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Following the accidental streaming of a sex act on his Instagram live, Shannon Sharpe has been publicly ridiculed by social media users, prompting him to claim that his Instagram account was hacked. “Me and my team are working vigorously to figure this out.” Later that evening, Sharpe admitted, “My phone wasn’t hacked. It wasn’t a prank, it was me being a healthy, active male.” The statement released claiming he was hacked was later deleted. On Wednesday afternoon, Sharpe unintentionally went on live sharing audio of him and an unidentified woman having intercourse.
“Obviously, I am embarrassed,” Sharpe said on an “emergency” episode of his and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson’s Nightcap series. “Someone that is extremely, extremely private and to have one of your most intimate details—the audio—heard for the entire world to hear, I’m embarrassed for a number of reasons.” Sharpe alleged that his lack of technological awareness led to the incident.
“I threw my phone on the bed, engaged in an activity,” the ESPN broadcaster explained. “I did not know IG Live. I’ve never turned IG Live on so I don’t know how it works, and all of sudden my other phone started going off.” It was one of Sharpe’s marketing managers, alerting him to the saucy stream. A third person was then able to end the livestream.
“There are a lot of people that count on Shannon to be professional at all times, and I always try to be professional at all times, even when I’m behind closed doors. I’m very disappointed in myself, not for the act. I think there are millions and billions of people of consenting age that engage in activities, but for the audio to be heard I’m disappointed in myself. I let a lot of people down,” he continued.
