on their FS1 sports-debate show, Undisputed, but the former Denver Broncos tight end says he no longer has an ill will over the conflict.

'I wasn't gonna allow two bad months to ruin six years of a great working relationship,' Sharpe told Schein. 'We have a great working relationship.'

Shannon Sharpe (right) admits he had 'two bad months' with FS1 co-host Skip Bayless (left), and while the two don't have much of a personal relationship, the Pro Football Hall of Famer says their professional dynamic is back on track

Speaking on Adam Schein's podcast, Sharpe said tensions arose over Bayless' now-infamous Damar Hamlin tweet (pictured) in January, when the controversial tweeted about NFL scheduling contingencies in the moments after the Bills safety's on-field cardiac arrest

Bayless was famously close with his former ESPN co-host, Stephen A. Smith, but Sharpe says the two have kept their distance off the air, which he thinks has improved their on-air chemistry.

'I think it helps our relationship on-air that we are not that close,' Sharpe said. 'He doesn't know what I'm thinking and he doesn't know what I'm going to say.'

That certainly appeared to be the case back on January 4, when Sharpe confronted Bayless about the tweet during their show.

'Skip tweeted something, and although I disagreed with the tweet, and hopefully Skip will take it down,' Sharpe said before Bayless interjected.

'Timeout,' Bayless snapped back. 'I'm not going to take it down, because I stand by what I tweeted.'

Bayless faced a wave of criticism over the tweet, which many labeled as 'insensitive.'

Sharpe (left) and Bayless (right) had a major on-air argument on January 4 (pictured) 

Since then, Hamlin has been released from the hospital, and continues to rehab in Western New York.

Sharpe, who was mysteriously absent from the January 3 episode of Undisputed, also objected to the tweet.

'There's been a lot of speculation on why I wasn't on air yesterday, and I won't get into speculation, conjecture, innuendo, but I will say this: Watching that game on Monday night, what happened to Damar Hamlin struck me a little different,' Sharpe said to start the January 4 program.

'As the brotherhood of the NFL, when injuries happen – and we know injuries are part of the game, I've seen guys suffer for ACLs and achilles tear – but I've never had to see anybody have to be revived and fight for their life on the field, so it struck me a little differently, because I remember seeing my brother [former Packers receiver Sterling Sharpe] paralyzed on the field, temporarily, and he was able to regain focus.

It was then that Bayless interrupted Bayless for the first time.

'Skip, let me finish,' Sharpe told his long-time co-host.

'No, you go,' Bayless said, appearing to relent.

Sharpe snapped back: 'I can't even get through a monologue without you interrupting me.'

Sharpe then tried to refocus the conversation by referencing his January 3 absence, and reiterating his concern for Hamlin.

'I was just gonna say, Skip, I didn't want, yesterday, to get into a situation where Damar Hamlin was the issue,' Sharpe continued. 'We should be talking about him, and not get into your tweet.

'That's what I was gonna do. But you can't even let me finish my opening monologue without you interrupting.'

Bayless was apparently unaware that Sharpe would address the issue on Wednesday.

'I was under the impression you weren't going to bring this up, because nobody here had a problem with that tweet,' Bayless said.

Sharpe disagreed.

'Clearly the bosses wanted you to offer explanation,' Sharpe said.

Bayless calmly responded: 'No, they didn't.'

Both Bayless and Sharpe appeared to be agitated as the segment came to an end, but refrained from raising their voices again.

Bayless' tweet sparked fury among NFL fans and former players, as ESPN analyst Robert Griffin III tweeted: 'Damar Hamlin's LIFE is in the balance. Get your head out of your Ass.'

NBA star Isaiah Thomas tweeted: 'I hope they fire you bro!!! For you to even THINK of the game is very sad.'

One fan tweeted: 'A platform as big as yours and you choose to concern yourself with a game over someone's life? You are one of the worst out here. Shame on you.'

The backlash forced Bayless to apologize for questioning whether the game should be postponed.

Bayless tweeted on January 3: 'Nothing is more important than that young man's health. That was the point of my last tweet. I'm sorry if that was misunderstood but his health is all that matters. Again, everything else is irrelevant. I prayed for him and will continue to.'

SHARPE-BAYLESS ON-AIR BLOWUP

SHARPE: There's been a lot of speculation on why I wasn't on air yesterday, and I won't get into speculation, conjecture, inuendo, but I will say this: Watching that game on Monday night, what happened to Damar Hamlin struck me a little different.

As the brotherhood of the NFL, when injuries happen – and we know injuries are part of the game, I've seen guys suffer for ACLs and achilles tear – but I've never had to see anybody have to be revived and fight for their life on the field, so it struck me a little differently, because I remember seeing my brother [former Packers receiver Sterling Sharpe] paralyzed on the field, temporarily, and he was able to regain focus.

Skip tweeted something, and although I disagreed with the tweet, and hopefully Skip will take it down…

BAYLESS: Timeout. I'm not going to take it down, because I stand by what I tweeted.

SHARPE: Skip, let me finish.

BAYLESS: No, you go.

SHARPE: ... I can't even get through a monologue without you interrupting me.

CROSSTALK

SHARPE: I was just gonna say, Skip, I didn't want, yesterday, to get into a situation where Damar Hamlin was the issue. We should be talking about him, and not get into your tweet.

That's what I was gonna do. But you can't even let me finish my opening monologue without you interrupting.

BAYLESS: I was under the impression you weren't going to bring this up, because nobody here had a problem with that tweet.

SHARPE: Clearly the bosses wanted you to offer explanation, so clearly…

BAYLESS: No, they didn't.

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