Skip Bayless Says He Will 'Go a Little Deeper' with Fox, ESPN Was Too 'Fearful'

Skip Bayless has always brought the heat.

From his opinions on Tim Tebow to LeBron James, the former First Take co-host has never been one to back down from his beliefs.

Now, according to the 64-year-old, things will get even hotter now that he's with Fox Sports 1. Here's what he told Marisa Guthrie of the Hollywood Reporter:

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Too many people in charge at ESPN, for my taste, were a little too fearful. It's a Disney network. There are just certain boundaries that you can't even tiptoe along. Not that we won't have boundaries at Fox, because we will. [But] they will trust me to go a little deeper. I can be completely honest on everything.

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Bayless continued by saying: "I'm not suggesting I'm going to become some sort of shock jock because that's not me. I say what I say because I believe it from the bottom of my soul and I can back it up. Now I feel like I can be completely honest, heart-and-soul, with full support from the people above me."

Perhaps boldest of all, Bayless said his new network will allow him to take off the "handcuffs."

Bayless later tweeted he will miss Stephen A. Smith and others at ESPN:

He added the new show, which has yet to be named, will launch Sept. 6. It will directly compete with First Take, which airs at the same time:

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