Skip Bayless says his Troy Aikman relationship has been fixed: We text

Skip Bayless said things are “great” between him and Troy Aikman after years of discourse, which became public when Bayless addressed a rumor that Aikman was gay in his 1996 book “Hell-Bent.” During an appearance on the latest installment of the “Pardon My Take” podcast with hosts Dan “Big Cat” Katz and PFT Commenter (Eric Sollenberger), Bayless explained that Aikman “has been nothing but good to me” after they “came back around” and moved past it.“Great.

We’re in touch, we’re friendly,” Bayless said before asking PFT if he was referring to their fallout over Bayless’ book.“Did you imply or say he was gay in the book?” PFT asked.“I did not say … you didn’t read it obviously,” Bayless said, prompting Big Cat to say, “We don’t read.”Bayless said he was shocked that the former Cowboys quarterback didn’t like his book at first.

“If you had read my book, you would love the way I portrayed Troy in my book, because Troy was the hero of that book,” Bayless said.“I liked my portrayal of him that I signed a book and hand delivered the very first copy of my book to Troy on the camp practice field at St.

Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.“First day of camp, practice ended, I took my book up and gave it to him.

And I was shocked that originally, he did not like it.But we have come back around and he’s been nothing but great to me.

And we text.” Aikman has yet to address Bayless’ comments.In the book, Bayless never said Aikman was gay — and instead discussed a rumor that he claimed was being circulated by then-Cowboys head coach Barry Switzer’s camp.Bayless didn’t investigate the rumor further after he spoke with Aikman’s agent Leigh Steinberg, a Dallas police source, a team source and sportscaster Dale Hansen, all of whom say Aikman isn’t gay.Aikman made it known that their rift lived on when he publicly chastised Fox Sports’ decision to hire Bayless in 2016.“To say I’m disappointed ...