Shannon Sharpe confirmed during an “emergency” episode. Nightcap podcast with Chad Ochocinco Johnson that his Instagram account was not hacked.
Social media was in an uproar after clips of Sharpe's random Instagram Live session appeared on timelines of the NFL Hall-of-Famer turned sports analyst and podcaster having sex with a woman named Michelle.
Sharpe initially wrote on his IG Stories, “Warning, my Instagram account @shannonsharpe84 has been hacked. He later confirmed during the episode that this was false and that he accidentally started sharing the encounter on Instagram Live.
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THE Club Shay Shay The host admitted to Ochocinco that he was “embarrassed” by the intimate moment, which featured him saying some pretty suggestive things and, at one point, growling and going on Instagram Live.
“I walked in, threw my phone on the bed, engaged in an activity. I didn't know about IG Live. I've never been on IG Live, I've never turned on IG Live, so I don't know how it works,” Sharpe explained.
He then revealed that his assistant shut down the live stream and posted the post on Instagram Stories about his account being hacked.
Sharp said he realized what happened after he spoke with the marketing representative and learned exactly what happened on his Instagram account.
“My heart sank,” Sharp said. “I called my agent, I called the agency, I called ESPN and I [thought] just tell them the truth. My phone wasn't hacked, it wasn't a prank, I was a healthy, active man.”
Sharpe added that he was “very disappointed in myself” and “had let a lot of people down”. And he continued, “Obviously, I'm embarrassed. [I’m] someone who is extremely, extremely private, and to have one of your most intimate parts out there for the whole world to hear, I'm embarrassed.”
Did Shannon Sharp set up this incident?
The two managed to make light of the situation, with Ochocinco showing the entire hilarious conversation on X, formerly of Twitter. Sharpe even made t-shirts quickly to take advantage of his mistake and pushed bone pills during the episode.
Some even believe Sharpe knew what he was doing, pointing out that there are several steps involved in starting an Instagram Live session.
Cam'ron thinks Sharpe staged it the whole incident and shows a plethora of things Sharpe did during and after it.
Interesting.
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