Shannon Sharpe has addressed the viral audio of him engaging in sexual activities with an unknown female streaming on a live stream on Wednesday.
During the live stream, the video is faced toward the ground in Sharpe’s bedroom, and Sharpe can be heard grunting and moaning to his companion, who he refers to as “My Michelle,” and the woman can be heard moaning loudly, seemingly enjoying Sharpe’s work.
“I came in, I threw my phone on the bed, engaged in an activity. I did not know IG Live. I’ve never been on IG Live, I’ve never turned IG Live on, so I don’t know how it works,” Sharpe told Chad Ochocinco on their Night Cap YouTube show.
Sharpe added that it was his assistant who eventually accessed his Instagram account and shut off the video.
Sharpe says at first he had no idea why so many of his friends were trying to Facetime him during the incident.
“My heart sank,” Sharpe 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, it was me being a healthy, active male.”
Sharpe went on to say that he was “very disappointed” in “himself” and that he had “let a lot of people down.” He added: “Obviously, I’m embarrassed. [I’m] someone that is extremely, extremely private and to have one of your most intimate details be audio heard for the entire world to hear, I’m embarrassed”
