Shannon Shaw was having sex it's what he was doing okay he's getting it in from that point forward you've had people speculating as to whether or not he was gonna get fired was he going to get suspended etc etc again he works on first take I'm the executive producer for first take so if something was gonna happen to him with regards to ESPN I'd be one of the first to know anybody any virgins out there raise your hand any folks rolling around celibate out there raise your hand anybody that ain't getting it in from time to time if not more than time to time raise your hand he said Cat Williams called him and said to him quote you ain't gay today because you know those rumors that they try to put out there about Shannon CH which to my knowledge first of all I don't care if he is or isn't it's none of my business but was this leaked intentionally for publicity was it leaked intentionally uh to fight the rumors that Shannon sharp is gay I'm blaming this on Shannon sharp and his desperation he needed money he wants to be famous and so then when they tell you and I'm when I they I can't put a name on it oh man if I really want to be a big star I got to be BFF with the alphabet Mafia this little young black dude that's a stylist they call him Hollywood yeah I'll be best friends with him yes I will let him personally style me groom me whatever I'll sit courtside at Lakers games on multiple occasions well eventually that blew up in Shannon's face eventually people started looking around say what's up with Shay is sh Shay gay gay is what people started asking and the next thing you know people are like well how far will you go to be an ally well it's just one time that's what they tell you out in Hollywood you only going to have to do this one time bend over one time then we'll forget about it and you'll get that check Stephen A Smith reacts to Shannon Sharp Instagram live video I want you to hear exactly what he had to say and then I'll come back with my comments Shannon shot was having sex that's what he was doing okay he's getting it in it's just that it wasn't for everybody to know and evidently you know he was on Instagram live and didn't know and as a result although no video was seen thank the good Lord we heard quite a bit we heard quite a bit and so initially he thought his stuff was hacked and then obviously came out and and told what transpired and that was that and from that point forward youve had people speculating as to whether or not he was going to get fired was he going to get suspended etc etc again he works on first take I'm the executive producer for first take so if something was gonna happen to him with regards to ESPN I'd be one of the first to know um I was on the phone with the bosses yesterday and and uh you know nothing's gonna happen to be honest with you because nothing should happen let me be the first to say that Shannon sha committed no crime uh it wasn't some sex tape that he meant for everybody to hear that's not how he rose I've gotten to know him personally that's not how that's not who he is that's not how he rose okay so let me get that out the way first um and if something had happened where he was going to be in a world of trouble I would have fought like hell to make sure nothing came of it because again there's no video and he was living his private life and it was a mistake and if you know anything about Shannon uh trust me and believe it was a mistake because not only is he incredibly private he's incredibly clueless when it comes to using social media he has a team that does that for him that's not what Shannon Shar does Shannon Shar will tell you what he wants tweeted he will tell you what he wants posted on IG he will tell you what he wants on Facebook or something like that but the damn sure ain't doing it himself that's not what he does he's not technologically astute in that way a lot of people aren't he's one of those people okay I know his team I know him personally I've seen him all the time because when he shows up the first take they are with him when he goes anywhere they are with him there's a conre of people that show up with him when he shows up to games and stuff like that they are with him he ain't rolling by himself they come with him because there's very little he knows about social media he knows what he says because he's instructed his team to post what he said but in terms of technologically implementing something himself oh no no no no no no no no that's not Shannon that's not Shannon so make no mistake he was telling the whole truth but I want to get to a bigger portion of this story that I wanted to say the nerve of people out there that were trying to act like he just said wrong two consenting adults were getting it in yesterday morning what's the problem what's the problem I couldn't believe when people were trying to act like yo he he he it's like he dis if you didn't see it you didn't see it and accidents happened he says he was embarrassed I saw him on night cap last night with ooo he says he was embarrassed I believe him because he don't want people in his business number one number two he don't want people trying to figure out who he was with and bothering that person that's true number three Shannon sharp is a big- Time family man in terms of Sterling sharp his brother former NFL wide receiver that is one thing to talk about stuff and be flirtatious and talk about what you going to do like he's done on night cap and stuff like that when they brought up Megan the stallion and other people all that just talk but in terms of actually hearing and seeing him in action nah he ain't about that life that's not what he wants to do and so for me personally I'm just looking at people and I'm like why y'all tripping why everybody acting like you know he he he did something wrong I'm not saying it was right to be to to get caught on on audio getting it be getting it in like that but because it's none of anybody's business but if it was an accident it was an accident anybody any virgins out there raise your hand any folks rolling around celibate out there raise your hand anybody that ain't getting it in from time to time if not more than time to time sh raise your hand raise your hand all these people looking to find some kind of criticism I don't know what you can criticize now let me say this to shanon sha because very important that I say this thank God you were handling your business cuz you know what been bad right if if it was on audio and you were being insulted you know that would have been bad