Shannon Sharpe Says Intimate IG Live Moment Was Accidental

Yes, here it is! Shannon Sharpe is responsible for the unintentional Join IG Live while being intimate with a mystery woman. He also clarified the “hacked” message shared from his Instagram account hours after the incident.

Shannon Sharpe Says He’s “Embarrassed” by Intimate Live Session That Went Viral on His IG

On Wednesday (September 11), screen capture clips emerged on social media platforms, specifically X (formerly Twitter), of two people involved in an intimate moment. The clips originated from an IG Live on Shannon Sharpe’s account but do not show the faces or bodies of the man and woman involved. Instead, the footage appears to be some kind of surface, while the audio features moaning and sexually explicit chatter.

Hours after the clips went viral, a statement appeared on Shannon’s IG Stories, claiming that Sharpe’s account had been hacked and that his team was investigating. The post was signed “Unc.”

Now, in a new chat with ‘Night Cap’ co-host Chad Ochocinco, the former pro athlete has admitted that he was the one heard in the video and that no one hacked his account. Shannon Sharpe’s IG Live was just an unfortunate incident that he now feels “embarrassed” about.

“Obviously, I find it embarrassing that someone who is extremely, extremely private would have one of the most private details of themselves, audio, heard by the whole world, I find it embarrassing for a number of reasons. People trust Shannon to be professional,” Shannon told Chad.

Sharpe added that he tries to maintain his professionalism, even “behind closed doors.” After the IG Live exposure, Shannon Sharpe said he was “very disappointed” in himself. He clarified that he wasn’t disappointed in himself for doing the act, just that the world heard it and spread it online.

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Shannon says he did not stage the incident.

Additionally, Sharpe revealed that he called his sister and that his friends had contacted him after the incident.

“This was not staged. When I got in, I threw my phone on the bed, I was in an activity. I didn’t know IG Live, I’d never been on IG Live, I’d never turned on IG Live,” Shannon Sharpe added. “So I had no idea how it worked. All of a sudden, my other phone was ringing and I had people calling me, FaceTime, that I had never talked to a day in my life.”

After a while, he connected the dots with the help of the people who blew him off and explained the situation to him. Sharpe says someone on his team named Jordan went off IG Live and posted the statement. Meanwhile, he immediately addressed the situation with ESPN and his agency, admitting the truth right away.

“Oh my gosh, my heart sank. It dropped,” Shannon said. “My phone wasn’t hacked. It wasn’t a prank. It was me, a healthy, active man,” he said.

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