you want answers I want the truth I called ESPN after thought I like I just got this good tell them the truth I said I just got to tell them the truth my phone wasn't hacked uh it wasn't an it wasn't a prank it was me being a he healthy active male I mean y'all thought I was Bull Jing Shannon sharp will not face any disciplinary action from ESPN after a video of him engaging in an intimate act accidentally went viral during an Instagram dream ESPN confirmed that Sharp's absence from First Take was due to his regular days off not related to the incident sharp acknowledged his role in the video expressing embarrassment and disappointment in himself while noting the impact on those close to him despite the controversy he is expected to return to work on Monday obviously I'm embarrassed um someone that is extremely extremely private um and to have one of your most intimate details the audio heard for the entire world to hear um I'm embarrassed for a number of reasons um people count on Shannon um sh 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 um even when I'm behind closed doors I'm very disappointed in myself um not for the ACT um I think there are millions billions of people uh of consing age that engage in activities um but but to have your most intimate detail on the audio to be heard I'm disappointed in myself came in I threw my phone on the bed um gaged 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 and so um all of a sudden my other phone is going off and people are calling me FaceTime that I've never talked to a day of my life on FaceTime and it didn't I'm why y'all calling me FaceTime and after a while Jamie me he says uh Shannon you on IG live I'm like doing what you know like what am I on IG live for I ain't no IG live button he says uh on IG live for I ain't no IG live button he says uh they can hear I like I'm like so now oo you know I say ask for patience he said they can hear and now I'm starting to get agitated again because you call me and say I'm on live when I know I didn't click myself on IG live and he said they can hear me I said hear me doing what said it sounds like you were having sex man my heart sank