sh sh it would have been bad you know the whole crew would have been I mean not on camera but off camera we'd all been laughing at you you know that right you know that right so so so so thank God that wasn't what was going on okay and then he said you know it you know cadow choso alluded to it he said Cat Williams said called him and said to him quote you ain't gay today cuz you know those rumors that they try to put out there about Shan CH which to my knowledge first of all I don't care if he is or isn't it's none of my business but I can assure you I've never seen any evidence of that so people blowing up my phone asking me is he gonna get fired and all of this other stuff no I spoke to the honcho he ain't getting fired they it ain't going down like that that's not gonna happen he's gonna be here he's gonna be right on first take Monday and Tuesday he's gonna be right with me next Friday in Washington DC when first take rolls up on Howard University he gonna be right there next month when we go to Tennessee State he's going to be right there after that when we go down to Atlanta Clark University in moouse and all of that yeah he going to be there too well it looks like Stephen A Smith saved Shannon Sharp's job on ESPN in first take when the head honchos are reaching out they talked to Stephen A Smith I guess they wanted to know his thoughts about the whole Shannon Sharp Instagram live video audio of him banging out Michelle so it looks like you know they consulted with Stephen A and he was like you know said what he had to say as far as supporting you but honestly let's be real about this they weren't going to let Shannon sharp go off of a audio video of him allegedly banging out some chick let's be real about this situation Shannon sharp he draws a lot of viewership eyes and ears on ESPN First Take You don't want to lose that type of Personality just because of a Instagram live video of him doing whatever he's doing to some chick in the bedroom or whatever you want to call it Shannon sharp he's a main player so any Network that has the opportunity to keep Shannon sharp as long as possible they're going to try to do so I know the Undisputed FS1 thing didn't work out but I think that was more of Shannon sharp not wanting to be on Undisputed I don't know if it was anything where he got fired but just as far as ESPN First Take you want to keep Shannon sharp on board as long as possible they also gave him a contract too so why would they even want to get rid of Shannon sharp unless they really had to at the end of the day this was a quote unquote mistake on Shannon Sharp's part and it wasn't meant to be live stream of him doing what he's doing I think this was a play on Shannon Sharp's part but you know Stephen A Smith he going to ride for his homie he going to say you know it was a mistake and he didn't mean to do it and he's old I get all that but let's just think about how he got on the Instagram live was he trying to post something was he using Instagram was he under the influence was he turned up on that yak and them pills and he didn't know what he was doing and just threw his phone down right next to whatever was going on or was he trying to promote these bedroom pills that all throughout night cap when he first addressed it when he had his Sports beding Commercial sponsorship ad and then he had that bedroom pills ad all throughout the show even he said oh yeah I'm I was using ease or whatever the case may be so even though he's remorseful he said he cried and all that he is finding ways a joke about it he had a roast session on night cap Cam Newton everybody was on there people were roasting him so for him to go from one day to be sad and crying to the next minute making this a whole promotion I don't know if this was some type of humiliation ritual but all his homies all his networks are in on it and it's just a 180 from him being sad the morning of to making jokes about it at the end of the day you know it's good to joke about your pain at times but he's making a lot of money off this pain and I just think it was more of a strategic move to promote whatever he wanted to get out there we don't know who this Michelle chick is but if she is a real person she definitely was enjoying you know the time with a and an said you know he's putting it down so I'm going to take his word for it that's none of my business but just as far as the whole media thing going on with this IG live audio video Unk I just feel as though his connections his Network they're in on it they know what's going on he must have a great marketing team for him to capitalize off this moment flawlessly from the sponsorship the ads everyone coming on the show joking on him at the end of the day shout out to if this was a mistake and he just capitalizing off it like this marketing wise more power to you but a lot of people ain't really convinced with this whole Shannon sh video you even had Jason Whitlock he had a lot of stuff to say about Shannon sharp and the reason why he intentionally leaked this Instagram live video audio check out what Whitlock had to say and I'll come back with some more comments was this leaked intentionally for publicity was it leaked intentionally uh to fight the rumors that Shannon sharp is gay uh those rumors have been a round for quite some time ever since uh you know he started running around with his stylist and then the next thing you know he's popping out of an SUV in a tight green onesie with some kind of orange purse or backpack or what you guys have been following this and the rumors and the comedians started going in on him about being gay I I want to turn more serious as it relates to this topic and connect it to everything I've been talking about and saying on this show that the entertainment industry the music industry the television industry the movie industry has all been rigged in a way that promotes promiscuity and if you want to be a part of the club you have to join the cult that's driving the club that's giving out the multi-million dollar contracts you're playing a buffoon and menst you're playing this ghetto stick you're pretending like you're smoking black and miles and smoking Blunts and drinking Hennessy and doing this and all that on on camera you you know wearing a do rag on camera and all this other stuff and I'm like look this ain't the shad and sharp that I know this this ain't the real shad and sharp so I didn't like it and I called it out uh quietly as as I could uh and that is an example of why you don't put yourself in a