Shannon Sharpe admits to having on Instagram live: 'Obviously I am embarrassed'

Shannon sharp admits to having on Instagram live obviously I am embarrassed Shannon sharp is coming clean about his viral Instagram live moment on Wednesday night the NFL Hall of Famer and current ESPN presenter shocked his 3.2 million Instagram followers by apparently going live in the middle of a sexual encounter with a woman the broadcast which ended after nearly two full minutes was followed by a now deleted X formerly Twitter statement from sharp claiming that his account had been hacked the live did not show anyone on screen but viewers could hear audio hours later sharp recorded an emergency episode of his night cap podcast with co-host Chad oo Johnson fessing up to the fact that he did indeed go live in the midst of an intimate moment obviously I am embarrassed sharp began I'm 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 Michael Rainey Jr is still in shock after being groped on Twitch Liv stream I can't take it lightly continuing in the third person sharp said people count on Shannon sh Shay media Club sh Shay night cap ESPN there are a lot of people that count on him at all times even when I'm behind closed doors I still try to remain a level of professional although I'm in the the privacy of my own home and I'm very disappointed in myself he said then clarified not for the ACT there are millions and billions of people of consenting age that engage in activities but I let a lot of people down sharp then stated that the video was not staged and was entirely accidental I came in I threw my phone on the bed and engaged in an activity he said 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 he explained that he was alerted to the intimate moment being live streamed by his other phone going off with calls and texts from friends and acquaintances when a marketing assistant of his finally got through and filled him in on the situation sharp said my heart sank it dropped sharp said that the assistant being a Good Samaritan was the one to end the Instagram live and post the message claiming he was hacked after catching up with the situation sharp decided it was best to come clean I called my agent I called the agency I called ESPN