Shannon Sharpe apologized Monday for his actions Friday night at the Grizzlies-Lakers game.

The “Undisputed” host opened his show talking about his role in a sideline altercation with multiple Grizzlies players and the father of Memphis star Ja Morant on Friday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

“As you have probably heard or seen Friday night at the Lakers game, I want to apologize for my behavior,” Sharpe said. “As I’ve preached for the last 6 1/2 years, responsibility and accountability. And I take full responsibility for what transpired. It does not matter what Dillon Brooks said or how many times he said it. Me being the responsible person, me having the platform that I have and having so many people look up to me, I was wrong. I should have lowered the temperature in the arena. Instead, I turned the temperature up, and I let it get out of hand.”

Sharpe also apologized to the Lakers organization and fans.

“I want to apologize to a few people,” he said. “First of all, I want to apologize to the Lakers organization. To Jeannie Buss and the Buss family, I apologize for any harm or unwanted attention that I brought to your organization. I want to apologize to the fans that were in attendance and the fans that watched on television, because that’s not what you paid for and that’s not what you tuned in to watch. Shannon Sharpe should have been mentioned as someone that was at the game, not someone who let his emotions run hot and get out of hand during the game.”

Ja Morant missed his first five shots and was 2 of 10 with six points in the first half before he had a heated courtside conversation with Sharpe — the Pro Football Hall of Famer and Fox Sports personality — before halftime.

Tee Morant – Ja’s father – was seen coming up to Sharpe and the larger altercation from the side, and the two had to be separated by security.

The cause of the altercation, at least from Sharpe’s point of view, was incredibly stupid.

Sharpe told ESPN’s Dave McMenamin that the fight first started after Sharpe told Brooks he “was too small to guard LeBron (James).”

“They didn’t want this smoke, Dave,” Sharpe told ESPN. “They do all that talking and jockeying and I ain’t about that jockeying. It started with Dillon Brooks. I said he was too small to guard LeBron. He said, (expletive) me. I said, (expletive) you back. He started to come at me and I said, ‘You don’t want these problems.’

“And then Ja came out of nowhere talking. He definitely didn’t want these problems. Then the dad came and he obviously didn’t want no problems. But I wanted anything they had. Don’t let these fools fool you now.”

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.