compromised position where you're in need of money because what happens is oh Jamie Horowitz wants you to play this buffoon yes sir boss I'll play the buffoon opposite skip Bay skip skip I'll do that and then I'm not blaming this on Jamie Horwitz I'm blaming this on Shannon sharp in his desperation he needed money he wants to be famous and so then when they tell you and I'm when I they I can't put a name on it you're just out there in LA long enough that you figure out like oh man if I really want to be a big star I got to be an ally to the lgbtq I got to be BFF with the alphabet mafia they let you know that in every way Poss very subtly the I'm the system I'm not putting a name on I'm just saying the system are you an ally to the alphabet Mafia and that's how when you're Shannon sharp and again you need the money because you made these mistakes you haven't managed your money well you've taken on all these extra responsibilities with multiple baby mamas you've got issues outside that your lawyers are having to handle and it's like yeah I'll be an ally to the alphabet Mafia that stylist that uh there's little young black dude that's a stylist they call him Hollywood the one that was dating uh the uh NFL player I think Carrie RH yeah I'll be best friends with him yes I will let him personally style me groom me whatever I'll take I'll sit courtside at Lakers games on multiple occasions with the gay stylist who had a bad breakup with Carrie rhods a former NFL safety who's built a lot like Shannon sharp and so this again this is Shannon playing the Hollywood game I want to be a big star I want the big check yes I will be an ally to the alphabet Mafia yes I'll sit Courtside and call my BFF some gay stylist named Hollywood well eventually that blew up in Shannon's face eventually people started looking around and say what's up with SH Shay is sh Shay gay game is what people started asking and it's shann is just playing the role playing the game I need to be an ally and the next thing you know people are like well how far will you go to be an ally well it's just one time that's what they tell you out in Hollywood you're only going to have to do this one time bend over one time then we'll forget about it and you'll get that check you'll get that show you'll get this opportunity and I don't know what how what lint Shannon went to but I'm tell you the shanon sharp that I knew from his pling days and early in his broadcasting career his BFF wasn't some gay stylist that used to date carry rhods the the whole gay Hollywood and his relationship with car rad was everywhere everybody knew it and so when you decide that hey I'm going to be BFF and sit Courtside you know what message you're sending out I'm gay or I'm gay adjacent and that's what Shannon wanted to do and that's the requirement to elevate in that entertainment industry Cod you have to be down for whatever and so the rumors started spreading and the next thing you know Mike EPs and comedians Cory hul and comedians everywh where are putting Shannon sharp on blast he hops out of an SUV in some green onesie and and and an orange purse uh and and all hell broke loose everybody's clowning Shannon sharp and he's been struggling with this issue now for more than a year two years three years but it's the decision he made and so now what lens will you go to to recover your reputation would you leak a sex audio tape would you tell the world oh I accidentally turned on Instagram live and I just happened to be knocking boots with Michelle when I accidentally turned on Instagram live can you accidentally turn on Instagram live can it be done he's promoting some sort of Viagra supplement he's promot you know he's he's gaming the system this is why we call him a master baiter Master at baiting he has baited everyone into his tape he's using it for fame ComEd now what he's telling Mike EPs and them now hey crack jokes about this he he's this is in some ways genius in my mind it's sad and it's what a compromised man will have to do to recover his reputation after selling it and selling out this is exploitive this is Kim Kardashian this is called me jealous called me whatever I have no respect for what he's doing here 56 57 year old man he's got kids I think he's got grandkids this ain't it but this is the price you have to pay when you decide for money and fame and attention and opportunity you will violate what you really believe and uh become an ally to the alphabet Mafia for money because trust me if he was really an ally he wouldn't care if people called him gay he wouldn't be putting out a leaked audio tape to try to dispel the myth or the rumor or the truth that he's gay so Whitlock thing is you know the allegations of Shannon sharp being gay this was a perfect opportunity for him to show that he's not that way and what better way to do that is to intentionally leak a IG live video so Whitlock and a lot of people are thinking just like him as far as why would Shannon sharp do such a thing even though Shannon sharp says he wouldn't risk hundreds of millions of dollars his employment at ESPN and all that just to prove that he's not gay but at the end of the day that's something that bothers Shannon sharp a lot it would bother me too if people were just saying oh you're a certain way you're this or that when you know you stand on the type of business but Shannon sharp you could tell it affects him would he be willing to crash out and risk everything just to prove that he's not a certain way maybe not but will Shannon sharp be willing to capitalize off this get a lot of money with a sponsorship ad from an enhancement pill company bedroom whatever you want to call it I think he would do something like that just because it's a golden opportunity especially if he consults with his bosses at ESPN the other sponsors that he has this may not have been just a random thing that happened this could have been talked about from a while ago and and then maybe he just pushed the button and be like all right let's get this ad popping and let's see what's good so at the end of the day it is what it is man Shannon sharp when it comes to marketing when it comes to the podcast the night cap the club sha Shays he's on top of the game right now and this is just another thing that's going to help him get to another level it's all content at the end of the day and he capitalized off it like subscribe comment what do you think about the whole Shannon Sharp Instagram live situation I want to know your thoughts about this like subscribe comment peace