Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe claimed at first that he had been hacked after sexually explicit audio was accidentally livestreamed to his 3.2 million Instagram followers. Later, he admits and said, “That was a mistake by me, but not by hackers.”.
Longtime Denver Broncos tight end Sharpe apologized publicly for his recent mistake during a special episode of the “Nightcap” podcast, which he co-hosts with former NFL player Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson. It was a special podcast in response to the incident where some explicit audio was accidently livestreamed on Instagram to all his followers. Sharpe took full responsibility for the error and made open discussion about the matter during the podcast.
“Clearly, I’m very embarrassed,” Shannon Sharpe said. “Having been someone who’s Carefully Kept when it comes to the idea of privacy-and such a personal moment in my life, at that-the audio of it being heard by everybody in the world has, uh, really made me feel awful, I feel really embarrassed for a few reasons.
here 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.”
The incident immediately went viral when thousands of people started commenting, as well as sharing the link to Sharpe’s Instagram account. Later, Sharpe deleted the post and said that the mistake had happened because he was “not tech-savvy”.
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The woman, at one point during the incident, also it seems refers to him as “Shannon.” Sharpe, 56, joined ESPN’s First Take last year after leaving FS1’s Undisputed. He also hosts the podcasts Club Shay Shay and Nightcap, the latter with fellow NFL legend Chad Ochocinco Johnson.
He won three Super Bowls throughout his career: twice with the Denver Broncos and once with the Baltimore Ravens. He was also selected as a four-time first-team All-Pro, a one-time second-team All-Pro, an eight-time Pro Bowler, and a member of the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team.
