Shannon Sharpe claims his Instagram was hacked after a sexually express video was posted to his account on Wednesday.
A girl may be heard moaning within the minute-and-a-half lengthy video, which doesn’t present Sharpe or any faces.
At one level, the ESPN on-air expertise’s identify seems to be uttered by the nameless voice.
The video began with the digicam pointed towards what appeared to be the ceiling within the room earlier than turning over and going through down for the remainder of the clip.
Sharpe has been non-public about his courting life — he was beforehand engaged to health coach Katy Kellner in 2016 — however has by no means been married.
With greater than 3.2 million followers on Instagram, 1000’s of individuals tuned in for the NSFW stay feed earlier than it disappeared.
Some Instagram customers had some enjoyable at Sharpe’s expense within the feedback because the video dragged on.
“Dangle up the cellphone Huge Unc,” one commenter wrote, referring to his nickname.
“UNC trippin proper now,” one other stated.
Sharpe would later blame the publish on a cyber assault.
“Beware my @shannonsharpe84 Instagram was hacked this morning, my group and I are working vigorously to determine this out — UNC,” he wrote in a since-deleted publish.
Sharpe, a three-time Tremendous Bowl winner throughout a 13-year NFL profession, was one of the dominant tight ends in professional soccer historical past, racking up 4 first-team All-Professional nods, eight Professional Bowl appearances and was named a member of the NFL’s Nineteen Nineties All-Decade Workforce.
Since his performed days got here to an finish, Sharpe has turned to sports activities media. He famously went head-to-head with Skip Bayless on FS1’s “Undisputed” till leaving the present in the summertime of 2023.
Sharpe has since turn into an ESPN contributor and hosts a swath of podcasts — together with his “Nightcap” present with fellow ex-NFLer Chad Ochocino, whom Sharpe excoriated on an episode week for not being skilled.