SKIP Bayless has shared the screen with many co-hosts from his time on ESPN and FOX Sports.
The Undisputed anchor has been married to Ernestine Sclafani for several years.
Born on August 3, 1962, Ernestine Sclafani is a PR agent and media relations specialist from Long Island, New York.
She is also the author of the 2019 book Balls: How to keep your relationship alive when you live with a sports-obsessed guy.
She is also the head of her own Los Angeles-based publicity firm Ernestine Sclafani Bayless PR.
Ernestine describes herself as a “true storyteller at heart” with the “keen and savvy ability to tap into her creative side and execute powerful stories that are award-winning.”
Her PR firm specializes in fashion, consumer lifestyle, integrated marketing, sports, nutrition, and event planning.
She also appeared in episodes of her husband Skip Bayless’ FOX Sports program Undisputed.
Skip and Ernestine first crossed paths when a client of the latter’s was booked for an appearance on the former’s ESPN2 series Cold Pizza.
The two met on the set of Cold Pizza while Skip was retrieving show notes from his dressing room.
In her above-mentioned book, Ernestine recalled: “He literally ran past the door of the green room, where we caught each other’s eyes.
“I guess I gave him a look of familiarity because he stopped and said, ‘Do I know you?’
“He later confided that he wasn’t sure what to say, he gets possessed during his show…just lost in how to win the next live TV debate. So now neither of us was thinking clearly.”
Skip remembered: “I left my notes for our final segment in my dressing room.
“As I literally ran down the hall during a commercial break, I glanced sideways into the green room and caught the gaze of a woman I’d never seen before.
“We chatted awkwardly for maybe 45 seconds, and she gave me her card.
“You might call it love at first spark. There was just something startling to me about the way we instantly clicked.”
On July 28, 2016, Skip and Ernestine tied the knot after dating for 11 years.
The couple revealed to The Knot: “We decided to get married alone, we didn’t tell a soul.
“The judge had the bailiff serve as the best man, and the rest of his chamber were witnesses. It was a really fun and special day, just for us.
“Our friends and family were so supportive and happy for us when we told them what we did.
“They said, ‘That’s so Skip and Ernestine, always full of surprises and dancing to their own beat,'”
At that point, the pair were already engaged for 6 years.
In July 2010, Skip popped the question during their flight from Newark, New Jersey to Oklahoma City.
